When it comes to hiring, computers do it best. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, hiring managers choose worse candidates than those recommended by algorithms.
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Lab-grown burger prices went from $325K to $11.36
Laboratories are now able to produce lab-grown meat, which cost around $325,000 in 2013 to produce, but it is now only $11.36. This product is expected to be available to consumers within the next five years.
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Future high-tech bathrooms predicted to include disease diagnosing mirrors and robots
Futurologist, Dr. Ian Pearson, predicts that smart mirrors will eventually check your health and even suggest make-up and hairstyles in 10 years. His predictions also include that bathrooms will become an entertaining station with changeable wall screens and robots that will clean your bathroom.
The evolution of yearbook smiles over 100 years
Researchers at UC Berkeley have collected some interesting data in regards to smiling in yearbook portraits over the past century. They looked at both men and women’s portraits to see how they evolved.
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Team builds world’s first human vocal cords from scratch
For the first time, doctors have grown vocal cords from scratch. This could one day restore the ability to speak to those that have lost their voice through surgery or disease.
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Formula E announces first driverless car race series ‘Roborace’
Now that the driver is out of the picture, engineers and programmers can now use their skills to crush the competition. The series is set to begin as early as October of 2016.
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34% of Mobile purchases help Thanksgiving/Black Friday Online Sales Hit $4.5B
Just in the first two days of the sales period, online purchases netted $4.45 billion in the U.S.. Mobile devices accounted for a record of $1.5 billion, with $2.72 billion on Thanksgiving and $1.73 billion spent on BlackFriday.
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Li-Fi is the new Wi-Fi
Professor Harald Haas, from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, coined the term Li-Fi and is a co-founder of pureLiFi. Li-Fi offers quite a bit of advantages over Wi-Fi and can be used with anything ranging from children’s toys to commercial airplanes.
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Singapore’s millionaire increase surpasses Hong Kong’s
Over the next five years, Singapore is expected to have a surge of millionaires. Its exceptional quality of life and bursting financial markets are drawing in wealth from all over the world.
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Neural network describes its stroll through Amsterdam
Neural networks, a computer system modeled on the human brain and nervous system, are driving technology to become more independent of its user. The networks are learning and adapting to its surrounds, and although not perfect, it’s very interesting to see how it corrects itself.
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Deep learning AI out performs world’s top radiologists
Something big is happening in medical science right now. Jeremy Howard is bringing forward, Enlitic, an advanced machine learning company that is notably better than the best humans at detecting early stages of cancer. Continue reading… “Deep learning AI out performs world’s top radiologists”
For merging universities, big is beautiful.
Universities are now merging to create super-universities. In order to address the growing challenges of the world, universities will need to be comprehensive across multiple disciplines.
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