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Heart valve invented - Salmon Arm Observer - Salmon Arm Observer

Wed, 11/01/2017 - 11:05

Salmon Arm Observer

Heart valve invented - Salmon Arm Observer
Salmon Arm Observer
Researchers from the University of B.C.'s Okanagan campus have developed a new and advanced mechanical heart valve that could have a major impact on ...

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Heart valve invented - Revelstoke Review

Wed, 11/01/2017 - 11:02

Revelstoke Review

Heart valve invented
Revelstoke Review
Researchers from the University of B.C.'s Okanagan campus have developed a new and advanced mechanical heart valve that could have a major impact on the way cardiovascular surgeries are performed. When biomedical engineering professor Hadi Mohammadi ...

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Is artificial intelligence safe? - IT PRO

Wed, 11/01/2017 - 00:05

IT PRO

Is artificial intelligence safe?
IT PRO
AI systems are already competing in strategic games like chess, interpreting complex datasets and powering autonomous cars. Artificial intelligence is hugely transformative, but that's not to say everyone sees it in a positive light. There are ... Nick ...

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UW researchers tackle opioid addiction in the Midwest with $3.8 million grant - The Badger Herald

Tue, 10/31/2017 - 19:34

The Badger Herald

UW researchers tackle opioid addiction in the Midwest with $3.8 million grant
The Badger Herald
Though Molfenter is confident the grant from CHESS will allow GLATTC and researchers at UW to continue to make strides in combating the opioid epidemic. This money will enable further research and development in treatment and technologies.

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Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games - Yahoo News UK

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 21:42

Yahoo News UK

Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games
Yahoo News UK
It's also significant to AI researchers, especially those in companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and IBM, which are investing millions of dollars in creating superhuman AI players for digital games. As AI becomes ever more important in our ...

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Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games - Tech Xplore

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 07:07

Tech Xplore

Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games
Tech Xplore
It's also significant to AI researchers, especially those in companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and IBM, which are investing millions of dollars in creating superhuman AI players for digital games. As AI becomes ever more important in our ...

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Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games - The Conversation UK

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 05:03

The Conversation UK

Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games
The Conversation UK
It's also significant to AI researchers, especially those in companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and IBM, which are investing millions of dollars in creating superhuman AI players for digital games. As AI becomes ever more important in our ...

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Why an NFL player who retired to pursue a PhD at MIT chose to live on $25000 a year - CNBC

Sun, 10/29/2017 - 09:01

CNBC

Why an NFL player who retired to pursue a PhD at MIT chose to live on $25000 a year
CNBC
"It's because the things I love the most in this world (reading math, doing research, playing chess) are very, very inexpensive." Urschel not only loves math, he's quite good at it. He earned a bachelor's and master's in mathematics while maintaining a ...

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Music and Chess Do Not Enhance Cognitive Ability - Psychology Today (blog)

Sat, 10/28/2017 - 08:38

Psychology Today (blog)

Music and Chess Do Not Enhance Cognitive Ability
Psychology Today (blog)
In recent years, a number of researchers have offered evidence suggesting that two activities in particular are especially effective at improving children's cognitive abilities. These are playing chess and learning a musical instrument. But before ...

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Music and Chess Do Not Enhance Cognitive Ability - Psychology Today

Sat, 10/28/2017 - 02:00
Music and Chess Do Not Enhance Cognitive Ability  Psychology Today

The notion that certain activities can enhance general cognitive abilities is appealing, but there's little evidence to support such claims.

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Why teenage jobs are good for your kids - Phys.Org

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 08:00

Phys.Org

Why teenage jobs are good for your kids
Phys.Org
Credit: Shutterstock. With the fall semester under way, parents and students are choosing extracurricular activities. Hockey? Chess club? Band? Recent research shows that another option —adolescent work experience —can pay big dividends later in life.

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AI can liberate us - if it has a human purpose - BusinessCloud

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 02:10

BusinessCloud

AI can liberate us - if it has a human purpose
BusinessCloud
That puts him one place above Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, who famously played IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in two chess matches in 1996 and 1997. The second of those matches marked the first time an AI had defeated a ...

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There Are Three Kinds of Consciousness, And Computers Have Mastered One, Says Study - ScienceAlert

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 00:31

There Are Three Kinds of Consciousness, And Computers Have Mastered One, Says Study
ScienceAlert
While Turing dreamed of universal computing machines that would play chess better than world champions, his mind would probably be blown by the level of artificial intelligence we have today in the form of AlphaGo and DeepMind. As fantastic as these ...

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Robot Armageddon? 'Demon' machines on verge of conquering 'hallmark of human intelligence' - Express.co.uk

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 00:06

Express.co.uk

Robot Armageddon? 'Demon' machines on verge of conquering 'hallmark of human intelligence'
Express.co.uk
He stated: “For any program to handle letterforms with the flexibility that human beings do, it would have to possess full-scale artificial intelligence.” The system used by the team of researchers comes after both the greatest chess and Go players ...
Artificial intelligence bots beat Captcha, the online test that identifies man or machineThe Times

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AlphaGo Zero shows how business is losing the innovation game - Financial Times

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 23:02

Financial Times

AlphaGo Zero shows how business is losing the innovation game
Financial Times
Go is a far harder game for computers to master than chess. Yet when the AlphaGo programme emerged with muted fanfare in 2016, it comfortably outclassed the world's best Go players after a few months of training. Then last week, the AI research firm ...

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Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids - The Conversation AU

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 19:52

The Conversation AU

Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids
The Conversation AU
... with teenagers confiscate phones or remove internet privileges as a form of punishment. It's no longer simply a tool of distraction – technology access has become a means of behavioural control. But my recent research suggests that this approach ...

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Why teenage jobs are good for your kids - The Conversation CA

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 16:24

The Conversation CA

Why teenage jobs are good for your kids
The Conversation CA
Chess club? Band? Recent research shows that another option — adolescent work experience — can pay big dividends later in life. Many schools and parents push children to engage in excessive extracurricular activities. Meanwhile, adolescent work has ...

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In the News: Rear Adm. Colin G. Chinn, Joint Staff Surgeon of Joint Chiefs of Staff - ExecutiveGov

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 13:53

In the News: Rear Adm. Colin G. Chinn, Joint Staff Surgeon of Joint Chiefs of Staff
ExecutiveGov
At the time of his presentation, Chinn was Deputy ASD(HA) for R&D, walking a tightrope everyday in a balancing act of weighted responsibilities ranging from the oversight of supporting a $2 billion defense health program funding cutting-edge research ...

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Could We Build a Machine with Consciousness? - MIT Technology Review

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 13:01

MIT Technology Review

Could We Build a Machine with Consciousness?
MIT Technology Review
That's what powers our ability to, say, determine a chess move or spot a face without really knowing how we did it. That, the researchers say, is broadly comparable to the kind of processing that modern-day AIs, such as DeepMind's AlphaGo or Face++'s ...

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High-End Chess Set Manufacturer, The House of Staunton, Discusses How Playing Chess Can Boost Your Brain Power - Markets Insider

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 04:03

High-End Chess Set Manufacturer, The House of Staunton, Discusses How Playing Chess Can Boost Your Brain Power
Markets Insider
Chess exercises the right side of the brain, which is responsible for creative thinking. Regular playing is shown to enhance creativity. Those working in the creative fields may see a boost in inventiveness and imagination. Higher IQ. Research shows ...

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