Category: Science

Understanding Artificial Intelligence

The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is so broad that we cannot scratch the surface in this blog. What we can do however is to give you a broad view of what AI is and it’s application today. AI controls the backbone of several websites and robots, the drones you assemble or play with as soon as you have a […]

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East Africa’s Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System

The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 3,700 mi in total length, that runs from the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. The term refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa, and is […]

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T-Mobile Launches 600MHz 5G Across the US

T-Mobile has the first, largest, and only nationwide 5G network, covering more people and places than anyone else. No 5G signal goes farther or is more reliable. It’s worth mentioning that T-Mobile’s 5G mmWave, super fast, but short-range coverage went live since June in six cities across the United States — Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New […]

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Life by Algorithms: How Roboprocesses Are Remaking Our World

About the Author Catherine Besteman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College. Hugh Gusterson is professor of international affairs and anthropology at the George Washington University. Product details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: University of Chicago Press; First edition (May 23, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 022662756X ISBN-13: 978-0226627564 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 […]

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Are We Getting to A Time When You Can’t Trust What You See, Hear or Read?

Throughout the day, your mind is getting input from thousands of different sources. I talk about reinventing yourself quite a bit. Part of that process involves changing the way you think. To change the way you think, you can begin to think of your mind as a fortress. If you allow too much garbage into your brain, it will block […]

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How to Control Things Using Your Brain

How to Control Things Using Your Brain (and Open-Source Hardware) | Cyborg Nation | Nov 4, 2015 OpenBCI is an open-source hardware that allows a D.I.Y. community of artists, designers, and engineers to innovate, while serving as a tool for research and innovation back in 2015. From using brain activity to control a toy spider to engaging a group in […]

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Mars 2020 Mission

The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key questions about the potential for life on Mars. The mission takes the next step by not only seeking signs of habitable conditions on Mars in […]

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Advancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity

Advancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity

There are so many ways technological advancements have helped humanity save time and cost of production. Our personal life is now heavily dependent on technology and technology has advanced with years and changed the way we communicate, educate our children, travel, socialize, live, and buy products. As people’s demands for advancing technology continues, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE’s) […]

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Are You Developing Skills That Won’t Be Automated?

How to Prepare for the Rise of Robots and Artificial Intelligence

The jobs replaced by technology probably won’t ever come back, at least not in any major way. Given the huge momentum behind AI and robotics development, we should assume that many, if not most, jobs will be affected, even if they aren’t eliminated. Although we can’t know for sure what the future holds, it’s smart to prepare as if the […]

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Bacterial Clones Show Surprising Individuality. (Image by Gerd Altmann).

Bacterial Clones Show Surprising Individuality

Genetically identical bacteria should all be the same, but in fact, the cells are stubbornly varied individuals. That heterogeneity may be an important adaptation. Massed at the starting line, the crowd of runners all looked identical. But this wasn’t your standard 5K. Instead, researchers wanted to test both speed and navigational ability as competitors wound their way through a maze, […]

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