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Progress is being made brain-computer interface technology, an example of which is seen at a French laboratory in 2017, but scientists say a vision outlined by Elon Musk to mesh brains and computers using artificial intelligence remains far off. — AFP
Machine-meshed super-humans remain stuff of fantasy
SAN FRANCISCO — A bold vision by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to mesh human brains with artificial intelligence remains more science fiction than reality.Even as Musk claimed his Neuralink startup had enabled a monkey to control a computer with its brain, experts were quick to dampen expectations for a futuristic scenario from "The Matrix" films, based on people with cybernetic implants.Musk this week revealed his Neuralink startup is making progress on its brain-computer interface effort, and said the company hopes to begin testing on people next year.Musk, founder of the automaker Tesla and the private space firm SpaceX, has long contended that a neural lace meshing minds with machines is vital if humans are to avoid being outpaced by artificial intelligence."This has a...
July 19, 2019

Machine-meshed super-humans remain stuff of fantasy

SpaceX chief Elon Musk speaks during a press conference after the launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this March 02, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Musk shows off progress on brain-machine interface
SAN FRANCISCO — Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Tuesday revealed his secretive Neuralink startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers, and said they hope to begin testing on people next year.Musk has long contended that a neural lace meshing minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being so outpaced by artificial intelligence that, under the best of circumstances, humans would be akin to "house cats."Musk and members of the Neuralink team laid out progress they have made on their mission at an event held in San Francisco to recruit talent in software, robotics, neuroscience and more."Ultimately, we can do a full brain-machine interface," Musk said."Achieve a sort of symbiosis with artificial...
July 17, 2019

Musk shows off progress on brain-machine interface

A file photo of a misinformation newsstand in midtown Manhattan, aiming to educate news consumers about the dangers of disinformation, or fake news, in the lead-up to the US midterm elections. Experts discussed how to train tomorrow’s reporters for new 'deep fake' and fake news challenges at the World Journalism Education Congress in Paris last week. — AFP
Training journalists in the era of fake news
PARIS — As uncannily realistic "deep fake" videos proliferate online, including one recently retweeted by Donald Trump, journalism schools are scrambling to adapt to an era of misinformation — or fake news.Experts discussed how to train tomorrow's reporters for these new challenges at the World Journalism Education Congress in Paris last week.The three-day event — "Teaching Journalism During a Disruptive Age" — was attended by 600 educators and researchers from 70 countries."We have journalism educators from places as different as Bangladesh and Uganda, but essentially we all face the same challenges," congress organizer Pascal Guenee, head of IPJ Dauphine journalism school in Paris, said.In China, the government makes no secret of its tight grip...
July 16, 2019

Training journalists in the era of fake news

University of Colorado Boulder director of NASA/NLSI Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research Jack Burns, who is working with NASA to put telescopes on the moon by using telerobotic technology, stands for a portrait at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, Colorado, in this June 24, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Robots to install telescopes to peer into cosmos from the moon
BOULDER, Colorado — As the United States races to put humans back on the moon for the first time in 50 years, a NASA-funded lab in Colorado aims to send robots there to deploy telescopes that will look far into our galaxy, remotely operated by orbiting astronauts.The radio telescopes, to be planted on the far side of the moon, are among a plethora of projects underway by the US space agency, private companies and other nations that will transform the moonscape in the coming decade."This is not your grandfather's Apollo program that we're looking at,” said Jack Burns, director of the Network for Exploration and Space Science at the University of Colorado, which is working on the telescope project."This is really a very different kind of program and very importantly...
July 15, 2019

Robots to install telescopes to peer into cosmos from the moon

This undated handout photo released by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Thursday shows a microscopic view of dual, three-element NOR gate, the inside of a silicon chip, used in Apollo. — AFP
The machine that made the Moon missions possible
WASHINGTON — We've all been there: you're working on something important, your PC crashes, and you lose all your progress.Such a failure was not an option during the Apollo missions, the first time ever that a computer was entrusted with handling flight control and life support systems — and therefore the lives of the astronauts on board.Despite an infamous false alarm during lunar descent that sent Commander Neil Armstrong's heart rate racing, it was a resounding success that laid the groundwork for everything from modern avionics to multitasking operating systems.Here are some of the ways the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), millions of times less powerful than a 2019 smartphone, shaped the world we live in today:Integrated circuits, or microchips, were a necessary part of...
July 12, 2019

The machine that made the Moon missions possible

Prompts on how to use Amazon's Alexa personal assistant are seen in an Amazon ‘experience center’ in Vallejo, California, in this May 8, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
Need quick medical advice in Britain? Ask Alexa
LONDON — Britain's state-run health service is teaming up with Amazon to provide medical advice for common ailments such as migraines and flu via the tech giant's voice assistant Alexa, aiming to help more patients at home and cut down on costs.The plan is to give patients — especially the elderly, blind and those unable to access the internet through traditional means — access to information verified by the National Health Service (NHS) by using voice commands, the government said.The deal could ease pressure on the NHS by reducing the need to visit a doctor.However, there are concerns that older people, who are used to telephonic or personal interactions, might find it hard to adapt to newer technologies for healthcare services.Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK,...
July 10, 2019

Need quick medical advice in Britain? Ask Alexa

The new MINI electric car is unveiled at the BMW group plant in Cowley, near Oxford, England, on Tuesday. — AFP
Choking India gets first fully-fledged electric car
MUMBAI, India — Motorists in India, home to some of the world's most polluted cities, can now buy a fully-fledged electric car after Hyundai unveiled a model that can travel 452 km on one charge.The Kona Electric SUV will cost $36,000 — more than three times the price of the cheapest combustion-engine SUV and more than eight times dearer than a regular saloon car.But its improved range will address one of the major concerns among customers in India, where there is a shortage of charging stations, Hyundai Motors Managing Director SS Kim told the Press Trust of India.India is forecast to become the world's most populous nation within a decade, and although last week the government unveiled new tax incentives, manufacturers say that there is no clear road-map to get more EVs on...
July 10, 2019

Choking India gets first fully-fledged electric car

An IBM technician poses with screens showing IBM's AI-generated highlights of play on the sixth day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, in this July 6, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Wimbledon targets Asian fans 'nirvana' with lite app
LONDON — Wimbledon has unleashed a new lightweight app to try and hook the growing tennis-loving market in Asia, while AI-generated highlights are getting smarter at spotting the most exciting action.The official Wimbledon app is packed with heavy graphics but the new, slimmed-down alternative is designed for fans in places with poorer bandwidth and older smartphones — especially India.The prestigious tennis tournament reckons it can potentially reach several hundred million people in India who are interested in the championships but can only download data over slow mobile phone networks.The slimmer app has lightweight scores, results, headlines and the order of play."India is one of the largest social media audiences for them globally," said Sam Seddon, IBM's client...
July 08, 2019

Wimbledon targets Asian fans 'nirvana' with lite app

A man rides a rented electric scooter at Juarez neighborhood in Mexico City in this July 2, 2019 file photo. — AFP
E-scooters: A transport 'tsunami' flooding cities worldwide
PARIS — They appeared in June last year as Paris was waking up from its annual all-night Festival of Music: Hundreds of green-and-black electric scooters dotting the pavements of the capital.The timing was perfect, with the city struggling with a botched revamp of its main bike-sharing service that left countless frustrated users looking for a new form of transport.Cheap, widely available and easily unlocked with a smartphone app, e-scooters checked all the boxes, becoming wildly popular overnight."It's happened very quickly and a bit of an anarchic way," admitted French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne in May. "It's effectively been the law of the jungle."Over the course of a year, a total of 13 operators piled into the Paris market, putting 20,000 scooters...
July 05, 2019

E-scooters: A transport 'tsunami' flooding cities worldwide

A Loon internet balloon, carrying solar-powered mobile networking equipment, flies over the company's launch site in Winnemucca, Nevada, U.S., in this June 27, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Google internet balloon spinoff Loon still looking for its wings
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.Loon says its balloons will reach Kenya in the coming weeks for its first commercial trial. The test with Telkom Kenya, the nation's No. 3 carrier, will let mountain villagers buy 4G service at market-rate prices for an undefined period. Kenya's aviation authority said its final approval would be signed this month.Hatched in 2011, Loon aims to bring connectivity to remote parts of the world by floating solar-powered networking gear over areas where cell towers would be too expensive to build.Its tennis-court-sized helium balloons have demonstrated utility. Over the last three years, Loon successfully let...
July 01, 2019

Google internet balloon spinoff Loon still looking for its wings

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