This is a big advance in AI linguistics!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/ibms-watson-to-rival-humans-in-round-of-jeopardy/
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Cardboard box oven that can boil water
Very cool, very simple invention.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/solar.oven.global.warming/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/solar.oven.global.warming/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Friday, April 3, 2009
Robot makes scientific discovery on its own
A robot programmed to create and test hypotheses.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/robotscientist.html
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/robotscientist.html
DNA Tech speed increases
Yet another example of how technology speeds up technology.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/british-institu.html
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/british-institu.html
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Baby Chickens Do Arithmetic
Better than human babies, apparently.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/01/chicks-math-smart.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/01/chicks-math-smart.html
Apparantly employees who web surf in moderation are actually more productive than those who don't at all. (I suspect an Attention Deficit Superiority link here.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/lf_nm_life/us_work_internet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/lf_nm_life/us_work_internet
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