A full-body virtual autopsy of an ancient Egyptian mummy showed visitors he was likely murdered. By combining visualization techniques with interactive multi-touch tables and intuitive user interfaces, visitors to museums and science centers can conduct self-guided tours of large volumetric image data. In an interactive learning experience, visitors become the explorers of otherwise invisible interiors of unique artifacts and subjects. Here, we take as our starting point the state of the art in scanning technologies, then discuss the latest research on high-quality interactive volume rendering and how it can be tailored to meet the specific demands of public venues. We then describe our approach to the creation of interactive stories and the design principles on which they are based and interaction with domain experts. The article is based on experience from several application domains but uses a 2012 public installation of an ancient mummy at the British Museum as its primary example. We also present the results of an evaluation of the installation showing the utility of the developed solutions. Visitors walk into Gallery 64, the Early Egypt Gallery at the British Museum, eager to see and learn about one of the most famous and oldest mummies in the collection. Known as the Gebelein Man, he was buried in a crouched position in a shallow grave during the late pre-dynastic period at the site of Gebelein in Upper Egypt.

Artificial intelligence has become more of a philosophy than a programming tool at Facebook. Laced across the company's products, it holds the power to analyze data at the massive scale required by a social network connecting a quarter of the world's population. In a speech today at Web Summit, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer laid out a vision for the role artificial intelligence and machine learning will play in the company's ambitions to improve global connectivity, technology accessibility, and human computer interaction. "People want to stay connected and close to other people, so whatever is the best current technology to deploy that is the business we want to be in," said Schroepfer. Large companies like Facebook play an incredibly important role in the artificial intelligence and machine learning ecosystem.

A U.K. startup that uses artificial intelligence to help banks and other financial firms with anti-money laundering compliance received $8.2 million to fund its expansion in Europe and North America. The financing for London-based ComplyAdvantage is being lead by British venture capital firm Balderton Capital. The company, which said in a statement it has 200 clients globally, said it would use the money to expand its operations, adding to its current team of about 50 employees. It will also open a sales office in New York this week. Complying with the growing body of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations around the world is becoming an expensive headache for financial institutions.

Vinci believes in a future where your headphones are the central hub of your connected world. Over the last two years we've been testing and perfecting a smart, wireless headphone that is controlled by your voice and powered by cloud technology, with no connection needed to your mobile phone. Wire-free and phone-free, Vinci is perfect for joggers, travelers and all music lovers. Vinci allows you to voice control your music when manually choosing songs on your phone is inconvenient. No matter what you're doing - walking, running, or commuting - you can tell Vinci exactly what song or artist you want to listen to, say a specific genre or mood, or let Vinci pick a song for you.

Poaching is a massive problem for the elephant and rhinoceros populations in countries like South Africa and Kenya. The World Wildlife Fund has recently implemented some new technologies in wildlife preserves to combat poachers. Thermal imaging from tech company Flir lets rangers keep their eye on endangered animals at all times, and stop poachers in their tracks. These thermal imaging cameras, whether they're mounted on poles, attached to moving vehicles, or held by hand can see as far as a mile. The fixed-position cameras feedback to a central command where an artificial intelligence algorithm trained to detect human movement sends out an alert when poachers are spotted.

The footage reveals a glimpse of North Korea's capital city, Pyongyang in May 2016 Numerous landmarks can be seen, including the Kim Il-Sung Stadium and Kumsusan Palace of the Sun Groups of people walking around the city, and cars driving on the streets can be seen in the footage The footage reveals a glimpse of North Korea's capital city, Pyongyang in May 2016 The video, taken by the Iris camera on May 30, provides a distant look at life behind the city walls, with sparse traffic and even pedestrians visible in the clips. How fusion reactors could change the world: Experts explain... Global warming scarred the surface of Mars: Deep canyons and... Why atheists appear so angry: Study finds their... Google's humanoid robot goes off road (and this time,... How fusion reactors could change the world: Experts explain... Global warming scarred the surface of Mars: Deep canyons and... Why atheists appear so angry: Study finds their... Google's humanoid robot goes off road (and this time,... The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun can be seen in the footage as well. 'The world doesn't get many peeks behind North Korea's walls, nor at its capital city, Pyongyang,' Theras A. Gordon Wood wrote in a UrtheCast blog post. Footage captured from the International Space Station has revealed a rare glimpse at North Korea's capital city, Pyongyang.

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Rumors are flying about the latest Samsung flagship smartphone. Presumably to be called the Galaxy S8, it'll attempt to revive Samsung's burned edges from the Galaxy Note7 debacle. Here's everything we have heard so far about what Samsung is putting together. The details are pretty much in the rumor category at this point, but we'll continually update this article as we get more information. The latest Samsung phone usually wins the "best display" crown from Displaymate.

As a smart technology entrepreneur with a machine intelligence research background and passionate about advancing the state-of-the-art in machine or artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve real-world problems, it is very encouraging and exciting to see the AI buzz in the tech industry right now, the progress made in the field to create an even stronger intelligence toolbox, and the ever increasing practical applications in all industries and enterprise functions. Machine intelligence is not only changing the way we use our computers and smartphones but the way we interact with the real world. It is also one of the key exponential technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Given how all the major technology companies are embracing machine intelligence as a core part of their business and the multitude of startups building their business on this technology, AI is clearly not a passing fad, but being pushed across the rest of the tech world too. In this post I'm not only addressing some key topics about the current and future state of machine intelligence, but also practical steps we are taking here in Africa to not only use smart technology to solve problems, but also make a contribution towards advancing the-state-of-the-art in machine intelligence.

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