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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 …
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Blade: the emotional computer.
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Communicating with computers is clunky to say the least – we even have to go to IT classes to learn how to talkContinue...
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Exploring mazes, inventing algorithms (part I)
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
FY23 Report Captures Current State of UA-Readiness in Technology
This article was originally published on icann.org By Sarmad Hussain, Sr Director IDN & UA Programs and Seda Akbulut, Universal Acceptance (UA) Program ManagerFY23...
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Why the Romans were pants at maths
In case you've ever wondered how on earth the Romans multiplied numbers using Roman numerals...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
New Testing Shows Progress and Opportunities for Improvement in Support of Chinese IDNs
By the China UA Local Initiative (CDNI) The number of Internet users in China recently surpassed 1 billion and China now accounts for about one-fifth of all Internet...
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“The Truth About AI” – get ready to get tickets to the Ri Christmas Lectures 2023 #XmasLectures with @Ri_Science
The ballot for this year's AI-themed Ri Christmas lectures opens on 14 Sep, but there are other ways to see the lectures live, or later when broadcast.
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
FY24 Planning and More: Takeaways from the UASG Administrative Meeting in Istanbul
By Anil Kumar Jain, UASG Chair To kick off FY24, the UASG administrative team recently met in Istanbul for an in-person planning meeting. This valuable face-to-face...
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How far can you hear? Modelling distant birdsong.
by Dan Stowell, Queen Mary University of London How do we know how many birds there are out there: in the countryside, and in the city? Usually, it’s because people...
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Threads & Yarns – textiles and electronics
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London, from June 2011 At first sight nothing could be more different than textiles and electronics. Put opposites together...
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3D models in motion
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of Londonbased on a 2016 talk by Lourdes Agapito The cave paintings in Lascaux, France are early examples of human culture...
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Frequency Analysis for Fun
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Frequency Analysis, a technique beloved by spies for centuries, and that led to the execution of at least one Queen...
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Keeping secrets on the Internet – encryption keeps your data safe
How do modern codes keep your data safe online? Ben Stephenson of the University of Calgary explains When Alan Turing was breaking codes, the world was a pretty...
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Composing from Compression
by Geraint Wiggins, Queen Mary University of London Computers compress files to save space. But it also allows them to create music! Music is special. It’s oneContinue...
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Balls, beams and quantum computers – performing calculations with patterns of light
by Jane Waite, Queen Mary University of London Have you played the seaside arcade game where shiny metal balls drops down to ping, ping off little metal pegs and...
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Getting off the beach, fast
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Paul goes on holiday and sees how a car park can work like a computer. Computers get faster and faster every year...
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[From the archives] “A mob for the Earth” – online communities supporting the real world, and businesses
A mob for the Earth by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London One Saturday afternoon last spring in San Francisco, a queue of people stretched down the pavement...
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Competitive Zen
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just...
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Pit-stop heart surgery
The Formula 1 car screams to a stop in the pit-lane. Seven seconds later, it has roared away again, back into the race. In those few seconds it has been refuelled...
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Cyber Security at the movies: Rogue one (Part II: Authentication)
In a galaxy far, far away cyber security matters. So much so, that the whole film Rogue One is about it. Part of the key to keeping the Death Star plans secret...
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