Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. No One Knows Why
Are the vaccines working, are people changing their social behavior, is the virus burning itself out—and how will we know?
Satellite Data Shows How Russia Has Destroyed Ukrainian Grain
The Russian blockade and bombardments are cutting off thousands of tons of grain, threatening the food supply in countries that rely on wheat exports.
Bose’s QuietComfort Earbuds II Boast the Best Noise-Canceling
Just as Apple announces its new AirPods, here comes the granddaddy of ANC to show everyone how it’s really done.
A molecular optimization framework to identify promising organic radicals for aqueous redox flow batteries
Recent advancements in the development of machine learning and optimization techniques have opened new and exciting possibilities for identifying suitable molecular designs, compounds, and chemical candidates for different applications. Optimization techniques, some of which are based on machine learning algorithms, are powerful tools that can be used to select optimal solutions for a given problem …
Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor
Since at least the time of inquiring minds like Plato, philosophers and scientists have puzzled over the question “What’s so funny?” The Greeks attributed the source of humor to feeling superior at the expense of others. German psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud believed humor was a way to release pent-up energy. U.S. comedian Robin Williams tapped his …
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Layer-Wise Data-Free CNN Compression
We present an efficient method for compressing a trained neural network without using any data. Our data-free method requires 14x-450x fewer FLOPs than comparable state-of-the-art methods. We break the problem of data-free network compression into a number of independent layer-wise compressions. We show how to efficiently generate layer-wise training data, and how to precondition the …
RGB-X Classification for Electronics Sorting
Effectively disassembling and recovering materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a critical step in moving global supply chains from carbon-intensive, mined materials to recycled and renewable ones. Conventional recycling processes rely on shredding and sorting waste streams, but for WEEE, which is comprised of numerous dissimilar materials, we explore targeted disassembly of …
Real Work, Real Connections: Learning and Growing as a Palantir Intern
Not your typical summer internship Choosing impact and responsibility As I was nearing the end of my last internship in the summer of 2021, I faced the difficult question of where my next career step would take me. My work, while mildly interesting, felt divorced from real-world needs and didn’t inspire any feelings of enthusiasm …
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Announcing Visual Conversation Builder for Amazon Lex
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces using voice and text. Amazon Lex provides high-quality speech recognition and language understanding capabilities. With Amazon Lex, you can add sophisticated, natural language bots to new and existing applications. Amazon Lex reduces multi-platform development efforts, allowing you to easily publish your speech or text chatbots to …
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Reinventing the Wheel: Gatik’s Apeksha Kumavat Accelerates Autonomous Delivery for Wal-Mart and More
As consumers expect faster, cheaper deliveries, companies are turning to AI to rethink how they move goods. Foremost among these new systems are “hub-and-spoke,” or middle-mile, operations, where companies place distribution centers closer to retail operations for quicker access to inventory. However, faster delivery is just part of the equation. These systems must also be …