News Technology A New Robo-Insect Takes Flight For many years, scientists have worked to create aerial robots inspired by bees and other flying insects. This has proven difficult, because when you get down to the insect’s scale, it’s hard to generate enough thrust to enable it to carry its own power source. But, a new robot has taken flight and it’s creating […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-07-152021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Technology AI Has a Carbon Footprint – and It’s Massive! Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, found that energy required to train a common AI model was equivalent to nearly five times the lifetime emissions of the average American car, including its manufacture! The paper specifically focused on determining carbon emissions for the subfield of AI called NLP (Natural-Language Processing). The researchers looked at […] Written by Alizah Gul Memon 2019-07-042021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Technology Magic: “The Gathering” is the World’s Most Complex Game A recent study shows that “Magic: The Gathering” is officially the most computationally complex real world game and no algorithm can possibly find the winner. It is basically a card game about magical combat. Two or more players choose 60 cards from a pool of approximately 20,000 cards. Each card has its own power and […] Written by Muhammad Rizwan 2019-06-032021-06-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Technology Brain Signals to Speech Decoder Can Help Paralyzed People Speak Scientists in San Francisco have managed to tap into brain signals that are responsible for speech. This technology would be first of its kind to create a system that could eventually enable people to voice their thoughts. A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, recorded the […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-05-292021-06-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Technology Automata: Forgotten Marvels of an Extraordinary Age As we pave our way through the technologically advanced era, it is likely and perhaps easier for us to forget the roots from which the tech-sophisticated world commenced. From loudspeakers to stereo systems, from filament light bulbs to energy savers, we have only witnessed humanity progressing technologically and never looking back. The medieval age was […] Written by Irta Tahir Malik 2019-03-022020-08-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Engineering Technology Genetic Engineering: A Remarkable Advent in Biotechnology We are living in an era where we are not just striving to make human lives comfortable but also to reach immortality. Though immortality is yet far from realization, we have managed so far to outlive our ancestors. Due to advancements in the field of biology and biotechnology, we are now able to eradicate epidemics […] Written by Geeta Kumari 2019-02-052019-02-05 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Technology Health Complexities Involved in Space Exploration Michael Seres, human health and medical innovation ambassador of ideaXme recently spoke with Dr. John B. Charles, former Chief Scientist of the Human Research Program, NASA. Dr.Charles’ career with the organization spanned 35 years and focused on maximizing human health and physical performance in space. Dr. Charles talks of that career and ongoing association with […] Written by ideaXme 2019-01-292019-01-30 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Life Science Technology Are we ready for a gene-editing future? ideaXme had the honor to speak with Dr. Ellen Jorgensen, a molecular biologist, co-founder and president of Biotech Without Borders. She is a strong advocate of involving citizens in scientific endeavors and enlightened us about the advances in the field of biotechnology. During the interview, she talked about the promising results biotechnology has to offer […] Written by ideaXme 2019-01-052019-01-06 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
