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New AI system developed at UCLA, Stanford mimics how humans visualize and identify objects

UCLA and Stanford University engineers have demonstrated a computer system that can discover and identify the real-world objects it “sees” based on the same method of visual learning that humans use.

The system is an advance in a type of technology called “computer vision,” which enables computers to read and identify visual images. It could be an important step toward general artificial intelligence systems — computers that learn on their own, are intuitive, make decisions based on reasoning and interact with humans in a much more human-like way. Although current AI computer vision systems are increasingly powerful and capable, they are task-specific, meaning that their ability to identify what they see is limited by how much they’ve been trained and programmed by humans. (more…)

Working Breastfeeding Mothers: Challenges and Social Responsibilities

It is becoming increasingly normal for nursing mothers to return to their workplaces after the birth of their child. However, regardless of its “normalcy,” these women still face daily challenges as their needs are not being met when it comes to breast pumping. (more…)

Wie Schlaf das Immunsystem stärkt

Wissenschaftler der Universität Tübingen weisen neuen Mechanismus nach, mit dem unser Abwehrsystem im Schlaf unterstützt wird

Ausreichend Schlaf ist für unser Immunsystem und die Abwehr von Krankheitserregern wichtig ‒ das wird allgemein angenommen und erscheint intuitiv richtig. Wie genau Schlaf jedoch bestimmte Immunfunktionen beeinflusst, ist noch nicht wissenschaftlich geklärt. (more…)

IBM Blockchain World Wire, a New Global Payment Network, to Support Payments and Foreign Exchange in More Than 50 Countries

Provides real time settlement using a variety of digital assets

SINGAPORE, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MONEY 20/20: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Blockchain World Wire, a real-time global payments network for regulated financial institutions, is officially accessible in a growing number of markets. (more…)

7 shopping prophecies from a retail futurist

Doug Stephens is always thinking about tomorrow. And about next year. And the year 2039.

The founder and president of Retail Prophet – one of the world’s top retail consultancies – has logged more than two decades in the industry, leading brands, authoring two books and offering his advice to numerous companies. As he likes to tell clients: “There’s no such thing as being fashionably late for your future.” (more…)

Reallabor „Klimaneutral leben in Berlin“ zieht Bilanz: Jeder Einzelne kann etwas zur Klimastabilisierung beitragen, aber ohne die Politik geht es nicht

„Klimaneutral leben in Berlin“ – ein Jahr lang haben sich mehr als 100 Berliner Haushalte an einem klimafreundlicheren Alltag versucht, von Familien mit Kindern, Lebenspartnerschaften, Wohngemeinschaften bis hin zu Singles. (more…)

Suicide more prevalent than homicide in US, but most Americans don’t know it

In the United States, suicide is twice as common as homicide — and more often involves firearms — but public perception is just the opposite. (more…)

French National Council of Clerks of Commercial Courts announce the deployment of a blockchain network developed by IBM, to streamline the management of commercial and corporate registry

PARIS, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the National Council of Clerks (NCC) today announced the successful development of blockchain-based commercial court solution devoted to the clerks of commercial courts’ commercial and corporate registry. (more…)