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Algorithm Improves  Hand Gesture Complexity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Algorithm Improves Hand Gesture Complexity

Hoe much have generalized gestures use?  Considerations? Algorithm Improves Hand Gestures   By SPIE, December 30, 2021A team led by Zhiyi Yu of Sun Yat-sen University...

LLNL Scientists Use Sierra Supercomputer to Develop Cancer Model
From insideHPC

LLNL Scientists Use Sierra Supercomputer to Develop Cancer Model

Jan. 10, 2022 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers and a multi-institutional team of scientists have developed a highly detailed, machine learning...

LG Electronics Joins IBM Quantum Network
From insideHPC

LG Electronics Joins IBM Quantum Network

SEOUL, January 10, 2022 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that LG Electronics has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the industry applications of quantum...

Solving Problems with 2D Materials
From The Eponymous Pickle

Solving Problems with 2D Materials

Note the mention of 'simulated annealing' methods.   Solving the 'Big Problems' via Algorithms Enhanced by 2D MaterialsPenn State News. Jamie Oberdick, JanuaryPennsylvania...

Autonomous Trucking Test by TuSimple
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Trucking Test by TuSimple

ACM TECHNEWSAutonomous Trucker TuSimple Logs First No-Human Road TestBy Associated Press, January 5, 2022Autonomous technology developer TuSimple said its self-driving...

Print a Home from Your Phone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Print a Home from Your Phone

 Interesting financial analysis, quality? A License to Print HousesFinancial Times, Louis Wustemann, December 30, 2021As three-dimensionally (3D)-printed homes...

Harnessing Data In Motion
From insideHPC

Harnessing Data In Motion

[SPONSORED POST] This whitepaper from Cloudera and sponsored by Carahsoft describes how Cloudera DataFlow supports government data movement and processing. A simple...

From Computational Complexity

Math problems involving Food

 A few people emailed me an Math article on arxiv about cutting a pizza, and since I wrote the book (literally) on cutting muffins, they thought it might interest...

Predicting Future of Covid
From The Eponymous Pickle

Predicting Future of Covid

 Interesting predictive approach,  but don't understand its basis.Predicting the Future of COVIDBoston College, January 6, 2022A new analytical tool developed by...

Body Monitoring
From The Eponymous Pickle

Body Monitoring

Digital Selves deriving from monitoringBody-Monitoring Tech Trend Comes with ConcernsFrance24, January 6, 2022Body-monitoring technology promoted at this year's...

Navigational Apps for the Blind
From The Eponymous Pickle

Navigational Apps for the Blind

New Sensory ApplicationsNavigational Apps for the Blind Could Have Broader AppealThe New York Times, Amanda Morris, January 4, 2022New apps designed specifically...

Thoughtful Piece,  Dangers of AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thoughtful Piece, Dangers of AI

Useful caurions we need to think about and will soon become important contexts of these methods. AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios Who needs Terminators when you have...

Toyota Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Toyota Robotics

Expect more from automotive.  ACM TECHNEWSToyota Gives Robots a Soft Touch, Better Vision   By CNETTRI's robots can understand clear or reflective surfaces, a sensing...

Getting Remote Workers Back to the Office
From The Eponymous Pickle

Getting Remote Workers Back to the Office

Brought to my attention.How to Get Remote Workers to Want to Return to the OfficePeople want to work from home because offices have become miserable places to work...

Time Crystal Quantum Computer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Time Crystal Quantum Computer

Time Crystal QuantumStanford physicists help create time crystals with quantum computersA team of researchers including ones from Stanford and Google have created...

Wordle Solving For Fun and Coding
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Wordle Solving For Fun and Coding

After my post the other day (Is Wordle A Project To Assign Students to Program?) I got thinking about solver help for Wordle. I happen to have a huge word list...

Re-Imagining AI in Context
From The Eponymous Pickle

Re-Imagining AI in Context

Really just understanding the multiple contexts we are immersed in.  No different than how we use general human intelligence.  We adapt appropriately.  Reimagining...

Phygital Shopping Realities?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Phygital Shopping Realities?

 Extended shopping Realities: Phygital.   Broad term new to me. ExtentisonIs Retail Ready for a Phygital Future  by Carol Spieckerman in RetailwireThrough a special...

Alexa to Take AI to the Moon
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa to Take AI to the Moon

 Like to see this, will follow.  Will conversational AI be good enough by then?  I don't think it is yet. Amazon’s Alexa and Cisco’s Webex are heading to deep space...

Closer to Conversation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Closer to Conversation

 Better Conversation in ContextModel Moves Computers Closer to Understanding Human ConversationPiotr Zelasko at the Johns Hopkins Center for Language and Speech...
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