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Jan 19, 2017
Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won’t Threaten Humanity
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: Elon Musk, military, robotics/AI, singularity
Jan 19, 2017
Air Force goes after cyber deception technology
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: cybercrime/malcode
A little cyber-trickery is a good thing when it comes to battling network adversaries.
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) tapped into that notion today as it awarded a $750,000 grant to security systems developer Galios to develop a cyber deception system that will “dramatically reduce the capabilities of an attacker that has gained a foothold on a network.”
Specifically, Galios will develop its Prattle system for the Air Force. Galios describes Prattle as a system that generates traffic that misleads an attacker that has penetrated a network: making them doubt what they have learned, or to cause them to make mistakes that increase their likelihood of being detected sooner.
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Jan 19, 2017
EyeLock to exhibit iris authentication technology at Intersec Dubai 2017
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: information science, security
For all my friends in Dubai or travelling to Dubai; wish I could go.
EyeLock LLC will be exhibiting its suite of iris authentication technology at Intersec Dubai 2017, on January 22–24 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Dubai.
Featuring EyeLock’s proprietary software, security, algorithms and optics, the iris authentication technology delivers secure, reliable and user-friendly capabilities, according to the company.
EyeLock’s technology analyzes more than 240 unique iris characteristics to deliver dual-eye authentication, an unmatched security architecture and anti-spoofing technology.
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Jan 19, 2017
On-demand pain relief, triggered by light
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, materials, quantum physics
It will be amazing how this advances with Quantum.
Once injected into the body, a new material can repeatedly release small bursts of local anesthetic when zapped by low-intensity, near-infrared light for one minute (Nano Lett. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03588). The material’s developers, who have tested it in rats, say the on-demand system could make pain management safer and more effective, and give patients more control.
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Jan 19, 2017
Meeting the challenges of nanotechnology: Nanoscale catalytic effects for nanotechnology
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: nanotechnology
Jan 19, 2017
DentLight Releases New Wireless Loupe Light
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Jan 19, 2017
First quantum satellite surpasses expectations
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, quantum physics, space travel
More on the completion of phase 1 testing of by the Chinese on their Quantum Satellite as they have kicked their second phase that includes hacking.
Five space exploration projects to begin during 13th Five-Year Plan
Micius, the world’s first quantum satellite, has successfully completed four months of in-orbit tests since China launched it on Aug 16, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced.
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Jan 19, 2017
Back to the future: Silicon may work for quantum computing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Se in Si —
Back to the future: Silicon may work for quantum computing.
The qualities of hydrogen and skill with silicon make for bright qubit future.
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Jan 19, 2017
The PBR Theorem explained
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: particle physics, quantum physics
The PBR theorem is another theorem of quantum mechanics, which could go alongside Bell’s Theorem and the Kochen-Specker Theorem. I wrote this explanation in 2011, before the paper was officially published in Nature. Since then, it’s been recognized as a moderately important theorem, and it has been named after its three authors (Pusey, Barrett, and Rudolph). But at the time I didn’t really know whether it would become important.
There’s a new paper on arxiv called “The quantum state cannot be interpreted statistically “. It has a theorem which proves that, given a few basic assumptions, the quantum state (ie the wavefunction) must be real, rather than a merely statistical object. Nature has an article which mostly just harps on how “seismic” the paper is.
Nature (correction: the article’s author, not Nature itself) compares its importance to Bell’s Theorem, which is a very important result indeed from 1964. Bell’s theorem proved that if there were “hidden variables” underneath the quantum state, then entangled particles must be communicating with each other faster than light. I’ve explained Bell’s theorem in the past.
