Category Nature

World’s oldest fossils

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. World’s oldest fossils unearthed As Reliable as Your Hard Drive? Maximizing DNA Storage Color Photos of Moon Released by China We taught bees to play football so we could learn about their brains How Does Facial Recognition Work? World’s oldest fossils unearthed UCL Remains […]

Lessons for creating reliable cyberphysical systems

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration and Software Safety Micro Monsters with David Attenborough Jump In Jerboas Young Zebra’s Dangerous River Crossing Wabi-sabi Case Study of Toyota Unintended Acceleration and Software Safety Philip Koopman – Edge Case Research Investigations into potential causes of Unintended […]

Teaching machines to see

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Teaching machines to see Controlling Flight Maneuvers in Flies Semiconductors for an Energy Efficient Future Ask Absurd Questions and Stop Fetishizing Failure How to Play Like a Polar Bears! Teaching machines to see Cambridge UniversityTraining Driverless Cars to “See” Two technologies which use deep […]

Dare mighty things!

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. The Autonomous Future Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Howard Gardner Spawning Mandarinfish The nature of matter What Is a Semiconductor? The Autonomous Future Milken Institute – 2016 CA Summit Dare mighty things! California is the center of American innovation. In this session, we will […]

Noam Chomsky and Marvin Minsky on the History of Artificial Intelligence

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Noam Chomsky and Marvin Minsky on the History of Artificial Intelligence The Big Sort: An Insider’s Tour of a Recycling Plant Monkeys have used stone tools for hundreds of years Bio-Inspired Design: Tapping the Silent Flight of Owls History of the Car – From […]

My picks, 2016-11

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Pomegranates reveal its powerful anti-aging secret DARPA’s Space Surveillance Telescope: How It Works Fossilised dinosaur brains What are harmonics? Ultrasound Treatment Stops Parkinson’s Tremor Pomegranates reveal its powerful anti-aging secret École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Scientists have managed to prove pomegranates anti-aging potential: […]

My picks, 2016-10

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Curing Cancer with Proton Beams Acoustic holograms Hummingbirds How to raise successful kids – without over-parenting Human Neurons Continue to Migrate After Birth Curing Cancer with Proton Beams Suzie Sheehy Particle accelerators do more than just particle physics research. Suzie Sheehy takes a look […]

Harnessing the nanoscale

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Nanotechnology: Super Small Science Electric Resonance in Microtubules Giants on the Cosmic Frontier Drongo Bird Tricks Meerkats Feynman diagrams Harnessing the nanoscale Harnessing the nanoscale A powerful solution Nanoelectronics Nanotechnology at the surface Nanoarchitech Nano-enabled sensors and nanoparticles Why is something only billionths of […]

Your Brain’s Wetware Formulates Opinions Without Asking

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Your Brain’s Wetware Formulates Opinions Without Asking The Z Machine – Can We Make A Star? Finding Earth’s Twin NASA Reveals Solar Winds Stripped Mars’s Atmosphere The Bowerbird’s Grand Performance! – Life Story Whitetip Reef Sharks hunting at night at Cocos Island Mars: Death […]

My picks, 2015-28

These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. How Did We Get Here? What it means to lead How Do Catfish See The World? Stanford engineers build a water-droplet based computer that runs like clockwork Bell’s Metal Detector Mysteries of the Brain: Thinking Brain How Bee Orchids Drive Male Bees Crazy Unbelievable […]