2016 – Page 40 – Impact Lab

Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, Games, Ideas, New Discoveries, quantum computing, Science & Technology News

Using Games to Further Quantum Computing

April 20, 2016

There is a battle raging between human and machine. Even though machine consciousness is still a long way away, computed algorithms are making choices that once needed human input. Recently Google’s AlphaGo algorithm beat a professional player in the game Go. An achievement that demonstrates the speed and development of machine capabilities. However, there is still much to do to make computers think like a human. Through games we can teach computers how to solve problems intuitively.

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Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Coworking, Ideas, Latest Trend

Redefining Space as a Commodity through Coworking and Coliving

April 20, 2016

Basing your business models on commercializing untapped resources is a good way to build profitable companies. Facebook taps its users to generate content and now other organizations are realizing the potential of gathering, processing, and storing data. Other industries are using space as a resource, like utilizing rooftops of large malls and buildings to build solar panels. Airbnb allows people to make income off unused space in their homes by renting to travelers. Space is becoming a commodity.

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Artificial Intelligence, Big Problems, Bill Gates, Crazy Stuff, cutting edge, Hot Issues, Science & Technology News, Science Fiction

Complementary AI-human hybrid intelligence

April 22, 2016

As AI becomes smarter, many are calling for caution, in case science fiction was right about robots destroying their masters. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Stephen Hawking have all called for caution in the development of intelligent systems. When computers can make critical decisions for themselves there is reason to be worried, especially if the outcome is not in your favor

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App, Apple, Augmented Reality, communication, Crazy Stuff, cutting edge, facebook, Science & Technology News, Social Media

Facebook’s Plan For Virtual Reality Is A Killer App for Social VR

April 16, 2016

What does the the largest social networking company want with a device focused on single user experience? Many eyebrows were raised when Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014. Today at F8, Facebook revealed how it thinks VR will be a rich social tool. During his keynote address, CTO Mike Schroepfer talked about what he calls “social VR.”

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Automobiles, new technology, Science & Technology News, Self-driving Cars, Transportation

A Michigan City is Participating in Toyota’s Connected Car experiment

April 16, 2016

The streets of Ann Arbor Michigan will have 5000 connected cars roaming the streets. These cars will communicate wirelessly with each other as well some infrastructure in an experiment to make autonomous cars a reality. Toyota is partnering with Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute on the project. Drivers who particpate have small data collecting boxes installed near the rear windshield and on the roof. The equipment transmits speed and position to other participating vehicles, infrastructure, and research equipment alongside some of the roads.

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Agriculture, Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, Ecological Products, Energy, Engineering, Future, Green Friendly, Plant Life, Science & Technology News

Skyfarms, Wind-powered, vertical structures, are the future of agriculture

April 15, 2016

The future of farming is coming to the big city. Skyfarm, a hyperboloid tower that combines different farming techniques, from aquaponics to traditional soil based methods, in a bamboo structure that generates wind energy, won an award at the 2014 World Architecture Festival’s Future Projects Experimental category. The design was praised by the jury as a “thorough, believable, and beautiful project.”

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Artificial Intelligence, Crazy Stuff, Science & Technology News

Artificial Intelligence is Making it Easier to Figure Out Who Could Have Written the Bible

April 15, 2016

A book with very hazy origins, is also the best selling and most controversial book ever written. Partly because we don’t know who wrote it, and along its history has been subjected to poor copies and mis-translated. The Old Testament is especially difficult to pin down its origins. Thanks to modern artificial intelligence some progress is being made into cracking the mystery of who wrote the Bible.

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Science & Technology News

Roads in Germany Getting Solar Cells Installed by Solmove Startup

April 15, 2016

A Startup Company in Germany, founded by Donald Müller-Judex, ask the question “Why are all the solar cells on the roofs and not in other surfaces like roads or bike paths?” The Startup, which is working on a flexible glass carpet filled with solar cells, meant for footpaths, cycle lanes, and flat roofs, is ready for its first incarnation in Germany next month.

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Science & Technology News

Why you might want to put tape over your webcam

April 12, 2016

A speech given by FBI Director James Comey at Keyon College, stated that “absolute privacy has never existed until now, with encryption by default. Comey says that the encryption of everyday items, that create spaces where law enforcement cannot go, even with court orders, has tilted the balance between privacy and security to far in favor of privacy. Despite his speech, a comment made Comey after his speech, caught the attention of privacy activists. He puts a “piece of tape” over the camera of his personal laptop.

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Augmented Reality, facebook, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Zuckerberg shows off Augmented Reality glasses during F8

April 13, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his 10-year plan for Facebook, onstage at the F8 developer conference. During which he detailed the company’s thoughts on AR and VR and demonstrated a pair of AR glasses that are not yet ready for sale. He also discussed their dedication to live streaming, including a new API so developers can add live streaming to their hardware.

Onstage at its annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the social network’s 10-year road map. In addition to the company’s dedication to live streaming (including a new API so developers can add live streaming to their hardware), he detailed the company’s thoughts on how AR and VR will affect our lives. He also showed off a pie-in-the-sky pair of AR glasses that you probably won’t be able to pick up from your optometrist anytime soon.

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Bitcoin, Business, Globalism

Global Blockchain Forum To Address International Policy on Bitcoin Technology

April 13, 2016

Trade associations from across the world or teaming up together to address the need for consistent laws and regulations governing digital currencies and the technology behind them. Tuesday, the involved organizations including the Chamber of Digital Commerce, based, in Washington D.C. launched the Global Blockchain forum, “blockchain” being the term to describe the technology behind digital currency, to help shape blockchain international policy.

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Augmented Reality, Biotech, Crazy Stuff, cutting edge, Patents, Science & Technology News

Patent Unveils Samung’s Idea For Smart Contact Lenses With A Camera And Display

April 12, 2016

Science fiction from movies is becoming reality. In this case a scene from Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, where IMF agent Milliam Brandt(played by Jeremy Renner), may have you wondering if this technology exists yet. According to a patent that recently surfaced, Samsung may be working on making this a reality soon, with their patent of a smart contact lens.

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