Moravec‘s Paradox

With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, Johns Hopkins University computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks, including stacking blocks. With the method, the robot, named Spot, was able to learn in days what typically takes a month. By…

An artificial intelligence (AI) model using a short language test was modestly accurate in spotting whether healthy people would have a future diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported. The model predicted whether cognitively normal older adults would develop Alzheimer's symptoms before age 85 with an area under the receiver operating…

MAMBO by Moi Composites. Moi Composites Startup Moi Composites built a striking vessel it's calling the first 3D-printed fiberglass boat.  The firm built its Motor Additive Manufacturing Boat — MAMBO for short — to showcase its 3D-printing abilities.  Moi says its "continuous fiber manufacturing" process lets it create unusual shapes…

Waiters and employees during the opening of the 9 Pyramids Lounge on October 20, 2020. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Egypt has added upgrades to its historical Great Pyramids of Giza and Great Sphinx tourist sites by opening a new restaurant and unveiling a fleet of electric buses amid the coronavirus pandemic,…

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The face of someone who knows their camels are fast. Photo: Getty Images Because 2020 is just making stuff up as she goes along to meet some sort of cosmic word count at this point, Variety reports that Verzuz creator Swizz Beatz has become the first American to win a…

Having spent some considerable length of time sharing electronic music under the name Trickfinger, John Frusciante has just released ‘Maya’, his first electronic album under his own name. Named after his recently-departed cat, ‘Maya’ finds Frusciante reverentially exploring the drum 'n' bass and jungle music that touched him in ways…

QUANTUM, artificial intelligence and innovative medicine could be the key technologies driving the future of innovation, according to a report released at the ongoing Pujiang Innovation Forum yesterday. The “2020 Ideal City” report by Springer Nature and the Shanghai Institute for Science of Science surveyed 700-plus scientists across the world…

Researchers say new model shows Turkish inflation well above official tally Since last year, opposition lawmakers have raised questions about the accuracy of official inflation data Year-on-year inflation was 11.75% according to the official tally announced earlier this month Updated 22 October 2020 Reuters October 22, 2020 10:19 ISTANBUL: Turkish…

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