Google's New AI Gets Smarter Thanks to a Working Memory
0 “The behavior of the computer at any moment is determined by the symbols which he is observing and his 'state of mind' at that moment.” – Alan Turing Artificial intelligence has a memory problem....
View ArticleIs It Time for Medicine to Ditch Lab Mice?
“Cancer has been cured a thousand times.” So says Christopher Austin, the director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. Austin...
View ArticleHigh-throughput screening in niche-based assay identifies compounds to target...
Pre-LSC low chemosensitivity and low proliferation rate. Pre-LSCs are believed to be chemoresistant and to drive relapse (24), although direct evidence for differential chemosensitivity between...
View ArticleOxford Internet Institute
Grade 7 (£31,076 to £38,183 per annum) The Oxford Internet Institute is a leading centre for research into individual, collective and institutional behaviour on the Internet. We are looking for a...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire Coming to a Store Near You!
Last year Barnes & Noble threw a Mini Maker Faire in each of its stores and this year they’ll be doing it again! This weekend, November 5th and 6th, head over to the nearest Barnes & Noble...
View Article[1611.00712] The Concrete Distribution: A Continuous Relaxation of Discrete...
Full-text links: PDF Other formats cs.LG < prev | next > new | recent | 1611 cs stat stat.ML NASA ADS (what is this?) Abstract: The reparameterization trick enables the optimization of large...
View ArticleClearpath Robotics launches “Warthog UGV”, the amphibious robot
by Clearpath Robotics Business & Finance News November 3, 2016 Clearpath Robotics, a leading provider of mobile robotic platforms for research and development, has partnered with ARGO XTR to...
View ArticleScientists find key protein for spinal cord repair in zebrafish
Duke University | Spinal Cord Injury and Regeneration in Zebrafish Duke University scientists have found a protein that’s important for the ability of the freshwater zebrafish’s spinal cord to heal...
View ArticleWhat can you do to promote diversity and STEM careers?
According to a survey by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, despite the engineering sector contributing around 27% of the UK’s GDP in 2014, more than 55,000 engineering jobs go unfilled every...
View ArticleNew 'digital life' initiative aims to create 3-D models of all living creatures
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by biologist Duncan Irschick who created the Beastcam Array, a rapid-capture, field portable tabletop system for making high-resolution,...
View ArticleRobot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers" Pick round one
by Andra Keay Business & Finance Articles November 2, 2016 For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their “Readers’ Pick” startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we’ll...
View ArticleTechnion students win synthetic biology contest with detective bacteria
Inventing a chip with intestinal bacteria on board that can detect substances quickly, cheaply and greenly has won a team of Technion students the gold medal in the international iGEM synthetic biology...
View Article‘The Voter Suppression Trail’
Note to viewers: “The Voter Suppression Trail” is the first-ever video game for Op-Docs, and also the final installment of our series of Op-Docs about the 2016 election. We hope you enjoy playing, and...
View ArticleRobotics tutor for primary school children
by Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience Education & DIY News November 4, 2016 By: Ian Salter The use of robotic tutors in primary school classrooms is one step closer according to research...
View ArticleA VR “glove” inspired by Ender’s Game
To complement his VR experience, Florian Mauer built a controller that could perhaps best be described as a “hand bracelet.” As virtual reality applications begin to be implemented, one challenge will...
View ArticleCan A Wrist-Wearable ECG Monitor Track Your Emotions?
People have been working on stress monitoring devices for a while. To date, most use some combination of heart rate, temperature, and maybe perspiration. A few have taken novel approaches—like watching...
View ArticleVideo Friday: Rescue Robot, Gesture Control, and 1986 Self-Driving Van
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months;...
View ArticlePrintable Organs Will Put an End to Transplant Lists
A woman living on a dialysis machine is grown a new kidney using her own cells. A father struggling with age-related vision loss has his eyesight restored. A soldier suffers extensive burns and has his...
View ArticleDeepMind AI to play videogame to learn about world
Google's DeepMind is teaming up with the makers of the StarCraft video game to train its artificial intelligence systems. The AI systems "playing" the game will need to learn strategies similar to...
View ArticleExclusive: The Democratic National Committee has told the FBI it found...
In an episode reminiscent of Watergate, the Democratic Party recently informed the FBI that it had collected evidence suggesting its Washington headquarters had been bugged, according to two Democratic...
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