Information & Communication

What share of scientific papers are repeatable, and by extension, reliable? This was a question concerning psychologists and the scientific community for centuries. Blockchain technology may have found a unique solution - providing protection from falsified researches by accurately detecting the degree of repeatable content.

Those interested in the evolution of transistor technology may be aware of the memristor. These products were developed, some years ago, in an effort to contribute to the world’s migration from purely digital to analog computing.

The social media company, Facebook, appears to want to identify all of its users in available photos. This is what can be understood from the organization's current drive to research AIs and programs that work on the images of faces to remove errors and unwanted features.

By now, many of us are aware that the Legal Affairs Committee (or JURI) of the EU Parliament has voted in favor of controversial proposed changes to copyright legislation in the region. These measures are related to the reproduction and distribution of some content types on the internet and are widely viewed as detrimental to the freedom involved in doing the same.

In consumer electronic terms, 2017 was the year of the interactive speaker. Devices such as these go beyond the remit of normal home audio products, in that they have microphones to pick up and understand your voice. The products use this function to respond to you using a vocal personal assistant (VPA) software.

Synesthesia is a rare, neurological phenomenon, where stimulation of one sense leads to a secondary perception of another. With this ability, one can see what color music possesses or what smell has a certain color. People with this characteristic have atypical, structural, neural connectivity. Researchers have taken many steps to find the exact region of the brain that provokes this condition and they have even examined internal functionalities.

We tend to think of computers as electronic brains, but the truth is that this comparison does not hold the bar to an actual human brain. Computers, effective as they have become, do not come close to human brains in many important respects. The most prevalent of these is power consumption and data transmission methods.

The paper ‘Ten Challenges in Highly-Interactive Dialog Systems’ was presented by Nigel G. Ward, from the Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, and David DeVault, from the Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, at the 2015 AAAI Spring Symposium in Stanford, CA.

Clinical trials and their results affect us all. These trials can dictate the level of innovation and improvements in the healthcare sector that is available to us. Furthermore, depending on location, the resources and funds used in clinical trials may come from individuals’ tax contributions.

Currently making waves on social media is Yanny versus Laurel. If you aren’t familiar with this latest sensation, it’s basically this: an audio clip that sounds like Yanny to some and Laurel to others!

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney Humans sleep for almost one-third of their lives but until today, have not been able to comprehend or even remember most of their dreams after they have awoken.

The European Union's Joint Research Center (JRC) has released the results of its study on fake news and the transfer of news media onto the online sphere. It was found that traditional outlets are still viewed as the best and most trustworthy in this field. However, alternatives to them, such as content aggregators, are now more popular.