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The world's first drone capable of detecting explosives and narcotics has been unveiled
The drug and bomb sniffing drone that can detect dangerous chemicals from 1.8 MILES away Drone uses lasers and algorithms to detect explosives and toxins SpectroDrone can find and analyzed threats within a 1.8 mile radius The system finds threats, then sends an image to controllers in real-time It can also be mounted on ground robots and vehicle inspection systems SpectroDrone can find and analyzed threats within a 1.8 mile radius The world's first drone that is capable of detecting explosives, narcotics and other chemical compounds from a safe distance has been revealed. Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... Nasa and AT&T join forces for system to track every drone in... Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Could YOU survive the suicide circle? Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... Nasa and AT&T join forces for system to track every drone in... Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Could YOU survive the suicide circle? The body of the drone is designed with multiple electro-optical assemblies that form a laser source emitting several wavelengths, laser range finder and high-resolution camera. When the drone detects a threat, it alerts its controllers and sends an image of the area.
Elon Musk-backed AI startup OpenAI and Microsoft sign cloud agreement
Elon Musk's AI firm joins forces with Microsoft to develop a'cloud brain' OpenAI will run large-scale experiments on Microsoft's Azure service Microsoft will collaborate with company on creating new tools OpenAI will run large-scale experiments on Microsoft's Azure service OpenAI will use Azure for its experiments in deep learning and AI, and Microsoft will collaborate with the company on advancing research and creating new tools and technologies. Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Impressive footage shows cockatoos... Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... Electric vehicles safety crackdown: New rules will force... Impressive footage shows cockatoos... Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon... ELON MUSK'S AI FIRM: HOW DOES OPENAI WORK? DGX-1 was designed with the sole purpose of deep learning, which will help AI researchers train other systems much faster with more data. To understand the speed of this supercomputer, a conventional computer's computations take 250 hours compared to the 10 hours on the DGX-1 Man discovers wife is cheating on him following her with drone Mob storm police station and lynch suspected paedophile Victoria Fritz hides her baby bump moments before giving birth Ivanka Trump gives glimpse of her father's $100m penthouse Protestor at an anti-Trump rally at Ohio State gets slammed 100 special police agents protect suspected paedophile from mob Chili's manager snatches veteran's free meal after complaint Is this the creepy moment the corpse of a girl OPENS her eyes? Ivanka Trump gives glimpse of her father's $100m penthouse Is this the creepy moment the corpse of a girl OPENS her eyes?
Domino's claims world-first pizza drone delivery
Domino's has on Wednesday successfully completed the delivery of a pizza to a customer in New Zealand, using a drone as its mode of transport. The unmanned aerial vehicle, DRU Drone by Flirtey, was autonomously controlled using GPS navigation, delivered to the yard of a residence in Whangaparaoa, 25km north of Auckland. Domino's Group CEO and managing director Don Meij said he believes drone delivery will be an essential component of the organisation's pizza delivery process. Clear-cut definition of de-identified data critical in legislation: Pilgrim Department of Finance to rebuild two-year-old IT system Turnbull's DTA to establish a whole-of-government program management office Vodafone continues losing customers as Telstra, Optus, Amaysim gain: Kantar "We will be conducting more delivery flights to customers from the Whangaparaoa store this week, and will use the information we gather to expand drone flights to a larger DRU Drone by Flirtey delivery area next year," Meij said. "We expect DRU Drone by Flirtey to be an essential addition to our delivery fleet."
Australian Face Verification Service starts with citizenship imagery
Australia's descent into a federal government-backed biometric future began on Wednesday, with the first three agencies to be on board the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). The first tranche of data to be swapped by the new Face Verification Service will be citizenship images, with visa, passport, and driver licence photos to follow. In August last year, the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) said access would be expanded to include the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Defence, and the AGD. Clear-cut definition of de-identified data critical in legislation: Pilgrim Department of Finance to rebuild two-year-old IT system Turnbull's DTA to establish a whole-of-government program management office Vodafone continues losing customers as Telstra, Optus, Amaysim gain: Kantar The AU$18.5 million system is designed to replace existing manual, ad-hoc facial image sharing arrangements between agencies to verify identities, and avoids the creation of a centralised database by agencies receiving queries running image searches against their own databases, an AGD fact sheet [PDF] claims. "Often, this response will be a simple'yes' or'no' to indicate whether two images are of the same person," AGD said.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Kill Some Jobs But Create Others 7wData
The Obama administration may be headed for the exits, but it continues to focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy and the nation at large. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for a group of technologies--including machine learning--that enable computers to learn new skills and capabilities based on the data they are exposed to, among other factors. The just-released report, titled "Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence," does not downplay potential job lossdue to the advent of ever-smarter computers, but still posits that the technology will open up new career opportunities for those versed in it or who have higher-level skills. It also holds that public policy, especially re-training programs, can mitigate the negative impact of increasing automation by preparing displaced workers for other jobs. Prepared for the White House by the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the report reiterates the conventional wisdom that AI-fueled automation will take over more jobs that could not be automated in the past.
The Algorithmic Democracy
The day before the election, as millions of Americans were feeling confident that the vast majority of the country shared their opinions, a pair of researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute published a paper that looked closely at something many of us ignored: the provenance of political tweets. Where do they come from? How many are, in reality, made by humans? And if not, who is designing these crude straw-bots? Analyzing Twitter during three televised debates, they discovered that 20% of all political tweets were made by bots.
US Army reveals electromagnetic 'phaser' gun designed to knock drones out of the sky
Watch the US Army's real-life PHASER GUN in action: Weapon can knock out a swarm of drones, cars and even smart missiles with a single blast of microwave energy Raytheon's Phaser weapon uses a technique known as high-power microwave (HPM) to knock drones out of the sky with a single pulse of energy. The'Stone Age Atlantis': Stunning video reveals the... Does teenage BLOOD hold the key to the fountain of youth?... Goodbye trolls! Twitter adds the ability to mute unwelcome... Snapchat confidentially files for IPO that could value it at... The'Stone Age Atlantis': Stunning video reveals the... Does teenage BLOOD hold the key to the fountain of youth?... Goodbye trolls! Twitter adds the ability to mute unwelcome... Snapchat confidentially files for IPO that could value it at... Riker (Jonathan Frakes, left) and Geordi (LeVar Burton, right) fire phasers to hinder Zefram Cochrane's escape in the science-fiction action thriller:'Star Trek: first contact'.
U.N. votes for Japan co-drafted resolution slamming North Korea for diverting dire food funds to arms programs
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. member states on Tuesday condemned widespread human rights violations in North Korea and expressed concerns that funds needed to ease the dire humanitarian crisis are spent on Pyongyang's missile and nuclear arms programs. A resolution drafted by Japan and the European Union was adopted by a consensus vote in the General Assembly's committee on humanitarian affairs. Following the vote, diplomats from China, Pyongyang's ally, Russia, Syria, Iran and Cuba took the floor to state they were disassociating themselves from the outcome. The full General Assembly is expected to vote on the measure next month. North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests this year and test-fired a series of missiles, even as 18 million North Koreans out of a total population of 25 million are facing food shortages, Japan's ambassador said. "The authorities of the DPRK (North Korea), without regard to the plight of their own citizens, divert their limited resources to develop weapons of mass destruction," said Ambassador Koro Bessho.
Emerging Technologies Like Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning and Internet of Things Help Revolutionize Public Sector Agencies, Accenture Report Finds
Emerging Technologies Like Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning and Internet of Things Help Revolutionize Public Sector Agencies, Accenture Report Finds Survey results show meeting customer expectations is one of the lowest ranked priorities ARLINGTON, Va.; Nov. 15, 2016 – Advanced analytics and other emerging technologies are revolutionizing the way governments and public service agencies are trying to address citizen demands, helping to overcome persistent challenges such as regulatory compliance, outdated legacy IT infrastructures and organizational cultures, according to a new research report from Accenture. The report, Emerging Technologies in Public Service, examines the adoption of emerging technologies across agencies with the most direct interaction with citizens or the greatest responsibility for citizen-facing services: health and social services, policing/justice, revenue, border services, pension / social security and administration. As part of the report, Accenture surveyed nearly 800 public service technology professionals across nine countries to identify emerging technologies being implemented or piloted. These technologies include advanced analytics/ predictive modeling, the Internet of Things, intelligent process automation, video analytics, biometrics/ identity analytics, machine learning, and natural language processing/ generation. The survey found that while more than two-thirds (70 percent) of public sector agencies are evaluating the potential of emerging technologies, only a small percentage (25 percent) is moving beyond the pilot phase to full implementation.
NVIDIA (NVDA) Q3 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
My name is Victoria, and I'll be your conference operator today. Welcome you to the NVIDIA Financial Results Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute. After the speakers' remarks there will be a question-and-answer period. I will now turn the call over to Arnab Chanda, Vice President of Investor Relations at NVIDIA. You may begin your conference. With me on the call today from NVIDIA are Jen-Hsun Huang, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Colette Kress, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. I'd like to remind you that our call is being webcast live on NVIDIA's Investor Relations website. You can hear a replay by telephone until the 17 November, 2016. The webcast will be available for replay up until next quarter's conference call to discuss Q4 financial results. The content of today's call is NVIDIA's property. It cannot be reproduced or transcribed without our prior written consent. During this call, we may make forward-looking statements based on current expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties and our actual results may differ materially. For a discussion of factors that could affect our future financial results and business, please refer to the disclosure in today's earnings release, our most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q, and the reports that we may file on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All of our statements are made as of today, the 10th of November, 2016 based on information currently available to us. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any such statements. During this call, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures. You can find a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures in our CFO commentary which is posted on our website. Revenue reached a record in the third quarter, exceeding $2 billion for the first time. Driving this was success in our Pascal-based gaming platform and growth in our datacenter platform, reflecting the role of NVIDIA's GPU as the engine of AI computing.