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Scan Uses Wrinkles, Spots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Scan Uses Wrinkles, Spots

Was surprised that this was not more often commonly done,  but perhaps it was as part of an overall facial scan?AI algorithm identifies age of faces in photos using...

OpenAI Text Generation
From The Eponymous Pickle

OpenAI Text Generation

The OpenAPI text generation system was previously described as 'too dangerous', has now been released in a new and I assume less dangerous form.   Seems to claim...

insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships
From insideHPC

insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships

This special report sponsored by Dell Technologies, takes a look at how now more than ever, agencies from all levels of government are teaming with private Information...

Examining the US Cyber Budget
From Schneier on Security

Examining the US Cyber Budget

Jason Healey takes a detailed look at the US federal cybersecurity budget and reaches an important conclusion: the US keeps saying that we need to prioritize defense...

Technique Enables Cheaper Fertilizer Production
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technique Enables Cheaper Fertilizer Production

Local and simpler form of fertilizer.    Manure?Technique could enable Cheaper Fertilizer productionChemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with...

On Fakes and Frauds via AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Fakes and Frauds via AI

Creating frauds that are hard to distinguish from the real thing.AI vs. AI   By R. Colin Johnson in ACMThe Hackathon for Peace, Justice and Security (logo pictured)...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Proof Checking: Not Line by Line

Proofs and perpetual motion machines Leonardo da Vinci is, of course, famous for his paintings and drawings, but was also interested in inventions, and in various...

Control of Genetic Behavior
From The Eponymous Pickle

Control of Genetic Behavior

Interesting linking to specific group behavior.  What behavior would you want to influence?  Then, thinking about if further, looks rather dangerous.Genetic Control...

Considering the Length of Lists
From The Eponymous Pickle

Considering the Length of Lists

Very nicely put pieee on the length of lists.  Very true., good to have in the back of your mind when writing or speaking.Communicate Using the Numbers 1, 2, 3,...

Aiming to put AI in Your Pocket
From The Eponymous Pickle

Aiming to put AI in Your Pocket

Mentioned this previously, now more in Singularity Hub on the topic:MIT’s Tiny New Brain Chip Aims for AI in Your PocketBy Jason Dorrier - Jun 11, 2020 in Singularity...

Internet Archive Threatened with Suit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet Archive Threatened with Suit

We used the INternet Archive early on to track the use of web sites and trademarks.     But had not visited for a while.  Now saw this controversy which had been...

NorthWestern: Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

NorthWestern: Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics

Good in detail piece worth looking at:Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics,  24 pages,  May 2020 Northwestern, Retail Analytics CouncilIntroduction:Robots are increasingly...

Friday Squid Blogging: Human Cells with Squid-Like Transparency
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Human Cells with Squid-Like Transparency

I think we need more human organs with squid-like features. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...

Frontera at TACC Reveals COVID-19 Molecular ‘Sugar Coating’ that Camouflages Virus
From insideHPC

Frontera at TACC Reveals COVID-19 Molecular ‘Sugar Coating’ that Camouflages Virus

Researchers using the Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) have uncovered the atomic makeup of the sugary shield on the coronavirus...

Will Amazon Change its Retail Model?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Will Amazon Change its Retail Model?

Interesting examination.  in HBSWK.    Likely but only to the extent it can continue to provide value. Here too an examination of the state of its work.Will Challenged...

NSF Seeks to Improve Smart Some Security
From The Eponymous Pickle

NSF Seeks to Improve Smart Some Security

Useful direction.Scientists want to fix our notoriously insecure smart home devicesThe National Science Foundation wants to boost consumer trust in the Internet...

Cisco's Ava Telepresence Robot
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cisco's Ava Telepresence Robot

Saw something similar demonstrated at the Cisco smart home innovation center in the late 90s.  Somewhat surprising that this coming for them now, would like toWebex...

Nokia Research on 5G
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nokia Research on 5G

Indications of the importance of emerging 5G:In Global newswire:SomeindNew Nokia research reveals biggest 5G drivers for enterprise IT and OTPress Release New Nokia...

Seeing Through Walls
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeing Through Walls

Had seen this before, fascinating example of how more and richer signals can be leveraged into new kinds of imaging.  Here a kind of fabulous example, seeing through...

Virtual Metabolic Human Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Metabolic Human Models

Considerable complexity in such models, but they at least will point to the kinds and amounts of data and predictions that will be necessary to provide computational...
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