For most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What is the internet actually made of? And, how does it work? Answering that question involves discovering how internet cables are laid in the sea, if 5G is really the future, and how balloons in the stratosphere are helping people connect.
Watch Crypto exec explain how to best regulate Bitcoin
At a congressional hearing on the future of digital assets, Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks explains his views on regulation and how it should work within the crypto industry.
Watch Crypto expert explain the Blockchain to Congress
At a congressional hearing on crytpocurrency, Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks explains the blockchain and how it plays an integral role in Web 3.0.
Human-like robot “wakes up” as UK company unveils android Ameca
U.K.-based company Engineered Arts has unveiled a remarkably human-like android with a promotional video released on social media of it “waking up.” In the video, the robot known as “Ameca” can be seen expressing what appears to be surprise as it opens its eyes and looks around and examines itself. When it notices the camera person, it then smiles and offers out its hand. The Ameca has grey-coloured skin, with gender and race-neutral characteristics, but is being described as the world’s “most advanced human shaped robot representing the forefront of human-robotics technology.” “The reason for making a robot that looks like a person is to interact with people,” Engineered Arts founder Will Jackson said.
Revisiting the Supercapacitor – The Wait for Graphene is Over
There’s been lot of hype about graphene since it was first discovered and called a breakthrough. But we’re still waiting for the next big thing. That’s starting to change. A newly announced supercapacitor from Skeleton Technologies could make a big impact on the renewable energy market. Let’s revisit graphene, the supercapacitor, ultracapacitor, how it compares to lithium ion batteries, and when and where it’s going to start making an impact.
Jetson ONE – Official Launch
Meet the Jetson ONE. Jetson ONE is an ultralight and extremely fun to fly recreational all-electric personal vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Test pilot: Tomasz Patan – Founder & CTO at Jetson Our mission is to make the skies available for everyone with our safe personal electric aerial vehicle.
The Million Dollar Homepage Gets A Blockchain Makeover
Its harder and harder these days for crypto projects to grab the attention of the greater crypto community so sometimes finding alternative ways to market is a must. I revisit the Polypixels project ahead of their platform token launch meant to help get more eyeballs on your ads.
Deepmind’s Crazy Plan To Surpass OpenAI’s Best AI
Google’s Deepmind is working on a rather crazy and unique plan to surpass OpenAI’s biggest and best Artificial Intelligence Model within the next few months. In a new paper, AI researchers at DeepMind present a new technique to improve the capacity of reinforcement learning agents to cooperate with humans at different skill levels. Accepted at the annual NeurIPS conference, the technique is called Fictitious Co-Play (FCP) and it does not require human-generated data to train the RL agents.
~366~ The Hidden Workers Behind Artificial Intelligence
Microwork is a rising form of labor exploitation being deployed by some of the world’s wealthiest capitalists. It’s online work where users are asked to perform menial, small tasks for pennies. Naomi Karavani takes on the phenomenon and shows us the victims of the industry. The low-paid work includes tasks like identifying the contents of images, translating, transcribing audio, or any task that someone on the site is willing to pay for. These tasks can become abusive where workers have been sexually harassed by the people setting the tasks. Jeff Bezos has a company called Mechanical Turk that competes for microwork jobs. Vulnerable people such as refugees and those living in occupied territories are the target worker for the microwork industry.
What is Blockchain and Crypto? (A Simple Explanation)
In this video, I provide a simple explanation of what blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are. I discuss what ledgers are and how they’re important in the world of crypto and then I discuss the 3 generations of crypto, including crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Polkadot, and Cardano.