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Blockchain is over-hyped but still part of the solution - The Australian Financial Review

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 08:34

The Australian Financial Review

Blockchain is over-hyped but still part of the solution
The Australian Financial Review
The release of a number of papers analysing the potential impact of blockchain on global securities markets has confirmed what many have been privately thinking for some time – the technology has been over-hyped. Papers published in the past month by ...

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This Calculator Estimates How Much Slower You'll Run With Age - Lifehacker Australia

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 08:14

Lifehacker Australia

This Calculator Estimates How Much Slower You'll Run With Age
Lifehacker Australia
Try as we might to fight or deny it, old age will impact our running and athletic ability. By age 35, the rates of decline are so predictably linear that this calculator by a Yale economics professor maps out just how slowly you can expect to run the ...

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Want to increase your kids fruit intake? Make them play these videogames - Times of India

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 00:26

Times of India

Want to increase your kids fruit intake? Make them play these videogames
Times of India
II: Saving the Kingdom of Fivealot, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in the US evaluated how creating implementation intentions (ie, specific plans) within the goal-setting component in the game helped ...

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IBM makes a big shift into cognitive computing - Waterbury Republican American

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 00:15

Waterbury Republican American

IBM makes a big shift into cognitive computing
Waterbury Republican American
IBM's California research lab sits atop a green hill here, 15 miles south of downtown San Jose. ... An earlier IBM artificial intelligence, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion in 1995 by computing every possible move and picking the best option ...

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In memoriam: Solomon Golomb, communications technology pioneer, 83 - USC News

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 18:49

USC News

In memoriam: Solomon Golomb, communications technology pioneer, 83
USC News
His work on shift-register sequences is integral to the function of cellular phones, while his cryptology research ushered in new approaches for securing communications signals. “Professor Golomb was truly a giant in the field of mathematics and ...

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In memoriam: Solomon Golomb, communications technology pioneer, 83 - USC News

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 18:49

In memoriam: Solomon Golomb, communications technology pioneer, 83
USC News
His work on shift-register sequences is integral to the function of cellular phones, while his cryptology research ushered in new approaches for securing communications signals. “Professor Golomb was truly a giant in the field of mathematics and ...

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Cardinals bonding over chess in clubhouse - MLB.com

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 17:58

MLB.com

Cardinals bonding over chess in clubhouse
MLB.com
Manager Mike Matheny, who appears on local billboards and commercials to promote the center, became an avid chess player after reading research that it helped manage post-concussion symptoms. When Matheny placed the board in the clubhouse, ...

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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 17:36

North Shore Community Calendar
The Salem News
Beverly: “Explore Your Italian Roots,” 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Italian Community Center, 302 Rantoul St. Mary Tedesco discusses ancestry in Italy and genealogical research. Presented by Beverly Historical Society. $20 per person; $10 for Beverly High School ...

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ASU grad: Mathematics is 'something I am meant to do' - Arizona State University

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 16:50

Arizona State University

ASU grad: Mathematics is 'something I am meant to do'
Arizona State University
Getting involved in the Mentoring through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) initiative introduced Phan to conducting research as an undergraduate. He chose to focus on mathematical biology because of his love for nature and his ability to recognize ...

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Keeping Adolescents Engaged: What Can After-School Programs Do? - Youth Today

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 12:06

Youth Today

Keeping Adolescents Engaged: What Can After-School Programs Do?
Youth Today
The Chess Champs program helps teens become familiar with the fundamentals of chess through an interactive and creative approach, by building strategies and tactics that not only enhance chess-playing abilities but also deliver critical 21st-century ...

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Dave Coplin: AI is the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today - MSPoweruser.com

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:14

MSPoweruser.com

Dave Coplin: AI is the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today
MSPoweruser.com
Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft recently spoke at an AI conference that AI is “the most important technology that anybody on the planet is working on today.” All the big four technology companies – Microsoft, Google, Apple and ...
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Can exercise cure depression and anxiety? - Washington Post

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 09:39

Washington Post

Can exercise cure depression and anxiety?
Washington Post
A new study by researchers at the University of California at Davis Medical Center found that exercise increased the level of the neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA, both of which are depleted in the brains of patients with depression and anxiety ...

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This Week in Tech History: First Space Station, Deep Blue Masters Chess - Observer

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 07:00

Observer

This Week in Tech History: First Space Station, Deep Blue Masters Chess
Observer
The machine was a German government project—its original function was to analyze flight data for the German Aircraft Research Institute. The Z3 could perform addition in 0.8 seconds and multiplication in three seconds. The device had a binary system ...

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Events around Athens this week - Online Athens

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 06:47

Events around Athens this week
Online Athens
Open chess play: 4 to 5:30 p.m. today, Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St., Athens. ... Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board meeting: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, 305 Research Drive, Athens.

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Historical self-expression through fashion, eye-rolls, reading - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 03:02

Historical self-expression through fashion, eye-rolls, reading
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS — Prince, the flamboyant and recently deceased musician, once said, “Time is a mind construct. It's not real.” Time comes in handy in many ways, nonetheless, and few things transcend time more than the “What's wrong with these kids today?

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Paul Coleman - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 01:52

Paul Coleman
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Immediately following his graduation, he accepted in June 1951 an associate professorship in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois (Urbana) where he established the Electro-Physics Laboratory to conduct research on physical and ...

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School briefs 0509 - Kenai Peninsula Online

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 00:11

School briefs 0509
Kenai Peninsula Online
They research the person, take notes on the person, then choose from a selection of final presentation choices. These choices ... The students were challenged with chess matches, factoring, counting and lightening round math questions. The third ...

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IBM makes a big shift into cognitive computing - Waterbury Republican American

Mon, 05/09/2016 - 00:05

Waterbury Republican American

IBM makes a big shift into cognitive computing
Waterbury Republican American
Winning "Jeopardy" isn't like winning at chess. An earlier IBM artificial ... Shortly after the "Jeopardy" matches, IBM researchers, including those from its Almaden lab, taught Watson to read patent databases and medical journal abstracts. In drug ...

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Rethinking The 10000-Hour Rule: There Are Shortcuts To Success - Forbes

Sun, 05/08/2016 - 23:36

Forbes

Rethinking The 10000-Hour Rule: There Are Shortcuts To Success
Forbes
The Florida State psychologist who first drew attention to the value of heavy practice — K. Anders Ericsson — wants people to know that his research has been misinterpreted. Back in 1993, Ericsson and two coauthors published a landmark paper ...

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Salisbury University students participate in challenges, present research - Herald-Mail Media

Sun, 05/08/2016 - 23:01

Herald-Mail Media

Salisbury University students participate in challenges, present research
Herald-Mail Media
SALISBURY, Md. — Cheered on by faculty mentors, Salisbury University students recently completed challenges and presented research at an annual Spring Meeting and Undergraduate Student Conference of the Mathematical Association of America's Maryland ...

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