google deepmind: ground-breaking alphago masters the game of go
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in a paper published in nature on 28th january 2016 we describe a new approach to computer go this is the first time ever that a computer program alphago has defeated a human professional playerthe game of go is widely viewed as an unsolved grand challenge for artificial intelligence games are a great testing ground for inventing smarter more flexible algorithms that have the ability to tackle problems in ways similar to humans the first classic game mastered by a computer was noughts and crosses also known as tic-tac-toe in 1952 but until now one game has thwarted ai researchers: the ancient game of godespite decades of work the strongest computer go programs only played at the level of human amateurs alphago has won over 99 of games against the strongest other computer go programs it also defeated the human european champion by 5-0 in tournament games a feat previously believed to be at least a decade away in march 2016 alphago will face its ultimate challenge: a 5-game challenge match in seoul against the legendary lee sedolthe top go player in the world over the past decadethis video tells the story so farwith demis hassabis google deepminddeep blue photo credit courtesy of international business machines corporation international business machines corporation

autonomous self-contained soft robotic fish at mit
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soft robots which don039t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own journal soft robotics in the first issue of that journal out this month mit researchers report the first self-contained autonomous soft robot a quotfishquot that can execute an escape maneuver convulsing its body to change direction in just 100 milliseconds or as quickly as a real fish canquotwe039re excited about soft robots for a variety of reasonsquot says daniela rus a professor of computer science and engineering director of mit039s computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory and one of the researchers who designed and built the fish quotas robots penetrate the physical world and start interacting with people more and more it039s much easier to make robots safe if their bodies are so wonderfully soft that there039s no danger if they whack youquot the robotic fish was built by andrew marchese a graduate student in mit039s department of electrical engineering and computer science and lead author on the new paper where he039s joined by rus and postdoc cagdas d onal each side of the fish039s tail is bored through with a long tightly undulating channel carbon dioxide released from a canister in the fish039s abdomen causes the channel to inflate bending the tail in the opposite directionread more: http:webmitedunewsoffice2014soft-robotic-fish-moves-like-the-real-thing-0313htmlvideo: melanie gonick mit newshigh-speed footage courtesy of andrew marchese

lego turing machine popscreen
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this is a short documentary about the lego turing machine built by jeroen van den bos and davy landman at centrum wiskunde amp informatica cwi amsterdam netherlands they built it for cwi

clothbot: a robot for flexible clothes climbing
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researchers from china039s shenzhen institutes of advanced technology present a climbing robot called clothbot that can grip and climb on various kinds of clothes part of the paper quotsystem and design of clothbot: a robot for flexible clothes climbingquot by y liu et al presented at the 2012 ieee international conference on robotics and automation learn more: http:spectrumieeeorgautomatonroboticshome-robotsclothbot-has-no-trouble-navigating-your-pants

robot controls human arm using electrodes
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researchers demonstrate how a robot can control both its own arm and a person039s arm to accomplish a collaborative task read more: http:spectrumieeeorgautomatonroboticsmedical-robotsrobot-controls-human-arm

my anniversary gift to lisa
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i http:wwwohkampcom placed this folder on my wife039s desktop http:wwwblonderlandcom to celebrate our third anniversary

apple music event 2001-the first ever ipod introduction
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here we see steve jobs introducing the very first ipod at a low key event in 2001 the rest is history

the mp3 experiment eight
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more: http:improveverywherecom20110725the-mp3-experiment-eightlike us on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomimproveverywherefor our latest mission over 3500 people downloaded an mp3 file and pressed play simultaneously the event began at sunset in two starting points by the hudson river the masses converged on nelson rockefeller park as twilight ended and participated in a series of synchronized activities involving flashlights camera flashes glow sticks and maskscreated by charlie todd ampamp tyler walkerhttp:improveverywherecomco-produced and edited by keith haskel:http:wwwkskillcommusic by tyler walkerhttp:tylerwalkermusiccomthis is one of over 100 different missions improv everywhere has executed over the past nine years in new york city others include frozen grand central the food court musical and the famous no pants subway ride to name a few visit the website to see tons of photos and video of all of our work including behind the scenes information on how this video was madehttp:wwwimproveverywherecombe the first to find out about the next video we create by subscribing to our youtube channel: http:youtubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=improveverywherebuy the improv everywhere book: http:tinyurlcomiebookyou can also join our facebook group:http:facebookcomimproveverywhereor follow us on twitter:http:twittercomimprovevery

viewdle - see the world through computer vision popscreen
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see the world through computer vision on smartphones tablets and other high tech home devices powered with viewdle recognition technology nncheck out viewdle

skyrim for ti-84 calcs
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editbeta 16 now available for an all around better experience installation instructions included download here: http:wwwmediafirecomlc8jq1mfi3tfvazi made a calculator game based off of skyrim using the programming feature built in to all ti-84 model calcs and i wanted to show it off so here i am here039s a link file for the program and pic files: http:wwwmediafirecomvzz7umpobp1qc pease keep all comments free of trolling thanks enjoy

the animals house of the rising sun old school computer remix
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while following on the coat tail of my first popular video quotqueen bohemian rhapsody old school computer remixquot i tried to change the venue and built a couple of robot bands yeah machines that play actual instruments these videos didn039t fair as well so i decided to go back to the basics and create another video utilizing old computer equipment for this video i recorded each instrument separately with a decent stereo mic and i also used a mixer to adjust the audio levels i would like to point out that absolutely no sampling or audio effects were used instrumentsa hp scanjet 3p adaptec scsi card and a computer powered by ubuntu v910 os as the vocals hey the scanner is oldb atari 800xl with an eico oscilloscope as the organc texas instrument ti-994a with a tektronix oscilloscope as the guitard hard-drive powered by a pic16f84a microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal i was very pleased how the hard-drive drums turned out and they sound great i will definitely use them in my next video oh yeah my next video i would like to use a current song so please leave any recommendations 3oh3 is a big contender i would like to give a shoutout to james houston who i think was the first person to use multiple legacy computer equipment in conjunction to make a song be sure to take the time to view his youtube video quotbig ideas: don039t get any - radiohead cover by james houstonquotfor all the haters out there:1 the timing is not off take the time to listen to the actual song before criticizing2 no i don039t have a lot of spare time so i have to use it sparingly3 fair use on the internet not making any money here i wasn039t even born when this song came out but this is just one way of reviving an older song and introducing it to generation z:thanks for watchingbd594

layar - introducing: layar vision
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layar vision is an extension of the layar platform taking augmented reality to the next level layar vision allows the creation of layers and applications that recognize real world objects and display digital experiences on top of themlayar vision uses detection tracking and computer vision techniques to augment objects in the physical world it can tell which objects in the real world are augmented because the visual fingerprints of the objects are preloaded into the application based on the user039s layer selectionlearn more at http:wwwlayarcomlayar-visionand see our other video quotlayar vision explainedquot at http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8kfjlpnmhmwmusic: quottriple xquot by sub focus

message from anonymous: operation facebook nov 5 2011
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operation facebookdate: november 5 2011target: https:facebookcompress:twitter : https:twittercomop_facebookhttp:piratepadnetycpcpwrl09ircanonopsli opfacebookmessage:attention citizens of the worldwe wish to get your attention hoping you heed the warnings as follows:your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed if you are a willing hacktivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill facebook for the sake of your own privacyfacebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world some of these so-called whitehat infosec firms are working for authoritarian governments such as those of egypt and syria everything you do on facebook stays on facebook regardless of your quotprivacyquot settings and deleting your account is impossible even if you quotdeletequot your account all your personal info stays on facebook and can be recovered at any time changing the privacy settings to make your facebook account more quotprivatequot is also a delusion facebook knows more about you than your family http:wwwphysorgcomnews170614271html http:itgruntscom20101007facebook-steals-numbers-and-data-from-your-iphone you cannot hide from the reality in which you the people of the internet live in facebook is the opposite of the antisec cause you are not safe from them nor from any government one day you will look back on this and realise what we have done here is right you will thank the rulers of the internet we are not harming you but saving youthe riots are underway it is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity it is a battle for choice and informed consent it039s unfolding because people are being raped tickled molested and confused into doing things where they don039t understand the consequences facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices but that is completely false it gives users the illusion of and hides the details away from them quotfor their own goodquot while they then make millions off of you when a service is quotfreequot it really means they039re making money off of you and your informationthink for a while and prepare for a day that will go down in history november 5 2011 opfacebook engagedthis is our world now we exist without nationality without religious bias we have the right to not be surveilled not be stalked and not be used for profit we have the right to not live as slaveswe are anonymouswe are legionwe do not forgivewe do not forgetexpect us

interview with authorfuturist arthur c clarke from an atampt-mit conference 1976
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arthur c clarke science fiction author and futurist crossed paths with the scientists of the bell system on numerous occasions in 1945 he concurrently but independently conceived of the first concept for a communications satellite at the same time as bell labs scientist john robinson pierce pierce too was a science fiction writer to avoid any conflict with his day job at bell labs pierce published his stories under the pseudonym jj couplingin the early 1960s clarke visited pierce at bell labs during his visit clarke saw and heard the voice synthesis experiments going on at the labs by john l kelly and max mathews including mathews computer vocal version of bicycle built for two clarke later incorporated this singing computer into the climactic scene in the screenplay for the movie 2001: a space odyssey where the computer hal9000 sings the same song according to bob lucky another bell labs scientist on the same visit clarke also saw an early picturephone and incorporated that into 2001 as wellin 1976 atampampt and mit held a conference on futurism and technology attended by scientists theorists academics and futurists this interview with clarke during this conference is remarkably prescientespecially about the evolution of communications systems for the next 30 yearsthe interview was conducted for an episode of a bell system newsmagazine but this is the raw interview footagefootage courtesy of atampampt archives and history center warren nj

vga 2011: diablo 3 exclusive intro cinematic
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evil has returned witness the opening moments of blizzard039s third chapter to the epic diablo series first shown at the spike video game awards 2011see all of the spike 2011 video game awards world premiers at http:vgaspikecom