danielkhent 1 year ago

Google says its breakthrough Willow quantum chip can’t break modern cryptography “Estimates are we’re at least 10 years out from breaking RSA, and that around 4 million physical qubits would be required.” #ai #quantum #crypto

The Verge

Google says its breakthrough quantum chip can’t break modern cryptography

Come learn what a CRQC is — even if Google doesn’t have one yet.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Storm Darragh batters UK and Ireland, leaving 1 dead and hundreds of thousands without power" #climatechange #killerstorms

AP News

Storm Darragh batters UK and Ireland, leaving 1 dead and hundreds of thousands without power

A man died and hundreds of thousands of people in Britain and Ireland have been left without power as high winds and heavy rain battered the region.

danielkhent 1 year ago

Human Hibernation Dr. Anna Bagenholm fell into a frozen stream. By the time she was retrieved, she had been under ice for over 80 minutes. By all accounts she was clinically dead—no breathing, no heartbeat... #scifi #science

SingularityHub

The Fascinating, Creepy New Research in Human Hibernation for Space Travel

If successful, artificial hibernation in humans could delay aging, treat life-threatening illnesses, and get us to Mars and beyond.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Humanity May Reach Singularity Within Just 6 Years, Trend Shows" Hilarious, tabloid level stuff. #AI

MSN

danielkhent 1 year ago

Typhoon-proof-wind-turbine-can-produce-power-in-a-storm #renewableenergy #climatechange https://www.fastcompany.com/3064941/this-typhoon-proof-wind-turbine-can-produce-power-in-a-storm

danielkhent 1 year ago

"We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years" Aliens taught the Romans, of course... #science #aliens

ScienceAlert

We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

danielkhent 1 year ago

Night Train - Oscar Peterson #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

Songlink/Odesli

Night Train by Oscar Peterson

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, a...

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Capitalism and Scarcity in Star Trek" Yes its only a show, but Star Trek's take on post scarcity is pedestrian. #startrek #postscarcity

Capitalism and Scarcity in Star Trek

danielkhent 1 year ago

ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models "rumors swirled that TikTok owner ByteDance had lost tens of millions after an intern sabotaged its AI models" #AI

Ars Technica

ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models

Sabotage supposedly cost tens of millions, but TikTok owner ByteDance denies it.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Antarctic glacier melting faster than expected, fueling calls for geoengineering" Protect melting glaciers with giant submarine curtains? #climatechange #geoengineering

MSN

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Will we ever have quantum laptops?" Probably 20 years out ... haha #AI #quantumcomputing

Live Science

Will we ever have quantum laptops?

Quantum computers are here. But could we ever build a quantum laptop?

danielkhent 1 year ago

Buck Clayton's All-Stars – Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

Songlink/Odesli

Don't Be That Way by Buck Clayton

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danielkhent 1 year ago

Insect-Inspired Neuromorphic AI "...testing Opteran’s insect-inspired neuromorphic approach to autonomy to make its Mars rovers as robust and efficient as nature." No clue what this is... #AI #neuromorphic https://www.eetimes.eu/airbus-mars-rovers-test-insect-inspired-neuromorphic-ai/

eeNews Europe

Mobile robots to use insect-inspired neuromorphic AI

Opteran Technologies has signed a partnership with transportation robot manufacturer Safelog for its neuromorphic AI technology.

Opteran

danielkhent 1 year ago

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – 'S Make It #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

Songlink/Odesli

'S Make It by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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danielkhent 1 year ago

"In 1976, Stamatis Moraitis was given six months to live ... he left America to spend his last days on earth on the Greek island of Ikaria. Months became years. And as time passed, his health did not worsen. In fact, it improved." #ecopsychology

The man who forgot to die

In 1976, Stamatis Moraitis was given six months to live. His cancer had advanced; the doctors suggested he get his affairs in order, because the en...

danielkhent 1 year ago

Floods in Spain. In some places "a year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours" #climatechange https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5175804/spain-floods-climate-change

danielkhent 1 year ago

Anodyne article on Finland embracing geothermal energy. Momentum building in Europe. #renewableenergy #geothermal

ECOticias.com

Finland has found energy for 20 million years: This mine is the future of mankind

Discover how Finland's geothermal energy innovations may pave the way for a sustainable future and transform global energy solutions for mankind.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"Climate Change Is Killing Buildings in Slow Motion. It’s not just storms and floods..." #climatechange

Bloomberg.com

Climate Change Is Killing Buildings in Slow Motion

It’s not just storms and floods: Wild temperature swings, severe heat and drought are exacting an invisible toll on the built environment.

danielkhent 1 year ago

“Synapses store information, but they also help compute. For certain computations, such as deep neural network inference, co-locating compute and memory in PCM ... overcomes the von Neumann bottleneck...” #AI #neuromorphiccomputing #analogcomputing

IBM Research

How neuromorphic computing takes inspiration from our brains

For the AI hardware of tomorrow, IBM Research scientists are taking inspiration from the world’s most efficient computer: the human brain.

danielkhent 1 year ago

"How do you shrink a cloud’s worth of material into tiny, low power devices?”  #analog #ai

Embedded Computing Design

Ambiq Announces New Apollo5 SoC for Efficient AI - Embedded Computing Design

In a new release, semiconductor company Ambiq has revealed its Apollo510, the first member of the company’s Apollo5 SoC family, designed to d...