Cray Supercomputing as a Service Becomes a Reality
• https://www.nextplatform.comFor a mature company that kickstarted supercomputing as we know it, Cray has done a rather impressive job of reinventing itself over the years.
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Oracle CEO Mark Hurd explains how the cloud is helping the company use its lawyers less
• http://www.businessinsider.comOracle is as famous within the tech industry for its legal department as it is for its ubiquitous database software. The company's lawyer-heavy reputation was immortalized in this classic comic by Googler Manu Cornet:
The Revolutionary Skyscraper Is Designed To Feed A Village
• http://www.trueactivist.comThe winning architects of eVolo Magazine's 2017 Skyscraper Competition have a surprising plan to improve agriculture in Africa.
52 genes associated with intelligence discovered
• http://newatlas.comAnytime discussion of a genetic basis behind intelligence comes up we immediately enter a minefield of social and ethical controversies. What actually constitutes "intelligence" in the first place, and what are the practical outcomes of being able to
How Big Data is Engineering Your Life
• https://www.corbettreport.comPinocchio is the story of a marionette that dreams of becoming a real boy. He wishes upon a star, proves himself brave, selfless and true, and a kind fairy grants him his heart's one true desire.
Jeff Bezos lays out his vision for city on the moon, complete with robots
• https://www.geekwire.comSpaceX billionaire Elon Musk may have his heart set on building a city on Mars, but Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' space vision looks closer to home. He's gazing at the moon.
Electrified graphene becomes a bacterial bug zapper
• https://www.freedomsphoenix.comGraphene's long list of achievements is a little longer today, as researchers from Rice University have used the material to make a bacterial bug zapper. A form of the material called laser-induced graphene (LIG) has previously been found to be antib
World's first autonomous security vehicle with companion drone
• http://newatlas.comSurveillance drones and security robots are not new innovations on their own, but Singapore company Otsaw Digital has brought the two together. The O-R3 is the world's first ground-aerial outdoor security robot that combines an autonomous roving grou
The Weaponization of "Science"
• https://www.corbettreport.com"Science" is being turned into a political weapon. Not the scientific method, but the reified "science" of scientism, exemplified by the politically-motivated March For Science, the politically-biased peer review process, the politically-char
Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle That If Injected, Allows You To Live Without Breathing
• pirateswithoutborders.com By Robert KleinA team of scientists at the Boston Children's Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years.
"Arbitrage Is Dead" - Commodity Traders Lament A World "Where Everyone Knows Everythi
• http://www.zerohedge.comFor commodity traders operating in the Information Age, Bloomberg reports that just good old trading doesn't cut it anymore... "Everything is transparent, everybody knows everything and has access to information." Unlike the stock market in which t
Neuromorphic Chips Offer Neural Networks That Actually Work Like the Brain
• https://motherboard.vice.comThe thing about neural networks is that they don't really behave much like the brain at all. It's a thin metaphor that managed to catch on and now whenever I say I'm training a neural network people assume that I'm into some real mystical shit. There
Google's AlphaGo AI defeats world Go number one Ke Jie
• https://www.theverge.comGoogle's AI AlphaGo has done it again: it's defeated Ke Jie, the world's number one Go player, in the first game of a three-part match. AlphaGo shot to prominence a little over a year ago after beating Korean legend Lee Se-dol 4-1 in one of the
Deadly infections from medical devices could be ended by using Manuka honey
• pirateswithoutborders.com By Gina KynastManuka honey is a unique and highly beneficial type of honey produced in Australia and New Zealand by bees that pollinate the Manuka bush, also known as tea tree. Recently touted as a superfood, Manuka honey has been used by indigenous cultures for t
"Reality" Edited in Real Time: New Tech Shows Why You Can't Trust Anything You See
• http://pirateswithoutborders.com(Truthstream Media) Talk about wag the dog. I'm not even sure what to write for a description of the video you are about to watch.
How to protect yourself against invisible browser fingerprinting
• https://www.comparitech.comA common investigative technique in law enforcement is to collect fingerprints at the scene of a crime. At the time of collection, it's not known who those fingerprints belong to, so the goal is wholesale collection for later analysis. Those finger
Sony files to patent new contact lenses that can record video
• http://pirateswithoutborders.comSony has come up with intelligent contact lenses capable of recording and playing video - all with the blink of an eye. The Tokyo-based firm filed a patent application, published earlier this month, revealing how the smart lenses would use movements
One Year After Kickoff, OneWeb Says Its 700-Satellite Constellation is On Schedule
• http://pirateswithoutborders.comThe next step, he said, is a design-to-manufacture period to be followed by production of the first 10 pilot satellites, to be built at Airbus Defence and Space's production facility here.
Desktop waterjet cuts almost any material - and expenses
• http://pirateswithoutborders.comWazer is out to change that with the first desktop waterjet that can cut nearly any hard or soft material with a precision similar to larger, more expensive systems, but at less cost. Created by a group of University of Pennsylvania graduates, Wazer
Plasma propulsion could become effective and useful for higher altitude aviation...
• nextbigfuture.com Author: brian wangBerkant Göksel at the Technical University of Berlin and his team now want to fit plasma engines to planes.
Scientists successfully 3D print human cartilage with a breakthrough stem cell printer
• http://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) Recently, Swedish scientists successfully developed cartilage tissue by printing stem cells through a 3D bioprinter. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy and the Chalmers University of Technology in Sw
Scientists: Cryogenically Frozen Brains Will Be Transplanted Into Donor Bodies Within...
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: SARAH KNAPTONScientists: Cryogenically Frozen Brains Will Be Transplanted Into Donor Bodies Within Three Years
Electric spinal stimulation helps paraplegic man regain control of legs
• newatlas.com by Rich HardyAn innovative combination of electrical spinal stimulation and physical therapy has allowed 26-year-old Jered Chinnock to intentionally move his legs for the first time in three years, after an accident left him paralyzed.
Purging the body of 'retired' cells could reverse ageing, study shows
• https://www.theguardian.com, Hannah DevlinFindings raise possibility that a future therapy that rids the body of senescent cells might protect against the ravages of old age
Scientists Have Developed The World's First Soft Tissue Synthetic Retina
• sciencealert.com by PETER DOCKRILLThe bionic eye just got a lot more eye-friendly.
Brain power: How one paralyzed man was able to move his arm again
• http://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) Bill Kochevar, 56, was left paralyzed from the shoulders down after a cycling accident severely injured his spinal cord. In the years since his accident, he had become completely reliant on his caregivers at the Cleveland VA Medical Ce
Scientists can now grow a beating human heart from stem cells
• https://www.indy100.com, by Louis DoréA team of scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have used adult skin cells to regenerate functional human heart tissue.
SkinGun shoots burn victims with their own stem cells
• gizmag.comGuns are often thought about for their destructive nature, but a new kind of gun is set to help heal rather than harm.
Shocked medics detect brain signals in DEAD patient ten minutes after heart stopped beating
• http://www.mirror.co.uk, ByAbigail O'LearyThe study of four patients found each brain reacted differently in its final moments, suggesting we all experience death in a unique way
What the What Is Quantum Computing? We've Got You Covered
• https://www.wired.comThanks to the superposition principle, a quantum machine has the potential to become an exponentially more powerful computer. If that makes little sense to you, here's quantum computing explained.
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