The model predicts when a user will leave a specific mobile game. Credit: Silicon Studio Researchers from the Tokyo-based company Silicon Studio, led by Spanish data scientist África Periáñez, have
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Causes of the global water crisis and 12 companies trying to solve it
It’s World Water Day. Time to wake up and take shorter showers. That is, if we’re fortunate enough to have them. Water scarcity and pollution are persistent global problems. According to End
Machine learning lets scientists reverse-engineer cellular control networks
In vivo validation of the computationally-discovered, partially converted tadpole phenotype. Credit: Daniel Lobo, Maria Lobikin, Michael Levin The flow of information between cells in our bodies is exceedingly complex: sensing,
New machine learning technique provides translational results
Researchers have developed the first computer machine-learning model to accurately predict which patients diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, or AML, will go into remission following treatment for their disease and
When deep learning mistakes a coffee maker for a cobra
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Is this your sister?” That’s the kind of question asked by image-recognition systems, which are becoming increasingly prevalent in our everyday devices. They may
Wright Electric unveils its commercial electric plane business
Gas is the biggest cost for airlines. The easiest way to reduce these costs? Don’t use gas at all. That was the pitch from Wright Electric, a startup building an
Cardiff male Samata Ullah admits militant charges after posting encryption sum on Islamic blog
Cannot be deleted It goes on to contend that ZeroNet uses BitTorrent technology, that “means a website can’t be deleted” since it is hosted by all a readers, rather than
Vinsight gives grape and almond growers a high-tech crystal ball
Farmers know how hard it is to predict yield accurately. High-value crops like grapes or almonds prove particularly challenging. Farmers expect, and settle for, twenty to forty percent uncertainty with
An eBay for grain trading, FarmLead, raises $6.5 million Series A
Farmers work to feed the world. Yet somehow, corn, wheat and rice sales are still happening at a local level through antiquated paperwork and phone negotiations. Now, an Ottawa-based startup
Using virtual reality to catch a real ball
Credit: Disney Research Disney Research scientists have found innovative ways to enhance virtual experiences involving interactions with physical objects by showing how a person using a virtual reality system can
An eBay for grain-trading, FarmLead, raises $6.5 million Series A
Farmers work to feed the world. Yet somehow, corn, wheat and rice sales are still happening at a local level through antiquated paperwork and phone negotiations. Now, an Ottawa-based startup
Using Big Data to analyse images and video better than the human brain
Training neural network for object recognition (a car with front lights) in action. Credit: Uni Research Computing Improving traffic safety, better health services and environmental benefits – Big Data experts
Santa Fe enlists Rubicon Global to curb waste and ramp up recycling
Humans, especially Americans, are kind of slobs. We mess up the Earth by throwing out about 4.5 pounds of garbage per person on average every day. Two-thirds of that waste
Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel explains its new solar storage facility
Tesla’s new solar energy storage facility on the Hawaiian island of Kauai does what most solar power plants cannot: it stores energy from the sun during peak times for use
New computer software program excels at lip reading
Lips close-up. Credit: Shutterstock A new computer software program has the potential to lip-read more accurately than people and to help those with hearing loss, Oxford University researchers have found.