The Navier-Stokes equations capture in a few succinct terms one of the most ubiquitous features of the physical world: the flow of fluids. The equations, which date to the 1820s, are today used to model everything from ocean currents to turbulence in the wake of […]
Month: January 2018
The State of Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Ng, one of the most prominent Data Scientists in the world who has previously led teams at Google Brain and Baidu, is a Co-Founder of Coursera recently gave a talk at EmTech. As the TMS Lead in Singapore I wanted to distill his words […]
MARK-TO-MARKET: 2018: Bitcoin: Hackers remain part of digital currencies
By now, holders of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are accustomed to their massive price swings. In December, a two-week 81 percent surge in the price of a single Bitcoin was immediately followed by a five-day decline of 36 percent. Bitcoin's meteoric rise in price, from […]
Milano, Pinacoteca e Cenacolo da record. Ingressi, Lombardia al quinto posto
Nel «giorno dell’orgoglio» dei musei statali, celebrato ieri dal ministro dei Beni culturali Dario Franceschini con l’annuncio di un anno record di visitatori, c’è anche un po’ di fierezza lombarda. Certo la parte del leone la fanno, nell’ordine, Lazio, Campania, Toscana e Piemonte, ma, in […]
Picco di influenza in Lombardia, la Regione scrive ai medici di famiglia: “Fate più visite a casa dei pazienti”
L’invito, agli oltre seimila medici di famiglia operativi in Lombardia, è chiaro: aumentare le visite a casa dei pazienti, per evitare che i pronto soccorso si intasino sempre di più. Considerando che il 41 per cento di quelli generali, e il 100 per cento di […]
Your Next T-Shirt Will Be Made by a Robot – Georgia Tech spin-off SoftWear Automation is developing ultrafast sewing robots that could upend the clothing industry: “When fully operational, these sewing robots will churn them out at a dizzying rate of one every 22 seconds.” via /r/technology
Your Next T-Shirt Will Be Made by a Robot – Georgia Tech spin-off SoftWear Automation is developing ultrafast sewing robots that could upend the clothing industry: “When fully operational, these sewing robots will churn them out at a dizzying rate of one every 22 seconds.” […]
No Level of Copyright Enforcement Will Ever Be Enough For Big Media – On an almost continual basis rightsholders are calling for tougher anti-piracy measures on top of more restrictive and punitive copyright law. It’s undoubtedly a threat to current Internet freedoms as we know them. via /r/technology
No Level of Copyright Enforcement Will Ever Be Enough For Big Media – On an almost continual basis rightsholders are calling for tougher anti-piracy measures on top of more restrictive and punitive copyright law. It’s undoubtedly a threat to current Internet freedoms as we know […]
Would You Use a Smartphone-Style Laptop With a Three-Day Battery Life?
Would You Use a Smartphone-Style Laptop With a Three-Day Battery Life? Published on January 07, 2018 at 12:34PM An anonymous reader quotes USA Today: “Always connected personal computers” — or ACPCs — refer to a new breed of Windows laptops with three key features: a […]
Nord e sud Corea, martedì vertice ai massimi livelli alla frontiera tra i due paesi
Le due delegazioni si incontreranno al confine di Panmunjom. A guidare quella di PyongYang sarà il presidente del Comitato per la riunificazione pacifica. Da parte di Seul, al summit parteciperà il ministro dell'Unificazione. Trump: "Pronto a parlare … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Florida phishing attack exposes data for 30,000 Medicaid recipients
The agency claimed there was “no reason to believe” the info had been abused, but that’s not much consolation. It’s not clear who was responsible for the attack or what their motivations might be. At least some previous attacks were conducted by Chinese hackers hoping […]