The Future of Interfaces: Chatbots: Interface is not that beautiful layout? No, not necessarily.
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com
Phrase of the day: Complex adaptive system - a system in which a perfect understanding of the individual parts does
not automatically convey a perfect understanding of the whole system's
behavior.
Source: wikipedia.org
Patients Are Ditching Opioid Pills for Weed: Can marijuana help solve the opioid epidemic?
Source: theatlantic.com
The top reads of 2016 - as chosen by influential leaders around the world: Facebook asked 62 of its 'global influencers' what they read in 2016. This is what they said.
Source: weforum.org
Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what to say then perhaps the only option is to respond with a picture of a hedgehog in a hat. After all isn't that why the internet was invented? First of all the social media machine...
Source: tineye.com
VC predictions 2017 – Earlybird’s view: Personal insights on the future of tech, business and venture capital.
Source: medium.com
Higher ed social media platform taps instructional design firm | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com
Deep learning network as good as medics at identifying skin cancers. "While there are still many visual tasks where humans perform better than computers, computers are catching up. Part of the reason for computers' progress has been the development of what are called "deep neural networks," which chain...
Source: arstechnica.com
China, already dominant in supercomputers, shoots for an exascale prototype in 2017 - ExtremeTech: China is working on a prototype exascale (1,000-petaflop) system that it aims to complete by the end of this year, according to state media.
Source: extremetech.com
Paradigm change and an explanation of science as a social construct. Review of Khun's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". I've been meaning to read this for sometime and it was worth it. The 50th anniversary edition has an excellent introduction by Ian Hacking which invites you to ask questions...
Source: amazon.co.uk
How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs: Curfews, sports, and understanding kids’ brain chemistry have all helped dramatically curb substance abuse in the country.
Source: theatlantic.com
Calorie restriction diet extends life of monkeys by years: Macaques on permanent diets live significantly longer – the equivalent of nine years in people. But is the detailed meal planning and loss of libido worth it?
Source: newscientist.com
Study suggests top humanities journals favor research from elite institutions: Study suggests top humanities journals favor research by professors working at or who earned Ph.D.s at elite institutions.
Source: insidehighered.com
Building and publishing my first Facebook Messenger chatbot
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com
APOD: 2017 January 22 - SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit
Source: nasa.gov
Rogue Scientists Race to Save Climate Data from Trump: The incoming Trump administration's EPA transition team intends to remove some climate data from the agency's website. These researchers are swooping in to help.
Source: wired.com
The $800 laundry-folding robot for those who don't have a housekeeper - ExtremeTech: Foldimate will fold a laundry basket of clothes in about 3 minutes. Shirts, T-shirts, pants yes; tablecloths, beach towels and socks, no.
Source: extremetech.com