News tagged with probabilistic approach

A Grand Unified Theory of Artificial Intelligence

In the 1950s and '60s, artificial-intelligence researchers saw themselves as trying to uncover the rules of thought. But those rules turned out to be way more complicated than anyone had imagined. Since then, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (48) | comments 31 | with audio podcast




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Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind

University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Does the quantum wave function represent reality?

(Phys.org) -- At the heart of quantum mechanics lies the wave function, a probability function used by physicists to understand the nanoscale world. Using the wave function, physicists can calculate a system's ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (38) | comments 136 | with audio podcast feature

The physics of earthquake forecasting

One year on from the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami and caused a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, this month's special issue of Physics World, on the theme of "Physics ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fast photon control brings quantum photonic technologies closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using photons instead of electrons to transmit information could lead to faster and more secure ways to communicate, among other advantages. Now a team of physicists has taken another step toward realizing ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Nonterrestrial artifacts hard to pin down

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Pioneer probes left our solar system carrying plaques about humankind, and two Voyager probes will soon join them to gather information about places far out in our galaxy. We can and will send more autonomous ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

A new scheme for photonic quantum computing

The concepts of quantum technology promise to achieve more powerful information processing than is possible with even the best possible classical computers. To actually build efficient quantum computers remains ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

All-optical quantum computation, step 1: A controlled-NOT photonic gate

(PhysOrg.com) -- The often counterintuitive quantum world of superposition, entanglement, and tunneling can greatly enhance applications as diverse as communication, information processing, and precision measurement. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Interview: Dr. Ben Goertzel on Artificial General Intelligence, Transhumanism and Open Source (Part 2/2)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chairman of Humanity+; CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 52 | with audio podcast feature

Sony develops 'SmartAR' Integrated Augmented Reality technology

Sony has developed integrated ‘Augmented Reality (hereafter referred to as ‘AR’) technology’ called as “Smart AR.” When capturing visuals through a camera on a device such as ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

One fish, two fish ... reef fish

Marine biologists have solved a conundrum that has stumped them for years – how to count reef fish. It may sound simple, but the task is actually complex and critical in helping to evaluate the state ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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