Collaborate Disseminate
Teaching AI how to combine smaller models to understand complex situations has been a major stumbling block for machine learning research. Continue reading Researchers Created an ‘AI Physicist’ That Can Derive the Laws of Physics in Imaginary Universes
Neural networks use electronic analogs of the neurons in our brains. But it doesn’t seem likely that just making enough electronic neurons would create a human-brain-like thinking machine. Consider that animal brains are sometimes larger than ours — a sperm whale’s brain weighs 17 pounds — yet we don’t think they are as smart as humans or even dogs who have a much smaller brain. MIT researchers have discovered differences between human brain cells and animal ones that might help clear up some of that mystery. You can see a video about the work they’ve done below.
Neurons have long …read more
Continue reading Brain Cell Electronics Explains Wetware Computing Power
If someone suggests you spend time working on boring projects, would you take that advice? In this case, I think Kipp Bradford is spot on. We sat down together at the Hackaday Superconference last fall and talked about medical device engineering, the infrastructure in your home, applying Sci-Fi to engineering, and yes, we spoke about boring projects.
Kipp presented a talk on Devices for Controlling Climates at Supercon last year. It could be argued that this is one of those boring topics, but very quickly you begin to grasp how vitally important it is. Think about how many buildings on …read more
Continue reading Kipp Bradford on the Importance of Boring Projects, Medical Tech, and Sci Fi Novels
“The real estate left over for the skeptics of quantum mechanics has shrunk considerably.” Continue reading Ancient Starlight Just Helped Confirm the Reality of Quantum Entanglement
A bend and a twist make dry noodles break in half, instead of shattering all over the kitchen. Continue reading Finally, We Know How to Break Dry Spaghetti Noodles Perfectly In Half
Let’s face it, one of the challenges of wearable electronics is that people are filthy. Anything you wear is going to get dirty. If it touches you, it is going to get sweat and oil and who knows what else? And on the other side it’s going to get spills and dirt and all sorts of things we don’t want to think about on it. For regular clothes, that’s not a problem, you just pop them in the washer, but you can’t say the same for wearable electronics. Now researchers at MIT have embedded diodes like LEDs and photodetectors, into …read more
Mayank Varia is a research associate professor of computer science at Boston University and the co-director of BU’s Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a PhD f… Continue reading Mayank Varia, Boston University pt. 1 – Business Security Weekly #92
Mayank Varia is a research associate professor of computer science at Boston University and the co-director of BU’s Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a PhD f… Continue reading Mayank Varia, Boston University pt. 2 – Business Security Weekly #92
Stand up right now and walk around for a minute. We’re pretty sure you didn’t see everywhere you stepped nor did you plan each step meticulously according to visual input. So why should robots do the same? Wouldn’t your robot be more versatile if it could use its vision to plan a path, but leave most of the walking to the legs with the help of various sensors and knowledge of joint positions?
That’s the approach [Sangbae Kim] and a team of researchers at MIT are taking with their Cheetah 3. They’ve given it cameras but aren’t using them yet. …read more
Continue reading Cheetah 3 Is Learning To Move Blindly Before Learning To See
The Telemetron generates musical compositions using gyroscopic “chimes.” Continue reading The ‘Telemetron’ Is a Post-Earth Musical Instrument Designed for Zero Gravity