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‘Failosophy’ author on why failure leads to success

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by on May 10, 2019 at 8:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


Speaking today at The Next Web’s 2019 conference, author and futurist Gabe Zichermann gave an account of various industries that got stronger through failures, rather than successes. As he put it, sometimes you have to fail in order to find the success — and there are several examples of industries and people who made their failures work to their advantage. One in particular stood out for just how many failures had to happen before it became what it is today: namely, the aviation industry. Zichermann pointed out, the aviation industry is, for the most part, very safe, and has been…

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Oops! Scientists accidentally create new material that makes batteries charge much faster

May10
by on May 10, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a problem sometimes find unexpected things. This is exactly how we created phosphorene nanoribbons – a material made from one of the universe’s basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionize a wide range of technologies. We’d been trying to separate layers of phosphorus crystals into two-dimensional sheets. Instead, our technique created tiny, tagliatelle-like ribbons one single atom thick and only 100 or so atoms across, but up to 100,000 atoms long. We spent three years…

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How to use AI to redefine the way we create art

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by on May 10, 2019 at 2:41 pm
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Historically, artists have been defined by the tools available to make their work – sculptors, painters, and music instrumentalists. Rama Allen, executive creative director of London-headquartered studio The Mill, is looking to turn that idea on its head, by using AI to create art in tandem with humans. To illustrate this at TNW2019 Conference, he cited the example of The Reeplicator, a project The Mill worked on last year. It’s essentially a live beatboxing AI that has a vocal sample bank it can use to collaborate in real-time with an artist. In this case, it’s with London-born beatboxer Reeps One.…

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Google brings playable podcasts to search results

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by on May 10, 2019 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


At I/O 2019, Google announced that it will start including podcasts in search results so that you can listen to them right away without the need for a standalone podcast app. The feature, as of today, has gone live across both desktop and mobile web. Searching for a relevant podcast now surfaces a card of the most recent three episodes. The podcasts can be played right there by clicking the play button. But tapping on the links will take you to podcasts.google.com, offering a feed of all the episodes. Selecting ‘play’ will bring up a basic audio player, with controls…

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Buzzfeed’s VP of AI: Surveillance is more than collecting data

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by on May 10, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, TNW2019


Companies all over the world gather a lot of data customers without thinking of the impact it might have on people in the future. Talking at TNW 2019 in Amsterdam, Gilad Lotan, Buzzfeed’s VP of data science, said that while it’s important for media companies to use machine learning, they should not collect data which can reveal personal details. “Surveillance is not only about collecting data but the act of interpreting it. Often companies track location data of people using their products, and say that they’re using it just for analytics. But they don’t realize that the same data can be used…

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