News & Articles By Edsel Cook
08/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Computer scientists develop software that can look a few minutes into the future
An article in Alpha Galileo reported a development straight out of the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Minority Report. German computer experts have created artificial intelligence that can predict what a person is going to do in a few minutes. The software program is trained by watching videos that depict the step-by-step process of an action. […]
08/11/2018 / By Edsel Cook
REPORT: The U.S. intelligence community wants to use DNA as the next data storage trove
The amount of electronic data we generate every year is quickly outstripping the capacity of the latest storage systems. The U.S. intelligence community wants a new storage material that can accomodate all that data. In an article on Live Science, they are looking into a rather concerning source that is known to store dense amounts of […]
08/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Scientists create an electronic nose that can smell potential hazards such as spoiled food
Your smartphone may soon be able to catch a whiff of anything nasty in the air. German researchers have created a computer chip-sized electronic nose that can learn from the scents it encounters, an article in Alpha Galileo reported. The olfactory sensor is part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)’s “smelldect” project. It can […]
07/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Leading expert in AI says that robots will never rise up against humans because they will become part of the family
A British expert on artificial intelligence is bucking the general wariness regarding increasingly intelligent robots. In a report from The Telegraph, he claims that robots are not going to overthrow humankind in the distant future because they are going to become beloved members of human families. Dr. Nigel Shadbolt of Oxford University (Oxford) says that […]
07/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook
How to protect your information and remain anonymous online
Protecting your identity in the lawless wild of the Internet is considered to be a lost cause. But an article on Survival Blog.com tackled how you can set up a secure virtual machine for browsing online. Start by getting a gaming laptop with Windows 10 Professional. To make sure the purchase can’t be traced back to […]
07/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook
University of Utah engineer received $2M grant to develop smarter tech to tackle power outages
A new research laboratory is being constructed in Utah. Funded by the U.S. Navy, it will develop microgrid technologies that can help communities maintain or restore their supply of electricity after a natural disaster or a cyber attack takes out the main power grid, an article in News Wise states. When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto […]
07/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Researchers develop AI system that can design and assemble themselves
It is worrisome enough that humans are programming artificial intelligence (AI) systems that might one day be able to think for themselves. Now, an article in Alpha Galileo states that U.K. researchers want to give the AI the ability to design, build, and reprogram itself in order to exceed the performance of human-designed systems. The […]
06/21/2018 / By Edsel Cook
New generation of superconductors use high entropy alloys
In a recent Science Daily article, Japanese researchers presented the first of a new generation of superconductors. These highly-conductive materials incorporate a high-entropy alloy made from not just one or two or even three, but five separate rare earth metals (REMs). The researchers combined layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) superconductor with high-entropy REM alloy oxyfluoride. […]
06/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Private companies are beginning to shape the future of consumer internet, and that might be a bad thing
The global internet is now the battleground of big name corporations like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and SpaceX, each of which plans to snag a slice of that profitable pie. An article from The Conversation stated that these private companies are shaping future digital infrastructure and resources so that they stand to benefit the most as long […]
06/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook
The emerging field of “spintronics” uncovers an unexpected phenomenon in how electrons “spin” which could help develop more efficient computing devices
The accidental discovery of the zero field switching (ZFS) effect is a major leap forward in the field of spintronics. It could pave the way towards memory and computing devices that are both smaller and draw less power, according to an article in NanoWerk. The University of Maryland (UMD) defined spintronics as the role of nuclear and […]
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