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It’s All About the Information Economy #TIS17
“It is all about the information economy and we have got to make sure that everyone in this country has access to the Internet,” states Representative Susan Brooks (R-IN). Speaking at The Independent Show, Brooks describes the diverse nature of her district which ranges from rural to suburban to urban and covers eight Indiana counties.…
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A Conference Activity That Helps Bring Good News to those in Need #TIS17
A wise Church youth director once suggested that one can learn a great deal by helping those who live in faraway locales. In a sense, working in a shelter or a food bank in another town or state provides an opportunity to see things in a different light and, to some extent, benchmark and bring…
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Explainer Review of a Explainer Video Creator Tool
GoAnimate is a web-based program for creating “explainer videos”. It comes with hundreds of assets, royalty-free music, allowing one to mix these with narration enabling the non-artist to quickly convey thoughts into moving images. It might be considered a cross between presentation software like Keynote or PowerPoint and a traditional, timeline-based video editing program. A…
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The eBike Delivery Van #VERGE16
With 600 lbs of payload, a top speed of 18 miles per hour and 18 to 20 miles range, the Truck Trike could be a game changer when it comes to last-mile, urban delivery. Compared to traditional delivery vans, this e-bike with human assist does not have tailpipe exhaust, is much quieter and especially good…
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Learning Machine Learning By Playing a Game
Using a contest to learn how to help a machine learn is at the heart of a course, Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars, that Lex Fridman conceived of for MIT students. As Fridman says, the point of the course is to “make deep learning accessible to beginners.” The resources and lectures are available for all,…
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The Brains Behind an Autonomous Vehicle #CES2017
The rapid advancement of autonomous vehicle technology is thanks to a confluence of factors, such as low-cost sensors (thanks smart phone revolution) and the ongoing price/power/computational performance improvements for microprocessor and graphic processing units. These tools are enabling the practical application of machine learning and creating the electronic brains necessary to make the seemingly infinite driving…
