April 2, 2017 |
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DARPA earlier this month hosted the Battle of the ModRecs—a low-key competitive opportunity for engineers with a penchant for antennas and algorithms to test their skills in modulation recognition. “We’re looking to push modulation recognition out of its comfort zone,” …
March 7, 2017 |
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Neuromorphic (brain-like brain inspired chips) chips require far less power to process AI algorithms. For example, one neuromorphic chip made by IBM contains five times as many transistors as a standard Intel processor, yet consumes only 70 milliwatts of power. …
February 26, 2017 |
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Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), CIEMAT (Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, in collaboration with the firm BioDan Group, have presented a prototype for a 3D bioprinter that can create …
January 31, 2017 |
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An international consortium is working to implement a new approach to increase the accuracy of optical radar’s function. An optical radar is a device for estimating the distance, comprised of emitter sending an optical signal (for example laser beam), a …
July 21, 2016 |
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The U.S. Air Force has funded a test flight of the ROSA (Roll Up Solar Array) mechanism, now scheduled for a SpaceX launch in Spring 2017 to the International Space Station, where it will be deployed in space. ROSA is …
July 19, 2016 |
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Meyer Lansky came up with the quote, We’re bigger than U.S. Steel. The we refers to organized crime. Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), known as the “Mob’s Accountant”, was a major organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles “Lucky” Luciano, …
November 4, 2015 |
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An astrophysicist says he may have found evidence of alternate or parallel universes by looking back in time to just after the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago. While mapping the so-called “cosmic microwave background,” which is the …
November 4, 2015 |
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Tesla Motors – Third Quarter 2015 Shareholder Letter indicates the Model 3 unveiling is planned for late March 2016 * In Q3, global Model S orders increased by more than 50% from a year ago, and grew at a faster …
