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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Round a Direction Vector to an 8-Way Compass
Modern game controllers can point in a wide range of directions. Game designers sometimes want to convert the joystick direction to get 8-directional movement.Continue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFT's and Blockchain for Engineering
Upcoming community pieces that look to be of interest, join in. Below just an intro, click through for registration and more detail. If I can I plan to.Does the...
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Quantum Computer Cools Itself by Performing Calculations
Still a small scale experiement, is there the ability to scale it? Quantum Computer Cools Itself by Performing CalculationsNew Scientist, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan...
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Should a Black Box be Transparent?
Was once met with exactly this dilemma. When Should a Black Box Be Transparent? Opinions piece with further comments. .... By George V. Neville-NeilCommunications...
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Can Computers Be Mathematicians?
Would make sense, hypotheses could be automatically spun off into tests as needed. Can Computers Be Mathematicians? By The Joy of Why in ACM Opinion, July 5...
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Forestry Management Efforts at Purdue
More on Forestry and LiDAR, Purdue work there. integrated with AI. Considerable detail.Integration Leads to Leap in Tech for Forest Inventory, ManagementPurdue...
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Intensive Drone Use in War
ACM TECHNEWSIn Ukraine War, a Race to Acquire Smarter, Deadlier DronesBy Associated Press, July 19, 2022 in ACMUkrainian servicemen correcting artillery fireNever...
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Top Phone Security Threats
Useful overview, security an increasing concern. Here are the top phone security threats in 2022 and how to avoid them As reported in ZDNetYour handset is always...
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Radio Waves for the Detection of Hardware Tampering
Protection opportunity. Radio Waves for the Detection of Hardware TamperingRuhr-Universität Bochum (Germany), June 7, 2022Scientists at Germany's Ruhr-Universit...
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Amazon Goes Healthcare
Natural next step?Is Amazon on the verge of reinventing American healthcare?Jul 22, 2022Amazon.com yesterday said that it has reached a deal to acquire One Medical...
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Drone Superhighway?
New to me. A likely future? A new kind of infrastructure.U.K. Project Will Create 165-Mile Drone Superhighway, By New Atlas, July 21, 2022 Skyway is expected...
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Evolution of Cybercrime
Thoughtful looks at the direction of cybercrime. With link to HP study ....Understanding the Evolution of Cybercrime to Predict its Future By Kevin Townsend in...
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Model Structure and States
Interesting research, technical. with potential linkages to AI. Technical Perspective: Model Structure Takes Guesswork Out of State Estimation By Sayan Mitra...
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On Matterport
Interesting viewMatterport: 3D for Architecture, Engineering & Construction from MatterportWhether you work in architecture, engineering, or construction, you'll...
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European Quantum Company IQM Raises €128m
Espoo, Finland, 22 July 2022 – IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a European builder of superconducting quantum computers, announced today it has raised €128 million ...
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Hacker GoldRush: Business Mail Compromise better than Ransomware?
From Wired via ACMRansomware attacks, including those of the massively disruptive and dangerous variety, have proved difficult to combat comprehensively. Hospitals...
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Affiliation Influences Our Fear of Data Collection
Instead of trusting or distrusting #government #surveillance based on party affiliation, #Americans must demand #transparency into how government as a whole gains...
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The Blog is Acting Strange
Have been noting a number of odd responses and blocking posts on this blog. Never seen that before. Don't know if this will continue. Let me know of your...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (July 23rd 2022)
Compared to 1800, we eat less saturated fat and much more processed food and vegetable oils and it does not seem to be good for us: Saturated fats from animal sources...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog