creeps
Check Out These Weird-Ass Ancient Proto-Spiders Trapped in Amber
Spiders with tails, ew.
Michael Byrne
2.8.18
brains
So Neuroscientists Have Found a Way to Stop It, But What Exactly Is Tinnitus?
Silencing the dull screech of hardcore shows gone by.
Michael Byrne
2.7.18
neural networks
Attack Targets Automatic Speech Recognition Systems
Research demonstrates the possibility of using slight distortions to trick speech recognition neural nets into hearing spoofed messages.
Michael Byrne
1.31.18
Empathy
How AI Can Help Us Understand Pain and Suffering
Pixar technical director Alonso Martinez sees AI as a tool for empathy.
Michael Byrne
1.31.18
graph theory
How to Hide Within a Social Network
New graph theory research offers good news for privacy advocates, bad news for the FBI.
Michael Byrne
1.30.18
security
This CPU Exploit-Safe Version of 'Doom' Runs at .00003 FPS
One way to defend against Spectre and Meltdown.
Michael Byrne
1.30.18
Empathy
How AI Can Help Us Understand Pain and Suffering
Pixar technical director Alonso Martinez sees AI as a tool for empathy.
Michael Byrne
1.29.18
physical AI
How Funny Robots Can Help Stall Dementia
What the uncanny valley offers that VR doesn't.
Michael Byrne
1.26.18
preventable errors
The Navy's New $440 Million Warship Will Spend the Winter Frozen to a Dock in Canada
The USS Little Rock is likely stuck in Montreal until spring.
Michael Byrne
1.23.18
Pharma
New 'Reactionware' 3D Printing System Spits Out Pharmaceuticals On-Demand
The door is open for making drugs on-site in doctors' offices, or even in space.
Michael Byrne
1.19.18
Skynet
Energy Neutral Drone Swarms Can Spy on You Without Taking a Break
Researchers imagine a self-sufficient internet of drones.
Michael Byrne
1.17.18
Space
Fast Radio Bursts Are a Sci-Fi Dream with An Astrophysical Source
New research suggests the origins of one of astrophysics' greatest mysteries.
Michael Byrne
1.12.18
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