[ad_1] Each M-Block contains a flywheel inside that spins at 20,000 rpm, along with permanent magnets on each edge and face. That lets them leap, crawl and spin along using angular momentum, then clip onto other M-Block’s magnetically. As such, despite their seeming simplicity, they can band together to form structures and do tasks. “Other […]
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GNU founder Richard Stallman resigns from MIT, Free Software Foundation
[ad_1] Richard M. Stallman has resigned as FSF president and from the board of directors: https://t.co/4Z8kyrgBuv — Free Software Fndn. (@fsf) September 17, 2019 This comes after growing calls for his removal, most recently tied to Stallman’s statements in an MIT email thread about Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, and what he called the “injustice” of […]
AI can gauge the risk of dying from heart conditions
[ad_1] The approach is based on the notion that greater variability between heartbeats reflects greater risk. Scientists trained the machine learning system using historical data for patient outcomes. If a patient survived, their heartbeats were deemed relatively normal; if a patient died, their heart activity was considered risky. The ultimate risk score comes by averaging […]
MIT experts find a way to reduce video stream buffering on busy WiFi
[ad_1] Now a team from MIT have come up with a tool to help multiple people share a limited WiFi connection. The group from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed the Minerva system which analyzes videos before playing them to check how much they would be impacted by being played at […]
AI knitting system designs and creates garments
[ad_1] Even non expert knitters can use the system to create individual designs from customizable templates on a computer. The designs are then sent to a knitting machine, which fabricates the designs out of real wool. The advantage of templates is that common shapes such as hats or gloves are easy to recreate, and users […]
Computer password inventor Fernando Corbato dies at 93
[ad_1] It’s not Corbato’s only pioneering effort, either. CTSS’ simultaneous usage model reduced the wait time for computer responses from hours to second, making the technology far more practical. His Multics time-sharing system, meanwhile, paved the way for future operating systems like Linux with finer-grained privacy controls, a hierarchical file system and other features that […]
MIT made an AI that can detect and create fake images
[ad_1] Named GANpaint Studio, the tool is available as a free demo. Rather than manually add a tree to an image, you can tell the tool where you want the object and it will add one that matches the scene. You can erase objects too, like stools from an image of a kitchen. It’s still […]
MIT finds smaller neural networks that are easier to train
[ad_1] To train most neural networks, engineers feed them massive datasets, but that can take days and expensive GPUs. The researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) found that within those trained networks are smaller, subnetworks that can make equally accurate predictions. CSAIL’s so-called ‘lottery-ticket hypothesis’ is based on the idea that […]
Recycling robot can sort paper and plastic by touch
[ad_1] The hands themselves are made out of custom auxetics (materials that get wider when stretched) that twist when cut. Each finger in the robot’s hand includes “left-handed” and “right-handed” auxetics that counter each other’s rotation, allowing for more dynamic movement than a typical robot hand without having to resort to the air pumps and […]
MIT robot’s flytrap gripper can grab both fragile and heavy objects
[ad_1] The underlying gripper revolves around a 3D-printed origami structure made out of a plastic that folds on itself at high temperatures. It can effectively adapt to the shape of whatever it’s grabbing without compromising its strength. Vacuum power keeps objects firmly in place, while an airtight skin made from fabric or a rubber balloon […]