It’s 92% accurate!
…when tested with a vocabulary of 20 words.
A long way to go yet, but it is starting to bring into reality something that’s been a minor SF trope for years: reading subvocalizations.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
MIT’s New Voiceless Interface Can Read the Words in Your Head https://suhub.co/2v5n1ui
Via Sarah Rios.
Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh
“A new journal to showcase Africa’s often-overlooked scientific research has been launched to give the continent’s scientists better global recognition.
Scientific African will be the first “mega-journal” in Africa. It was unveiled in Kigali last week at Africa’s biggest science conference, the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) conference, and the first issue is scheduled to be published at the end of the summer.
Its editor, Dr Benjamin Gyampoh, said the journal would address the problem of African scientists going unrecognised for pioneering work because they lacked access to quality publications.
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Scientific African will be an open-access journal, with no subscription required.
“A lot of the science is publicly funded but then many of the journals charge quite a lot for access to it,” said Rose Mutiso, co-founder of the Mawazo institute in Kenya. She said many African institutions lack the budget for staff to access research from the most notable journals. “There is a big funding gap for science research in Africa. This creates a vicious cycle for African scientists who have issues accessing research and also publishing their work in places that will give them recognition.””
Whatever you may think of the movie, this is an interesting summary of the different tech that’s currently in development to increase the realism of VR.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
How Big Is the Gap Between ‘Ready Player One’ and Current VR Tech? https://suhub.co/2GKhcYx
I’ve thought for a while that we don’t expect enough of boys and young men. And in other ways, we expect too much.
Via Samuel Smith.
Originally shared by Anthony Loera
Wow, Just Released! Open Source plans to build your own 3D organ bio printer for about $500!
Carnegie Melon University turns its back on private patents and big pharma bucks for the good of the world!
https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2018/03/23-bioprinter-feinberg.html
https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2018/03/23-bioprinter-feinberg.html
How far along is AI creativity?
Like the rest of the AI sphere, it’s patchy.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Can We Make a Musical Turing Test? https://suhub.co/2H8yqhM
“Cruz is our candidate!” Tom Swift ranted.
“But we need Romney as well,” he had to admit.
This is clever. I’m sure someone can think of a science-fictional application.
Originally shared by HACKADAY
Here’s how to use the Moiré effect to create patterns which change depending on how they’re viewed.
[Tom Scott] ran across an interesting visual effect created with Moiré patterns and used for guiding ships but we’re sure it can be adapted for hacks somewhere. Without the aid of any motors or LED animation, the image changes as the user views it from…
http://hackaday.com/2018/04/07/using-moire-patterns-to-guide-ships/
This is huge news. They’re getting significant memory enhancement by using already-in-place neural prostheses (in epilepsy patients) to electrically stimulate the hippocampus.
Yes.
Originally shared by Rocio Goodey
That’s probably a whole different college class where they teach that.