DARPA seeking mathematically optimized human machine A-Teams

DARPA seeks mathematical methods to enable a general-purpose design tool for optimizing human-machine teams in a diverse range of national security contexts. Modern military operations are dynamic and complex—requiring, for example, that infantry squads carry out their missions simultaneously in the 3-dimensional physical world, the cyber domain, and across the electromagnetic spectrum. As artificial intelligence …

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Even more conflicts looming in the middle east as tens of millions of youth are tribal, unemployed and violent

The UN’s latest Arab Development Report, published on November 29th, shows that few lessons have been learnt. Five years on from the revolts that toppled four Arab leaders, regimes are ruthlessly tough on dissent, but much less attentive to its causes. As states fail, youth identify more with their religion, sect or tribe than their …

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MBDA Germany will demonstrate high energy combat lasers in 2017

MBDA Germany has edged closer to fielding a new deployable laser weapon system (LWS) following a series of day/night all-weather trials. Trials focus on beam guidance and tracking system High energy laser expected to be demonstrated in 2017 Conducted at the Bundeswehr’s military training ground at Putlos on the Baltic Sea from 4-14 October, the …

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2.52 billion year old sulfur oxidizing bacteria fossils found 100-300 millions years before great oxidation event

Somewhere between Earth’s creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen. While researchers proclaim the first half of our 4.5 billion-year-old planet’s life as an important time for the development and evolution of early bacteria, evidence for these life forms remains sparse including …

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China to invest $140 billion by 2020 to relocate 10 million poorest citizens and lift 70 million above poverty line

China will invest 946.3 billion yuan ($140 billion) by 2020 to relocate its poorest citizens from remote, inland regions to more developed areas, the state planner said on Monday. The mass relocation is part of a strategy to lift 10 million people out of poverty by 2020, with 2 million estimated to be moved this …

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Nvidia Xavier chip 20 trillion operations per second of deep learning performance and uses 20 watts which means 50 chips would be a petaOP at a kilowatt

While Moore’s Law for traditional CPU-based computing is on the decline, Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia CEO says that we are just on the precipice of a new Moore’s Law-like curve of innovation—one that is driven by traditional CPUs with accelerator kickers, mixed precision capabilities, new distributed frameworks for managing both AI and supercomputing applications, and an …

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Diamonds as the ultimate semiconductors for superior sensors and power devices

Professor Mutsuko Hatano joined Tokyo Tech with the goal of developing diamond-based semiconductors for use in power electronics and sensors. “While we think of diamonds as very expensive jewelry, they can actually be made using methane and hydrogen. Diamonds are really just carbon, a light and simple element. Their simple yet unique characteristics create significant …

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Nuclear Energy Startups want to make nuclear energy radically less expensive like Spacex has made orbital launch cheaper

In graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Rachel Slaybaugh began studying the Boltzmann Transport Equation — “a single equation that describes where all of the neutrons are in a nuclear system,” Slaybaugh explains. “Anything in a nuclear system starts with where all of the neutrons are, so it lets you figure out everything else.” …

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Oil Production cut deals look unlikely

OPEC officials failed on Monday to bridge their differences on an agreement to cut production and revive oil prices, following comments from Saudi Arabia that output curbs aren’t essential. With just two days left before ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet to finalize the first decline in production in eight years, the …

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Portable chlorine generator to bring safe water and prevent 502,00 deaths from diarrheal illnesses every year

The MSR (Mountain Safety Research) Community Chlorine Maker is changing lives with just salt, water, a battery, and five minutes’ time. By creating chlorine on the spot, it empowers users to create their own chlorine for drinking water treatment that otherwise would be unavailable or unreliable. But with 1.8 billion people around the world still …

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China high speed rail expanding with projects in Australia and Europe and development of faster maglev trains

China’s CRRC corporation has announced its beginning research and development into a 600km / h high-speed maglev train, which would bring the travel time from Beijing to Shanghai down to only take 2 and half hours, about the same as taking a plane. CRRC, the world’s largest supplier of rail transit systems, is expecting to …

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