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Saving the rainforest, AI multiplication, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#40)
Extremely packed week. Lots of stuff happening at the same time in the world (Nobel prizes, Tesla robots, AI learning to do matrix multiplications really well), but also at home (new lab, here I come!). Let’s get to it: Do the robot🤖 In the same week, we had robot presentations (nothing too interesting there, to … Leer más
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Drake’s legacy, old clams, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#38)
This week we have an impressive application of fiber optics sensors, the story of Frank Drake, a cool interview with Martin Rees, more stories on the development and implications of AI, and some troublesome news about twitch. Let’s start: Whales, turtles, and an old clam A couple cool articles and a sad curiosity this week. … Leer más
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Ig Nobels, cockatoos at war, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#37)
Lots and lots of interesting things this week. We keep watching AI’s evolve, more and more people start realising tech gurus tend to lie a lot, an interesting fight between humans and birds? Ethereum is reducing energy consumption 99.9%, the IG Nobels, and another reason for going green that might finally convince deniers. Let’s start: … Leer más
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Selling fear, garbage islands, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#36)
This week we had some Apple announcements, more pieces on text-2-image models (Stable Diffusion), and a worrying piece on the contamination of seas. Let’s start: Selling the Apocalypse for profit Nice piece that talks about a recent trend on consumer electronics. A few years ago, Apple used to make adds with people dancing in funny … Leer más
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AI artists, postdoc scarcity, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#35)
Back to the routine, and even though the return has been a bit hard, I still had the energy to read some interesting stuff. This week we have some links on the effects of AI art generation and surveillance, and a few examples on how rotten the academic world is (but also some measurements that … Leer más
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Cult of the Lamb – Análisis
Fecha de salida: 11 de Agosto, 2022Género: Fusión de Roguelike y GestiónVersión jugada: 1.0.8Duración: ~15 horas (dificultad jugada: difícil) Durante la última década, muchos estudios independientes han explorado todos y cada uno de los rincones de un selecto grupo de géneros. Por ejemplo, desde que Derek Yu publicó Spelunky, los aficionados a los roguelikes hemos … Leer más
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AlphaFold’s feat, Alzheimer’s fraud, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#30)
One week until holidays, so quite a busy schedule in the lab, trying to finish as much as possible before the break. This week we have some interesting links on image manipulation, climate change, remote sensing by using fibers, and a cool application of Artificial Intelligence. Let’s start: Nothing to see here A piece of … Leer más
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Hearing with light, saying hello to coal (again), and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#29)
Lots of interesting stuff to share. A farewell to one of the most clever game studios out there, the latest advances in optoelectronics, another take on how humans will end up exterminating ourselves, and how scientists plan to improve weather forecast with the help of turtles are just a few of the links this week. … Leer más
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China being hacked, green energy?, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#27)
Hardly finding some time to read these days, and almost even harder to write a post… I am in need of holidays. Let’s start: The biggest hack ever? The numbers here are astonishing. Almost one thousand million people’s data being hacked is no joke, and to make things worse, it seems that it was not … Leer más
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Large field-of-view non-invasive imaging through scattering layers using fluctuating random illumination
During my stay in Paris, one of the topics I have been working on is related to the problem of imaging objects hidden by scattering media. While seeing stuff through transparent materials is quite easy, the thing becomes much more complicated when light gets randomly deviated in all directions. This might seem quite a particular … Leer más
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The future of CRISPR, USA being USA, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#26)
This week we have a bit of news on the new Covid variants, the craziness of the US, gamers being gamers (i.e., toxic)… but also some good news regarding roaming in the EU and the future of CRISPR. Let’s start: Keep your masks in the closet Because Covid is not over, and we cannot know … Leer más
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Additive manufacturing for the development of optical/photonic systems and components
Earlier this year, I was at Photonics Europe 2022 in Strasbourg. I had a lot of fun with many talks, but there was one topic that really piqued my interest: additive manufacturing. I have always been interested in 3D printing, and I know from experience how useful they can be: printing mechanical pieces in the … Leer más