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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Bluemix Supports Hangout Analytics
Nice to see some now sevices in Bluemix Cloud that support real time stream analytics. This is notably of interest to applications like Retail. Updates in their...
From insideHPC
Video: Computational Physics with Python
"Newton's explanation of planetary orbits is one of the greatest achievements of science. We will follow Feynman's approach to show how the motion of the planets...
From insideHPC
HSA 1.1 Specification Adds Multi-Vendor Architecture Support
The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation has released the HSA 1.1 specification, significantly enhancing the ability to integrate open and proprietary...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Virtual Reality Department Store
Hardly first. What this is depends in part on the definition of VR. I have seen and even helped build virtual stores in virtual worlds and in laboratory settings...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Mechanical Squid
It's beautiful, from the Maker Faire Bay Area 2016....
From Phys.org Technology News
A lesson in backups
Michael Friedman learned the hard way how important it is to back up computers.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Helping Students Debug Code
It is final project time for my programming students. They are working on projects to show me what they have learned. They are very clever these kids. So clever...
From Schneier on Security
Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2016)
Earlier this week, I was at the ninth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior, hosted at Harvard University. SHB is a small invitational gathering of people studying...
From insideHPC
HPE and Mellanox: Advanced Technology Solutions for HPC
In this special guest feature, Scot Schultz from Mellanox and Terry Myers from HPE write that the two companies are collaborating to push the boundaries of high...
From insideHPC
Supercomputing Supernova Explosions on Mira
Researchers from Michigan State University are using the Mira supercomputer to perform large-scale 3-D simulations of the final moments of a supernova’s life cycle...
From insideHPC
Video: Will AI & Robotics Make Humans Obsolete?
"IBM has developed new scale-up and scale-out systems — with 16 million neurons — that will be presented in Dr Modha's pioneering research talk. Watson wins atVideo...
From insideHPC
Dell Unveils Triton Liquid Cooling Technology
"Because water can transport heat 25 times more efficiently than air, ‘Triton’ can run high performing components faster and more efficiently than traditional air...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
To be smart, work on problems you care about
Never do anything that bores you. My experience in science is that someone is always telling to do something that leaves you flat. Bad idea. I’m not good enough...
From insideHPC
New TPCx-BB Benchmark Compares Big Data Analytics Systems
Today the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) today announced the immediate availability of the TPCx-BB benchmark. The benchmark is designed to measure...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mixed Reality in Windows Holographic Announced
Microsoft announces to 'insiders' the availability of Windows Holographic to partners. Hardware and software costs are still high for the individual. Callingsee...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Competing with Amazon on Delivery
Wal-Mart is starting to experiment with using Uber and Lyft services for delivery. Driectly competing with the delivery expertise of Amazon. In Mashable.
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI, Cognition and Creativity
"AI, Cognition, and Creativity", talk by - by Prof Dr Kai-Uwe Kühnberger, University of Osnabrück,Germany ... More on his research here. Slides. Recording...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Walmart Develops a Drone
Like this application, we examined a number for warehouse applications. Simple, cheap, readily manipulable sensors that move to check inventory. We did not considered...
From Schneier on Security
Stuxnet-Like Malware Discovered
There's a new piece of malware called Irongate, which is obviously inspired by Stuxnet. We don't know who is responsible for it. Slashdot thread....
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM