Written By: Kaylee Zhou An associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, Jianliang Xiao, along with his coworkers have produced a new device that can convert the body’s natural heat into electricity. The group of researchers described the device as “stretchy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often used to recognize objects in photos or videos. Neural networks, a data-processing algorithm, are able to mimic the human brain’s process of thinking in order to distinguish objects in a frame. Neural networks are trained using a set of images
Written by: Rishi Boddu Elon Musk is one of the most brilliant minds and recognizable names this generation has seen. Musk is a South-African born American entrepreneur credited with founding Paypal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and several other lesser known companies and innovations. By his
Written by: Rishitha Boddu In recent years, criminal investigation shows have risen to popularity — some well known ones being CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and the classic Sherlock. Even novels such as Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie’s, and of course, Sherlock have been fan favorites,
Written by Gloria Wang Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of AI that deals specifically with the communication between computers and people using human language. But aside from being able to understand languages like English, Chinese, and German, NLP algorithms are now able to
Modelling Artificial Intelligence After the Human Brain Artificial Intelligence (AI) simulates the process of learning that humans undergo when observing their surroundings. The software allows machines not only to process and store knowledge, but also to solve problems and make predictions of the future based
by Phyllis Shen Sending Information Through Touch Recent developments in technology have allowed people to scan objects without contact. For example, contactless payments have allowed grocery shoppers to pay using a credit or debit card without their card touching any surfaces, which has been a
Written by Gloria Wang From hundreds of millions of private investment to grand claims about a computing revolution, quantum computing has changed people’s approach to the future of technology, and rightfully so. Just this month, a team of researchers in China have developed and tested
Written By: Braeden Cullen Protein structure prediction is an important aspect of computational biology and is the process by which three-dimensional structures of proteins are predicted based on their amino acid sequence. Accurate protein structure prediction is of unparallel importance due to its wide-ranging implications
Written by Juwon Park I recently picked up a brand new first-person shooter massive multiplayer online game (MMOG). While playing, there would be instances where another team could uncannily predict our team’s strategies. Later, I found out that one of the players was using a