The Nihon Ki-in (Japan Go Association) announced on Nov. 29 that it will hold the “World Go Championship” in March next year in which top Go players from Japan, China and South Korea will compete against artificial intelligence (AI) software. The first-prize winner will receive 30 million yen. From Japan, 9th-dan Yuta Iyama, who holds …
A commercial truck,with $30,000 worth of hardware and software from San Francisco startup Otto made the world’s first autonomous truck deliver. The delivery was 50,000 cans of Budweiser. The truck self drove 120 miles south to Colorado Springs. The technology works only on the highway, where it doesn’t have to deal with tricky variables like …
Fujitsu has collaborated with the University of Toronto to develop a new computing architecture to tackle a range of real-world issues by solving combinatorial optimization problems, which involve finding the best combination of elements out of an enormous set of element combinations. This architecture employs conventional semiconductor technology with flexible circuit configurations to allow it …
US Special Operations Command has requested funding from the Defense Department for fiscal year 2018 budget to begin modifying an AC-130 gunship for a high energy laser capability. If approved for the budget, Air Force Special Operations Command anticipates the service could begin the modifications as early as Fiscal 2020 on an AC-130W currently used …
By modifying rice to enrich its nutritional value for people growing it in developing countries, a University of Melbourne researcher is helping prevent iron-deficiency anaemia and maternal mortality Being able to prevent anemia and micronutrient deficiency in nearly two billion poor people will save over a million lives each year, prevent stunting which reduces IQ …
Doctor Strange is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 4, 2016. Luke Cage is a new Netflix series will drop on Friday, September 30th. It is part of the Defenders (Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones). When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a …
A team claims to have found a way to rejuvenate post-menopausal ovaries, enabling them to release fertile eggs. The team says its technique has restarted periods in menopausal women, including one who had not menstruated in five years. If the results hold up to wider scrutiny, the technique may boost declining fertility in older women, …
On an 800 day space mission, astronauts would need 24 tons for six people for consumables (water, oxygen and food). McConnell and Alex Tolley have an idea is to deploy electric engines that use reclaimed water and waste gases to do the job. Spacecoach enables us to begin building a space infrastructure that can extend …
Eight more countries want to hold referendums to exit the EU – France, Holland, Italy, Austria, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, and Slovakia all could leave. Germany now faces having to pay an extra 3 billion euros a year to the annual EU budget once Britain leaves. This alone is prompting German government officials to propose that …
Northrop Grumman has received a $17.7 million contract modification as part of DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node, or Tern, program. The modification takes the contract’s total to $150.2 million. Tern is a project that aims to make it quicker, easier, and less expensive for the U.S. military to deploy drones for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance …
The Carnival of Space 462 is up at Brown Spaceman Universe Today – First 3D Tools Printed Aboard Space Station The first item ever manufactured in space was a replacement part for the printer itself, in November 2014. Image: NASA This simple wrench was the first tool printed with the Additive Manufacturing Facility on board …