Science Art: Opportunities for Design & Development Engineers…, 1966.
This is the illustration from a full-page ad from the Hughes Aircraft Company in the Jan/Feb 1966 issue of Information Display magazine. This isn’t selling […]
computer science
AI to translate cat faces.
Nature: Scientific Reports wants you to know why your cat is making faces at you. They’ve published a study that uses artificial intelligence to decipher […]
SONG: Hashtag Exclamation (#!%^)
SONG: “Hashtag Exclamation (#!%^)”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “‘Just give me the f***ing links!’—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews,” Ars Technica, 25 […]
Get better searches by swearing at Google.
How are we teaching the learning-machines to speak? Ars Technica reports on the discovery (or revelation, maybe) that it’s possible to do away with that […]
Lucid dreaming by phone
Science News shares an app created by Northwestern University neuroscientists that’s designed to cue your almost-sleeping brain to launch you into a lucid dream: Before […]
Daddy-daughter alien decoding.
The European Space Agency reports on the team who successfully decoded an “alien” transmission actually sent by a probe orbiting Mars as part of a […]
Social media makes you weird.
Or at least, to be a little closer to what this Current Opinion in Psychology study is really saying, social media creates a false sense […]
One of the world’s poshest schools bans smartphones, issues Nokias.
How will the students play Bubble Cash? Mashable reports on what might be a smart move in favor of dumb phones at the upper-crusty English […]
SONG: Low Orbit Ion Cannon (a penitential Emperor X cover)
SONG: “Low Orbit Ion Cannon” (a penitential Emperor X cover). ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research; it’s a cover of an Emperor […]
Driverless cars, OK. Pilotless fighter jets? They’re flying now, too.
AP reports on a robot F16 that has just taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall out for a joyride courtesy of an AI fighter pilot: […]
Does tweeting research help?
Nature, always hoping to increase the reach of researchers, has a study that shows using the platform formerly known as Twitter to share research will […]
AI stocks take a dive.
The Futurist calls the latest wave of the hype-cycle over for artificial intelligence, with news of AI companies losing an impressive $190 billion in stock […]
Hacking the train.
Ars Technica recently reported on a new front in the “right to repair” war. A group of hackers broke into a Polish train system in […]
SONG: Hymn of Acxiom (a penintential cover)
SONG: “Hymn of Acxiom” (a penitential cover). (available as .ogg here) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on research. It’s a cover of “Hymn of […]
SONG: Burning Libraries
SONG: “Burning Libraries”. (available as .ogg here) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on The Guardian, 12 Oct 2023, “Researchers use AI to read word on ancient […]