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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Facebook AI learns human reactions after watching hours of Skype


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2146294-facebook-ai-learns-human-reactions-after-watching-hours-of-skype/

Monday, September 4, 2017

The state of Machine Learning and AI industry: insights from Gooroo data

https://gooroo.io/GoorooTHINK/Article/17546/The-state-of-Machine-Learning-and-AI-industry-insights-from-Gooroo-data/30565

Scans prove there’s no such thing as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ brain

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28582-scans-prove-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-male-or-female-brain

Women Have More Active Brains Than Men

http://neurosciencenews.com/women-brain-activity-7253/

'Brain-Like' Supercomputers Could Enable Better Defense Decision-Making

https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1275214/brain-like-supercomputers-could-enable-better-defense-decision-making/source/GovDelivery/

DELINGPOLE: ‘Nearly All’ Recent Global Warming Is Fabricated, Study Finds

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/09/delingpole-nearly-all-recent-global-warming-is-fabricated-study-finds/

#China uses a quantum satellite to transmit potentially unhackable data

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-uses-quantum-satellite-transmit-potentially-data-pj-wilcox

UH-OH: Global Temperatures Cooler Now Than When Al Gore Won Nobel Prize For Global Warming Powerpoint Presentation

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/global-temperatures-cooler-al-gore-won-nobel-prize-global-warming-powerpoint-presentation/

Why a total solar eclipse is such a big deal (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=T_uUHCbZJmU

Scientists find 91 new volcanoes miles beneath Antarctica's thick ice sheet

https://repubhub.icopyright.net/freePost.act?tag=3.18274%3Ficx_id%3D88453&utm_campaign=ENVIRONMENT&utm_content=59054855

Biodegradable Car Made of Sugar Beets and Flax Tours Netherlands

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/theresa-smith/biodegradable-car-made-sugar-beets-and-flax-tours-netherlands

How A.I. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and #Art

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/arts/design/google-how-ai-creates-new-music-and-new-artists-project-magenta.html

The Dark and Light Sides of Latest Drone Technology

https://repubhub.icopyright.net/freePost.act?tag=3.18771%3Ficx_id%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fa%2Fthe-dark-and-light-side-of-latest-drone-technology%2F3985023.html&utm_campaign=TECH&utm_content=59043485

Mystery of distant Kuiper Belt object deepens

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/310299/mystery-of-distant-kuiper-belt-object-deepens

Scientists Improve Brown Dwarf Weather Forecasts

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/scientists-improve-brown-dwarf-weather-forecasts

Fear the rise of info-monopolies over America

https://fabiusmaximus.com/2017/08/22/info-monopolies-arise-and-use-their-power/

Climatologist rips Gore’s sequel: ‘Chock-full of bad science, bad policy, & factual errors’ – Writes book to debunk film

http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/08/19/climatologist-rips-gores-sequel-chock-full-of-bad-science-bad-policy-factual-errors-writes-book-to-debunk-film/

Team redefines cosmic velocity web

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-team-redefines-cosmic-velocity-web.html

Giant Cosmic Space Clouds of Beer

http://www.fermentarium.com/random-news/giant-cosmic-space-clouds-of-beer/

New Paltz's 3D Printing Lab is Cracking Cold Cases and Creating Candy

http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/September-2017/SUNY-New-Paltz-HVAMC/

Leather grown using biotechnology is about to hit the catwalk

https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21727059-genetic-engineering-used-make-leather-without-animals-leather-grown-using

Cassini: The Wonder of Saturn (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOoWJmYVtQ

Royal Navy imagines a sea change in maritime warfare

https://www.ft.com/content/1b1cb3d0-89bd-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47eff7

Chinese Tech Giants Are Now Among World’s Most Valuable. Here's Why

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chinese-tech-giants-now-among-worlds-most-valuable-heres-hans-tung

NEW STUDY SAYS BEER MAKES YOU MORE CREATIVE

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/beer-makes-you-more-creative/

SureFly personal octocopter revealed by the Workhorse Group (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdGpmAZt30s

Google isn’t merely EVIL; it has become a DANGER to freedom, liberty and democracy… Steve Cioccolanti issues urgent warning

http://newstarget.com/2017-08-31-google-isnt-merely-evil-it-has-become-a-danger-to-freedom-liberty-and-democracy-steve-cioccolanti-issues-urgent-warning.html

It rains solid diamonds on Uranus and Neptune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-uranus-neptune-diamonds-20170825-story.html

The most peculiar injury risk in college football: 10 hours a day in dress shoes

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-dress-shoes-navy-college-football-injury-20170831-story

#Trump’s NASA Nominee Vows to Compete With China in Space

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2291389-trumps-nasa-nominee-vows-to-compete-with-china-in-space/

ACE Celebrates 20 Years of Solar Wind, Cosmic Ray Discoveries

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-ace-celebrates-20-years-of-solar-wind-cosmic-ray-discoveries

Has Tabby's Star Mystery Finally Been Solved?


https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/tabby-s-star-mystery-still-hasn-t-been-solved-ncna797741

Monday, August 7, 2017

The Intelligence Explosion: A Short Sci Fi Film about AI Ethics


https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-intelligence-explosion-a-short-sci-fi-film-about-ai-ethics/

Nanomaterial charges everyday batteries in seconds

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/24/nanomaterial-charges-everyday-batteries-in-seconds/

12 Study Hacks That Will Help You Retain Information

https://medium.com/@cindymillet8/12-study-hacks-that-will-help-you-retain-information-8004f70c444c

U.S. Military's Most Powerful Cannon - Blitzer Electromagnetic Railgun - Shoots 100 miles - Mach 7 (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i737rM6FxqE

Scientists discover nature’s algorithm for intelligence

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/240695-scientists-discover-natures-algorithm-intelligence

From inflatable modules to a space shuttle cargo container: NASA reveals six concepts for its deep space habitat that could take man to Mars

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4740478/NASA-reveals-six-concepts-deep-space-habitat.html

The Navy can now 3D-print submarines on the fly for SEALs

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-navy-can-now-3d-print-submarines-the-fly-seals-2017-7

The hackers behind the WannaCry ransomware attack have finally cashed out

https://qz.com/1045270/wannacry-update-the-hackers-behind-ransomware-attack-finally-cashed-out-about-140000-in-bitcoin/

Pluto Probe May Get 2 Objects for Price of 1 During Next Flyby

https://www.space.com/37713-nasa-pluto-probe-flyby-target-two-objects.html

Heavily armoured dinosaur had ginger camouflage to deter predators – study

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/03/heavily-armoured-nodosaur-ginger-camouflage-predators-borealopelta-markmitchelli

Courts In Conflict: The State of Judicial Technology

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/courts-conflict-state-judicial-technology-aaron-montemayor-walker

Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world (video)

https://www.ted.com/talks/roger_antonsen_math_is_the_hidden_secret_to_understanding_the_world

AI and Neuroscience: A virtuous circle

https://deepmind.com/blog/ai-and-neuroscience-virtuous-circle/

Pirate Website Sci-Hub Is So Big, It Will Bring Down The Journals


http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/pirate-website-scihub-is-so-big-it-will-bring-down-the-journals/

Sunday, July 9, 2017

How plants grow like human brains


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170706143153.htm

The hidden signs that can reveal a fake photo

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170629-the-hidden-signs-that-can-reveal-if-a-photo-is-fake

Something extraordinary is happening in the world, and not many people have noticed

http://thepowerofideas.ideapod.com/something-extraordinary-happening-world-not-many-people-noticed/

Learning With Music Can Change Brain Structure

http://neurosciencenews.com/music-learning-brain-structure-7037/

Silicon Valley has a new vision for the pizzeria. It involves lots of robots

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-zume-pizza-automation-20170706-story.html

From Mozart to Botzart: when machines write our music


https://phys.org/news/2017-07-mozard-botzard-machines-music.html

NASA Pluto Probe's Next Target May Actually Be 'Swarm' of Objects

https://www.space.com/37415-new-horizons-second-flyby-target-surprises.html

KFC launched a chicken sandwich to the edge of space in unique ad campaign

http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/06/kfc_launched_a_chicken_sandwic.html

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft’s next target already revealing surprises

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2017/07/06/nasas-new-horizons-spacecrafts-next-target-already-revealing-surprises/

Is IBM Watson A 'Joke'?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2017/07/02/is-ibm-watson-a-joke/

Milky Way's fastest stars could be runaways from another galaxy

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/243561/

Growing plants in vinegar could help them survive drought

https://repubhub.icopyright.net/freePost.act?tag=3.19244%3Ficx_id%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.popsci.com%2Fgrowing-plants-in-vinegar-drought-resistant%3Fdom%3Dicopyrightsrc%3Dsyn&utm_campaign=ENVIRONMENT&utm_content=57223314

DIESEL DEATH NOTE France to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/3960139/france-to-end-the-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2040/

High-tech beanie could allow humans to achieve telepathy within a DECADE, expert claims


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4675924/Telepathy-possible-decade-expert-claims.html