May 7, 2024

AI

Understanding Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks (KAN)

Why KANs are a potential alternative to MPLs and the current landscape of Machine Learning. Let’s go through the paper to find out. Hesam Sheikh · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 8 hours ago — A new research paper titled KAN: Kolmogorov–Arnold Network has stirred excitement in the Machine Learning community. It presents a fresh perspective on Neural Networks…

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Engineering Needs More Futurists

4 min read Participants at a breakout session discuss ideas for how to make concrete, chemicals, and single-use packaging more sustainable during ERVA’s Engineering Materials for a Sustainable Future visioning event, held in July. A quick glance at the news headlines each morning might convey that the world is in crisis. Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the

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Hardware

Apple Announces M4 SoC: Latest and Greatest Starts on 2024 iPad Pro

Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is going to start its life on a very different track, launching alongside Apple’s newest iPad Pro tablets. With their newest chip, Apple is promising class-leading

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AI

Demo AI Products Like a Pro

An intro to expert guide on using Gradio to demonstrate product value to expert and non-technical audiences. Joseph George Lewis · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 15 min read · 9 hours ago — Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash We have all experienced at least one demo that has fallen flat. This is particularly a problem in data science, a field where a lot can go wrong on the day. Data scientists

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AI

Text to Knowledge Graph Made Easy with Graph Maker

An open-source library for building knowledge graphs from text corpus using open-source LLMs like Llama 3 and Mixtral. Rahul Nayak · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 9 hours ago — Image generated by the Author using Adobe Photoshop In this article, I will share a Python library — the Graph Maker — that can create a Knowledge Graph from a corpus of text as per a given Ontology. The

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India’s Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, seeks new funding at 70% discount | TechCrunch

Oyo, the Indian budget-hotel chain startup, is negotiating with investors to raise a new round of funding that could cut the Indian firm’s valuation to $3 billion or lower, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The startup is engaging with investors, including Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, for the new funding, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the matter is private. The new funding round is likely to see some secondary transactions as

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Robotics

Medrobotics puts surgical robotics IP up for sale

Listen to this article Medrobotics Flex 360 robotic surgery system. Tiger Group and Liquidity Services today announced the availability of all surgical robotics assets from a Medrobotics plant for sale. The companies say they’re offering all assets from the fully furnished, 40,000-square-foot plant in Raynham, Massachusetts. Assets, including surgical robotics platforms used by nearly 30 hospitals around the world, are available in a turnkey sale. Medrobotics boasted an FDA-cleared, CE-marked surgical robotic platform for several

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AR/VR

UMverse and Engage: Redefining Education with VR and AR

The University of Miami (UM) has taken a step in revolutionizing education and professional conferencing by implementing UMverse. This initiative integrates emerging technologies into its learning and research environments. In partnership with ENGAGE, a SaaS Enterprise spatial computing platform, UM has hosted a conference on applying Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in healthcare.  UMverse: Redefining Education Recently, Engage teamed up with the University of Miami to host an innovative conference, in partnership with

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Hardware

VESA Rolls Out DisplayHDR 1.2 Spec: Adding Color Accuracy, Black Crush, & Wide-Color Gamuts For All

VESA this morning is taking the wraps off of the next iteration of its DisplayHDR monitor certification standard, DisplayHDR 1.2. Designed to raise the bar on display quality, the updated DisplayHDR conformance test suite imposes new luminance, color gamut, and color accuracy requirements that extend across the entire spectrum of DisplayHDR tiers – including the entry-level DisplayHDR 400 tier. With vendors able to begin certifying displays for the new standard immediately, the display technology group

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Robotics

Carbon Robotics raises funding to destroy weeds on farms

Listen to this article Carbon Robotics Laserweeder is a smart implement that autonomously destroys weeds. | Credit: Carbon Robotics Seattle-based Carbon Robotics has raised new funding for its Laserweeder smart implement that autonomous controls weeds on farms. The new investment comes from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm. Financial details of this latest deal were not released. However, Carbon Robotics closed a Series C round in April 2023 and has raised a total of $74 million to

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