Technology

Want To Be A Successful Science Blogger?

Discover jumped into science blogging on a national scale last year when they hired the awesome Phil Plait, our favorite Bad Astronomer, to be their anchor and then boosted their credibility when they lured respected journalist Carl Zimmer from Seed Media ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 24 2024 - 10:53am

Black Mental Health Is Basically Ignored By AI Models

Large Language Models, colloquially called Artificial Intelligence by companies selling rebranded autocomplete tools to other companies and the public, can automate a lot of entry-level projects but when it comes to anything more complex the flaws are quic ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2024 - 3:30pm

Republicans Shot Trump, Electronic Voting, GMOs- Conspiracy Theories Are Common. Here's Why

Misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories have always been with us. The belief that Republican Vice-President Dan Quayle couldn't spell 'potato' or that Democratic President Barack Obama was not a citizen are common modern ones ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2024 - 10:32am

Robotic Leg With Artificial Muscles Can Walk And Jump Across Unstable Terrain

Robots have a 200-year-old problem: motors. Even walking robots feature arms and legs that are powered by motors and that is a barrier to helping the living but a new muscle-powered robotic leg can jump and move and fast while detecting and reacting to obs ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2024 - 1:22pm

To Be Effective, AI-Powered Bartenders Have To Ignore Some Signals

A robotic bartender has to do something challenging for a machine- ignore data and recognize social signals. Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) of Bielefeld University investigated how a robotic bartender can ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2024 - 8:26am

Beware: That 'nubile female' you talk to in "Second Life" could be Richard Dawkins

Courtesy of GrrrlScientist at Guardian Blogs (who I found courtesy of the venerable yet still awesome ScienceURLs), I got a chance to view an interview of Richard Dawkins conducted by Matt Ridley.   Dawkins is a polarizing figure and maybe not a great publ ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 15 2024 - 8:44am

HRP-4C: A Fembot eerily more realistic than Lady Gaga

The HRP-4C from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, a descendant of the HRP-4 humanoid robot that sent normal people into uncanny valley creepiness territory last year, can sing now. Clearly catering toward Japane ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 15 2024 - 9:33am

Battlestar Galactica Online MMORPG Closed Beta Begins

If you are reading this site, you already know "Battlestar Galactica" is the greatest science-fiction show of all time.  Yes, yes, "Farscape" was terrific and "Star Trek" set the standard but Battlestar Galactica as number on ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2024 - 12:35pm

Carbon — to capture or not to capture

This came up on 2nd November 2024 (give or take a day), a broadcaster objecting to a carbon capture scheme being pushed by the UK Energy Secretary, who along with a considerable number of our politicians is aiming to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions as so ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Nov 6 2024 - 10:35am

Nothing like the HP RPN calculators

There is nothing like these RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculators from HP. But there seems to be two kinds of people: those who love RPN and those who just find it confusing. I happen to be in the first category and these are my RPN calculators: ...

Blog Post - Sverre Holm - Nov 7 2024 - 8:46pm