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Feb 12, 2016
Now You Can Hang With Your Friends In VR
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
This virtual reality app and headset lets you hang out with your friend in cool environments.
Feb 11, 2016
Wall Street Is Trying to Beat Silicon Valley at Its Own Game
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: business, finance, law
I have worked in both tech and in Wall Street firms. One thing about Wall Street (WS) is that WS knows legal & compliance, trading, and financials better than just about anyone. And, tech is an industry can do innovation better than just about anyone as well as build world class businesses from the ground up. So, it will be interesting to see how these 2 titan industries play out.
Banks race to beat the patent trolls—and Silicon Valley.
Feb 11, 2016
ViaSat to Launch Satellite to Provide 1 Terabit Internet Connection
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: internet, satellites
ViaSat plans to launch three satellites to provide 1 terabit per second internet connections to remote areas, aircraft, and maritime vehicles.
ViaSat, a US-based satellite company, has teamed up with Boeing to build three new satellites that will provide high-speed Internet to remote areas around the world. This joint project was announced two days ago. ViaSat is scheduled to launch its satellite ViaSat2 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in just a few months.
These three new satellites, named ViaSat3, will be carrying a total network capacity of a whopping 1 Terabit per second, triple the capacity of ViaSat2. It will be able to deliver 100 Mbps service to remote residential areas in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Feb 11, 2016
Faster Than Thought: DARPA, Artificial Intelligence, & The Third Offset Strategy
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: internet, robotics/AI
ARLINGTON: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing artificial intelligence that can help humans understand the floods of data they unleashed 50 years ago with the Internet and make better decisions, even in the heat of battle. Such “human-machine collaboration” — informally known as the centaur model — is the high-tech holy grail of the Defense Department’s plan to counter Russian and Chinese advances, known as the Third Offset Strategy.
“We’ve had some great conversations with the deputy,” said DARPA director Arati Prabhakar, referring to the chief architect of Offset, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work. “In many of our programs you’ll see some of the technology components” of the strategy. But it’s more than specific technologies, however exotic: It’s about a new approach to technology.
Feb 11, 2016
Five women making strides in the science world
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: science
Michelle Simmons is Australia’s answer to Canada’s Geordie Rose (CTO of D-Wave) — Simmons and four other female scientists are recognized.
Meet five Australian women at the top of their game on the first UN day honouring female contributions to the world of science.
Very nice.
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Feb 11, 2016
Collaborative Minds Bringing Sounds to Brain Data in Yearlong Project
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, life extension, neuroscience
Very huge step forward for brain sensory mapping.
Data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have provided eye-popping pictures of the way the brain is wired, and allowed neuroscientists and laypeople alike to view intricate anatomical and functional connections between regions of the brain. But what if a new tool could be applied to MRI and other data, to listen to the way the brain works and how it is forged with connections?
An emerging effort to “sonify” imaging data is taking root at UT Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity, in the lab of Dr. Gagan Wig. The approach, now funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), allows data to be represented by sounds from which a trained listener might be able to discern patterns of brain connectivity not readily seen in available visualization strategies.
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Feb 11, 2016
UK lawmakers slam government plan to scoop up data
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: privacy
UK cracking down on their government’s eaves dropping efforts.
The British government’s bill that calls for far-reaching data collection powers gets slammed in parliament. Critics say it would be most intrusive collection regime among Western democracies.
Feb 11, 2016
DNA breaks in nerve cells‘ ancestors cluster in specific genes
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
Researchers have discovered breaks in nerve cells tied to varous genetically related neurological disorders.
