Brian Nosek had pretty much given up on finding a funder. For two years he had sent out grant proposals for his software project. And for two years they had been rejected again and again-which was, by 2011, discouraging but not all that surprising to the 38-year-old scientist.
Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years
http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-advent...
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News and analysis One day in January, Linda Tannenbaum opened an email that would radically change her small, medical-research charity almost overnight. The note said that her organization would soon receive a gift of $1 million, to use as it saw fit.
Since its discovery over a hundred years ago, the 240-page Voynich manuscript, filled with seemingly coded language and inscrutable illustrations, of has confounded linguists and cryptographers. Using artificial intelligence, Canadian researchers have taken a huge step forward in unravelling the document's hidden meaning.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/01/artificial-in...
- Technology [Article]
Since its discovery over a hundred years ago, the 240-page Voynich manuscript, filled with seemingly coded language and inscrutable illustrations, has confounded linguists and cryptographers. Using artificial intelligence, Canadian researchers have taken a huge step forward in unraveling the document's hidden meaning.
Blockchain-based virtual reality universe Decentraland is holding its first property auction today. The virtual world is a social space linked to crypto coin-based transactions. You can buy a patch of virtual land, build something on it, share that experience with friends and family, or even turn it into a profitable business.
http://www.venturebeat.com/2017/12/15/decentral...
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Video: Cloudflare provides security and domain name services for millions of the most prominent sites on the web. The company has built a solid reputation for its secure encryption, and one of the key factors in its system is a wall of 100 lava lamps in the lobby of its San Francisco headquarters.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/11/one-of-the-se...
- Technology [Article]
I thought I'd make Furby a little less annoying and give him an upgrade with a real brain. Step aside, Tin Man. By combining a Raspberry Pi Zero W (a tiny computer), Amazon's (mostly) open-source Alexa Voice Service software, and a few other electrical components, I converted my normal Furby into an Amazon Echo.
FREMONT, CA - Tesla has been promising a great electric car for the masses since its founding, and on Friday that car finally arrived.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/tesla-model-3...
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Designing an app like Airbnb's might not seem very complex. A dozen screens, maybe more, maybe less. But that's just in English. Airbnb's app also has to support 20 languages, some of which are compact (such as Korean), and some of which are extremely wordy (such as German).
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3060312/airbnbs-sec...
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