Why you should train your cat, and how to do it
The pandemic fueled a rise in first-time pet owners and people adopting puppies and kittens. While even inexperienced owners expect a new puppy will need some training, people rarely think the same applies to kittens......»»
France bans air travel that could be done by train in under 2.5 hours
France has a well-developed train network, and the ban only affects five routes. Enlarge / A Train á Grand Vitesse. (credit: Michael Dunning/Getty Images) On Sunday, the French National Assembly voted to ban some short-haul flights in favor o.....»»
France To Ban Some Domestic Flights Where Train Available
AmiMoJo writes: French MPs have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in less than two and a half hours, as part of a series of climate and environmental measures. After a heated debate in the Assem.....»»
GE is developing a COVID-19 detector that can fit inside an iPhone
This is incredible. Is there COVID-19 on this train car? Is there COVID-19 in this restaurant? Is there COVID-19 at this grocery store? Is there COVID-19 . . . in me? These are the questions we’ve been asking ourselves every second of the day.....»»
Model train set looks like the real thing in this GoPro video
Take one GoPro camera, a model train, and a railroad super-obsessive, and what do you have? A remarkably realistic train ride, that's what......»»
Formation raises $4M led by Andreessen Horowitz to train truly ‘exceptional’ software engineers
Sophie Zhou Novati worked as a senior engineer at Facebook and then Nextdoor, where she struggled to hire great engineers for her team. Frustrated, she decided to try training engineers to meet her team’s hiring standards by mentoring at a local co.....»»
Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron Corporation
AI models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale their AI technology. InfuseAI, a MLOps startup based in T.....»»
Review: Sean Bean gives Snowpiercer a charismatic villain to stir the pot
With fictional world established, S2 is free to explore its complicated human dynamics. Snowpiercer was overtaken by the supply train Big Alice in the S1 finale. [credit:.....»»
Amazon"s Twitter Army Was Handpicked For "Great Sense of Humor"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Intercept: Amazon's small Twitter army of "ambassadors" was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename "Veritas," which sought to train and dispatch select employees to the social media trenches to defen.....»»
Google Maps adding new features, including augmented reality for (eventually) getting around airports and malls
You may not be traveling or hanging out in malls much these days, but Google Maps is preparing for a return to such places in the not-so-distant future: It's rolling out a new feature that uses augmented reality to navigate malls, airports, and train.....»»
This new startup is weeding out the weed-out classes, instead of students
Five years ago, entrepreneur Dan Sommer bet big on the adult learning space when he was building out Trilogy Education, an online and in-person bootcamp in collaboration with universities to train workforces on the latest tech skills. In 2019, Sommer.....»»
New Soba Noodle-Making Robot at Japan Train Station Eatery Can Cook 150 Servings an Hour
A two-armed robot is helping to prepare soba noodles at an eatery at JR Kaihimmakuhari Station in this Chiba city's Mihama Ward (in Japan), capably boiling the noodles in a strainer, rinsing them and then dipping them in iced water. From a report: Th.....»»
How Pi Keeps Train Wheels on Track
Happy 3/14! Here's how this mathematical constant keeps train cars from flying off their tracks during turns......»»
New method could democratize deep learning-enhanced microscopy
Deep learning is a potential tool for scientists to glean more detail from low-resolution images in microscopy, but it's often difficult to gather enough baseline data to train computers in the process. Now, a new method developed could make the tech.....»»
China Debuts Train Prototype That Can Hit Speeds of 385 Miles Per Hour
China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching speeds of 385 miles (620 kilometers) per hour. CNN reports: The train runs on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power that makes it look as if the train.....»»
Scientists want to hear your fish tales ... or at least see your photos
Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put.....»»
Army Trains AI to Identify Faces in the Dark
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has developed a dataset of faces to train facial recognition that works in darkness Facial recognition has already come a long way since U.S. Special Operations Forces used the technology to help identify Osama.....»»
New method could democratize deep learning-enhanced microscopy
Deep learning is a potential tool for scientists to glean more detail from low-resolution images in microscopy, but it's often difficult to gather enough baseline data to train computers in the process. Now, a new method developed by scientists at th.....»»
Nanoprinted high-neuron-density optical linear perceptrons perform near-infrared inference on a CMOS chip
Today, machine learning permeates everyday life, with millions of users every day unlocking their phones through facial recognition or passing through AI-enabled automated security checks at airports and train stations. These tasks are possible thank.....»»
No Man’s Sky: How to raise, train, and breed companions
With the most recent update, No Man's Sky now allows players to have adorable alien pets! You can also genetically modify them to what you want. Here's how......»»
How Canadians Derailed a Train in 1998 and Drove It to City Hall for Power After a Brutal Ice Storm
James Gilboy, writing at The Drive: Over the week spanning Jan. 4-10, 1998, a trio of massive ice storms wracked the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. Knocking over transmission towers, the storms deprived up to 1.35 million people of e.....»»