Do NOT Print This PDF Under Any Circumstances
Unless you need to coat a square kilometer in black paper, I’d strongly recommend not printing this 2,568-page PDF. Continue reading Do NOT Print This PDF Under Any Circumstances
Author Archives: Daniel Oberhaus
China Made a 20-Story Air Purifier to Fight Pollution
The structure can reduce the amount of deadly particulates in the air by nearly 20 percent over four square miles. Continue reading China Made a 20-Story Air Purifier to Fight Pollution
Why Nuclear Clocks Will Be the Most Accurate Clocks on Earth
Atomic clocks are the golden standard of timekeeping today, but a new technique to use the nucleus of an atom to keep track of time could be even more precise. Continue reading Why Nuclear Clocks Will Be the Most Accurate Clocks on Earth
How to Build a Mini Supercomputer for Under $100
Wei Lin built a scalable computing cluster comprised of $7 chips. Continue reading How to Build a Mini Supercomputer for Under $100
This AI Will Turn Your Dog Into a Cat
A new version of the algorithm that can change summer into winter for any video can now turn your dogs into cats. Continue reading This AI Will Turn Your Dog Into a Cat
Cops Got a Drug Dealer’s Fingerprints From Photos of His Hand on WhatsApp
Yet another reason to forgo taking pictures when you break the law. Continue reading Cops Got a Drug Dealer’s Fingerprints From Photos of His Hand on WhatsApp
If AI Thinks Like a Human It May Get Depressed
A neuroscientist considers why a serotonin function in artificial intelligence could be both a help and a hinderance. Continue reading If AI Thinks Like a Human It May Get Depressed
The FDA Won’t Let These Farmers Call Their Skim Milk ‘Skim Milk’
The FDA is forcing this small dairy to either add synthetic vitamins to its skim milk, or call it ‘imitation’ skim milk. Continue reading The FDA Won’t Let These Farmers Call Their Skim Milk ‘Skim Milk’
This May Be the Experiment That Finally Discovers the Dark Matter Particle
“If dark matter axions exist within the frequency band we will be probing for the next few years, then it’s only a matter of time before we find them.” Continue reading This May Be the Experiment That Finally Discovers the Dark Matter Particle
‘Do You Trust This Computer’ Is a Documentary That Taught Me Nothing About AI
I trust artificial intelligence more than the companies that make it. But that’s not what this film is about. Continue reading ‘Do You Trust This Computer’ Is a Documentary That Taught Me Nothing About AI