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Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on

Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on lips, making lip reading easier for machines
Source: ieee.org

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed our ancestors trying to avoid poisonous foods it continues to occupy much of our time. We seem incapable of deciding what to have for lunch without consulting to dietary guidelines,...
Source: amazon.co.uk


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Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By 2018, 20% of all business content will be authored by machines. ... Technologies with the ability to proactively assemble and deliver information through automated composition...
Source: gartner.com

McDonald’s kale salad has more fat and calories than a double Big Mac: Fast-food salads or not, eating out is bad for

McDonald’s kale salad has more fat and calories than a double Big Mac: Fast-food salads or not, eating out is bad for your health according to new studies.
Source: arstechnica.com

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Reusable, sugar-based polymer purifies water fast: Can pull out pharmaceuticals, chemicals used to make plastics, and more.

Reusable, sugar-based polymer purifies water fast: Can pull out pharmaceuticals, chemicals used to make plastics, and more.
Source: arstechnica.com

Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months

Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature in macroscopic semiconductor wafers | KurzweilAI

Quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature in macroscopic semiconductor wafers | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy:

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: From 1976 to 1981, the results of the Diabetic Retinopathy Study identified that panretinal laser photocoagulation (PRP) for high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) reduced...
Source: jamanetwork.com

TensorFlow could be Google’s new, open-source, central nervous system | ExtremeTech: Google's new and improved machine

TensorFlow could be Google’s new, open-source, central nervous system | ExtremeTech: Google's new and improved machine learning platform could change how we use the internet -- and now anybody can contribute.
Source: extremetech.com

Google open-sources its TensorFlow machine learning system | KurzweilAI

Google open-sources its TensorFlow machine learning system | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

UK's Largest Online Pharmacy Sold Patients' Personal Data To Fraudsters - Slashdot

UK's Largest Online Pharmacy Sold Patients' Personal Data To Fraudsters - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today said that retail health clinics - now commonly present in drugstores and/or big box retailers - are best used as a backup alternative to a patient's primary care physician for the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! - Slashdot

Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! - Slashdot
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Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages - Publications - GOV.UK

Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages - Publications - GOV.UK
Source: www.gov.uk

The glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide attenuates the reinforcing properties of alcohol in rodents Vallöf,

The glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide attenuates the reinforcing properties of alcohol in rodents Vallöf, Daniel. Maccioni, Paola. Colombo, Giancarlo. Mandrapa, Minja. Jörnulf, Julia Winsa. Egecioglu, Emil. Engel, Jörgen A.. Jerlhag, Elisabet. Addiction Biology.
Source: wiley.com

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular outcomes and intensive glycemic control was hotly debated after the publication of landmark trials like ACCORD, ADVANCE, and VADT. The only benefits seem to come from intervening...
Source: hindawi.com

Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem - Slashdot

Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem - Slashdot
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