Magic Tricks Created Using Artificial Intelligence for the First Time
Researchers working on artificial intelligence at Queen Mary University of London have taught a computer to create magic tricks. Phoney, a smart trick for your smartphone. Credit: Image courtesy of...
View ArticleSecurity Risk: We Ignore Online Warnings
Say you ignored one of those “this website is not trusted” warnings and it led to your computer being hacked. How would you react? Would you: For their study, BYU researchers created this screen to...
View ArticleBreakthrough in Optical Fiber Communications
Researchers from the University of Southampton have revealed a breakthrough in optical fibre communications. Academics from the University’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have collaborated with...
View ArticleUnderwater Drones Map Ice Algae in Antarctica
Splash. A Weddell seal weighing almost 500 kg lands inside the tent and blocks the hole laboriously sawn out by researchers in the two-metre-thick ice to launch drones under the sea ice. The tent is...
View Article3D Printed Shelby Cobra
With a 3-D printed twist on an automotive icon, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is showcasing additive manufacturing research at the 2015 North American International Auto Show...
View ArticleNew Laser for Computer Chips
Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland in cooperation with international partners have presented the first semiconductor consisting solely of elements...
View ArticleNew Highly Efficient Search Engine Developed
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT have developed a new search engine that outperforms current ones, and helps people to do searches more efficiently. The SciNet...
View ArticlePrivacy? Huge Identity Theft Risks
In this week’s issue of the journal Science, MIT researchers report that just four fairly vague pieces of information — the dates and locations of four purchases — are enough to identify 90 percent of...
View ArticleOur Connected Data
Photo by John Mikton "Connection" Over the last few weeks, an outstanding series produced by ARTE called “Do Not Track Me” has become available and is getting quite a bit of social media attention....
View ArticleDisrupt Me.
Disruption has already happened IBM: Source: IBM http://www.ibmforentrepreneurs.com Disruption for many people generates discomfort, shakes the status quo and breaks routines. We all have an emotional...
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