2022-10-10
Games on prescription. “Under the hood are these really complex and beautiful [?] sets of algorithms that are creating stimuli and closed feedback loops to activate a very specific part of the brain.” https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed to treat ADHD in children; Akili raised $160M+ after going public via a SPAC deal in August 2022
2022-10-09
Games on prescription. “Under the hood are these really complex and beautiful [?] sets of algorithms that are creating stimuli and closed feedback loops to activate a very specific part of the brain.” https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed to treat ADHD in children; Akili raised $160M+ after going public via a SPAC deal in August 2022
The future of video games is about more than just fun. — On the frosty planet of Frigidus, a virtual world full of icy caverns … Tweets: @hallowelltodaro , @gamingthemind , and @...
2022-08-30
Yes, good. ‘Hidden in this everyday exchange is a wealth of social information, Dr. Barker and her colleagues discovered when they used machine-learning algorithms to analyze 36,000 soft chirps recorded in seven mole rat colonies.’ https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How scientists are using ML to decode communication between fruit bats, crows, whales, and naked mole rats, eventually planning to converse with marine animals
Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back. Tweets: @dodaistewart , @nickkristof , @natalieben , ...
2020-10-12
'To many users, [the Havana street network's] amateur, volunteer intranet provided a better service than the network the Cuban government ultimately replaced it with.' https://restofworld.org/...
Rest of World
A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise
2020-10-03
Interesting profile of a Polish firm using machine learning to buff and upscale old footage, unsettling historians. https://www.wired.co.uk/...
WIRED UK
YouTubers are using AI software like DeOldify to upscale and “enhance” historic footage into 4K, but historians say the result undermines the footage
Thomas Nicholson / WIRED UK : Tweets: @wireduk , @samokhvalov , @chastaylor , @citnaj , and @jcalpickard Tweets: @wireduk : Digital upscalers and the millions who've watched their...