Fw:Thinking

Facial recognition technology is pretty incredible. But it's not infallible. We learn how it works and why it's a challenging AI problem.

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Invisibility cloaks - are they just an element in fiction and folklore or will they become a reality?

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A news story from March 2014 needs an update -- could space dust invalidate the discovery of gravitational waves?

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What does it mean to be happy? What's going on biologically, and how can we improve humanity's overall happiness in the future?

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How are science and technology helping us contain pandemics? How might they help us prevent outbreaks entirely in the future? We examine the strategies used to keep disease at bay.

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Bandwidth is a finite resource. What happens when we reach the limit? And how close are we now?

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In Star Trek, the tricorder is an all-purpose sensor array that can diagnose a person in moments. Is a real tricorder part of our near future?

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In the film Minority Report, we see Tom Cruise's character use gestures similar to today's touchscreen commands. What's the story behind the film's technology?

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Why is it in science fiction films you never see people struggle to operate consumer tech? Will the tech of the future really be flawlessly simple?

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Could a start-up company challenge the university system? We look at why higher education is so expensive and the goals of the Minerva Project.

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