Information theory holds surprises for machine learning
New SFI research challenges a popular conception of how machine learning algorithms "think" about certain tasks.
Computer Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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Simple 'smart' glass reveals the future of artificial vision
The sophisticated technology that powers face recognition in many modern smartphones someday could receive a high-tech upgrade that sounds—and looks—surprisingly low-tech.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 8, 2019
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Machine learning for solar energy is a supercomputer killer
Supercomputers could find themselves out of a job thanks to a suite of new machine learning models that produce rapid, accurate results using a normal laptop.
Materials Science
Jun 23, 2021
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Using renormalization group methods to study how the brain processes information
Past neuroscience research suggests that biological neural networks in the brain could self-organize into a critical state. In physics, a critical state is essentially a point that marks the transition between ordered and ...
Team programs a humanoid robot to communicate in sign language
For a robot to be able to "learn" sign language, it is necessary to combine different areas of engineering such as artificial intelligence, neural networks and artificial vision, as well as underactuated robotic hands. "One ...
Robotics
Jul 8, 2019
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Astronomers discover potential near earth objects
Three astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) have shown that some asteroids that are considered harmless for now can collide with the earth in the future. They did their research with the help of an artificial ...
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2020
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Researchers built an analogue computer that uses water waves to forecast the chaotic future
Can a computer learn from the past and anticipate what will happen next, like a human? You might not be surprised to hear that some cutting-edge AI models could achieve this feat, but what about a computer that looks a little ...
Quantum Physics
May 26, 2023
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Nanowire 'brain' network learns and remembers 'on the fly'
For the first time, a physical neural network has successfully been shown to learn and remember "on the fly," in a way inspired by and similar to how the brain's neurons work.
Nanophysics
Nov 1, 2023
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Salamandra robotica II, the only robot able to swim, crawl and walk (w/ video)
Salamandra robotica II is a last generation amphibious robot developed by the Biorobotics Laboratory at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). It is the guest of honor at the booth of Syrobo, the founder of Innorobo, ...
Robotics
Mar 19, 2013
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Star Trek style translators step closer to reality at gadget show
Once confined to the realms of science fiction, near real-time translation devices that whisper discreetly into your ear during a conversation are finally coming of age thanks to leaps in artificial intelligence and cloud ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 10, 2019
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