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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

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In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems , we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. This reference contract language can be indispensable to agencies negotiating with AI vendors. Likewise, the U.K.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

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​In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. Cobalt FUD Yes, Cobalt Mining is bad for the environment and bad for the people who live near these mines. [1] The environment impact by the OIL industry is incomparable compared to any battery manufacturing.

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The Metaverse Could Help Us Better Understand Reality

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We're now seeing something similar happen with the word metaverse , coined in Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash where it referred to the successor of our two-dimensional Internet. We're hearing that everyone will need access to the metaverse, that this virtual universe will be the place we'll all soon be working and playing.

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Wireless Worries Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research

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Kenneth Foster: In the context of RF safety, exposure refers to the fields outside the body, while dose refers to energy absorbed within body tissues. For example, a number of scientists are surveying levels of RF fields in the environment, to address the public's health concerns. The list goes on.

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Researchers improve the performance of sodium-ion batteries by using tailored carbon anodes with hierarchical porosity

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Researchers at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, have improved the performance of sodium-ion batteries ( earlier post ) by using tailor-made carbon materials with hierarchical porosity for the anode instead of common carbon-based anode materials. Energy Environ. Advance Article doi: 10.1039/C1EE01744F. Wenzel et al.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951. The other two music boxes went to Bardeen and Brattain. Only Bardeen’s survives.

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How 5G’s Rollout Rattled Hundreds of Pilots

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This sort of erroneous warning indications would be extremely distracting in a more challenging environment such as low visibility, icing conditions, etc,” the pilot wrote later. In most, including the Tennessee and Los Angeles incidents above, the reporter referred to 5G interference. Coincidence? Probably not.” But could it be?