GM Grows Crops 20% Larger
One of the criticisms of genetically modified crops is that they haven’t done much to increase yields—the amount of corn or wheat a farmer can grow on an acre of land.
But now scientists tinkering … Read the rest
Google’s New Translation “Almost As Good As Humans”
Google researchers have invented a translation system that is significantly more accurate than existing auto-translate systems.
In a competition that pitted the new software against human translators, it came close to matching … Read the rest
Apple’s AirPods Are The Future Of Personal Computing
Many commentators were underwhelmed by Apple’s launch of the iPhone 7. It seemed just an incremental improvement on what had gone before
But the really big news was not the new iPhone, … Read the rest
How Hedge Funds Are Spying On The World To Increase Their Profitability
The latest technological innovation for data-hungry hedge funds is a fleet of five dozen shoebox-sized satellites.
A company called Planet Labs Inc. has launched a small constellation of … Read the rest
Are China’s Customer Service Robots Mere Gimmicks?
China is in the middle of a pronounced bout of robot fever. Robots—or jiqiren, “machine-people,” in Chinese—are cropping up at banks, where models with high-pitched feminine voices engage customers in basic dialogue and … Read the rest
Promising Trials of Blood Test To Detect Alzheimer’s
Ideally, everyone over 50 should have access to a routine blood test to check for early indications of Alzheimer’s Disease.
That possibility has now come one step closer with the successful trial … Read the rest
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DARPA is designing fleets of small drones which will drop out of bombers, to then be yanked out of the sky by cargo planes.
Sci-Fi as it may sound—as is the … Read the rest
We’ve been waiting for two years for a “watch” from Apple or Samsung that can provide accurate blood pressure readings. Samsung even demonstrated its prototype Simband mid-2014 displaying a BP measurement.
The future … Read the rest
International Business Machines Inc. is becoming the biggest backer of the Blockchain technology that underpins the bitcoin digital currency.
In the coming year, IBM will begin testing its own variation on the transactional … Read the rest