LightSail is a solar sail project developed by The Planetary Society, a global non-profit organization devoted to space exploration. Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society has launched a Kickstarter campaign for LightSail Spacecraft….
Month: May 2015
Uber poaches Google’s Rachel Whetstone
Uber has hired Google’s Head Of communications and Policy Rachel Whetstone for a similar role. Whetstone will replace David Plouffe, who was Barack Obama’s campaign manager in 2008 and joined Uber in…
New Device Could Greatly Improve Speech and Image Recognition
Researchers have successfully demonstrated pattern recognition using a magnonic holographic memory device, a development that could greatly improve speech and image recognition hardware. Holography is a technique based on the wave nature…
MIT’s new algorithm for removing reflections from photos taken through windows
It’s hard to take a photo through a window without picking up reflections of the objects behind you. To solve that problem, professional photographers sometimes wrap their camera lenses in dark cloths…
Facebook introduced a new product “Instant Articles”
Facebook has introduced “Instant Articles”, a new product for publishers to create fast, interactive articles. People share a lot of articles on Facebook, particularly on Facebook’s mobile app. To date, however, these…