Technology

The brain and the digestive tract are in constant communication, relaying signals that help to control feeding, and the implication that this communication network may also influence our mental state- as if "hangry" is science any more than a chi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2023 - 8:41am

ChatGPT Is The Great Equalizer For Those Born With Socioeconomic And Genetic Disadvantages

There is a lot of concern about the ability of ChatGPT to replace lower-skilled workers but it will probably make them better. In the 19th century a phrase went, "God man but Sam Colt made them equal" and ChatGPT could give those without inherent ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2023 - 7:49pm

Hidden Benefit To The ACA: It May Help Bring Science 2.0 To Pass

The Affordable Care Act and data portability is forcing health care providers, and the vendors who service them, to accelerate development of tools that can handle an expected deluge of data and information about patients, providers and outcomes. The volum ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2023 - 1:00pm

Can This AI Write Video Games?

Researchers at Imperial College have released a video game that was written in part by what they call an Artificial Intelligence (AI) "machine" named Angelina, which is a clever acronym for "A Novel Game-Evolving Labrat I've Named Angel ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 9 2024 - 10:29am

Beware the data thieves: paranoia meets reality

Could someone be stealing your unpublished data? It is more likely than you might think, especially if you ever travel to other countries. Before you dismiss this as paranoia, read on. When I was a graduate student at UCSD in La Jolla, CA, there were rumor ...

Blog Post - Paul Knoepfler - Jan 11 2024 - 2:03pm

Twitter As Harbinger Of The Second Dot Com Bubble

Remember when there were two well-funded start-ups competing to sell you dog food over the Internet? And AOL could buy Time-Warner? The good old days of pretend Internet money may be back. Despite having no revenue, Twitter is supposedly valued at $10 bi ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 7 2024 - 10:15am

AI And The End Of Human Exceptionalism

Over the last two years, generative AI has smashed our ideas of what intelligence means, what AI can and cannot do, and of our place in the cosmos. A two-thousand year old journey from Aristotle to today, has culminated in a moment where human exceptional ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Feb 9 2024 - 6:59pm

Flying Robot With A Crash Fetish Ironically Named Gimball

A 34 centimeter diameter spherical flying robot does things that probably don't make sense to most people. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2024 - 3:17pm

Novel Robot Jumps Like A Grasshopper

The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration. The 'Jollbot' has been created by Rhodri Armour, a PhD student from the University of Bath. It's hoped his creation, whi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2024 - 3:21pm

Pope Francis Loses Out To Cybersquatters

Being Pope may mean good things in the afterlife but here on Earth, it doesn't count for a lot on the Internet. On the day Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis, over 600 domain names were registered by cybersquatters. They must be ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 15 2024 - 6:12am