Comment Geopolitical Analyses (Score 1) 203

by dewilso4 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:51PM (#50070159) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read?

https://www.stratfor.com/about... From his bio: AREAS OF EXPERTISE Global Geopolitics Intelligence Gathering and Analysis International Affairs Geopolitical Forecasting Modern and Historical Warfare U.S. Foreign Policy so not necessarily stuff the slashdot community would be interested in, but every article he writes is fascinating and FULL of great information

Solar-Powered Shrub Car 47

Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 11, 2010 @12:44PM from the none-more-green dept.

sparksfly writes "The Terrestrial Shrub Rover is a solar-powered vehicle that looks, as you may have guessed, exactly like a large shrub. According to designer Justin Shull, 'In the spirit of NASA and its forthcoming 2020 lunar expeditions in preparation for colonizing the moon, the Terrestrial Shrub Rover presents the opportunity to explore terrestrial and social environments back on Earth from within a manned, foliage bedecked, solar electric powered rover.'

Design Contest Highlights Video Games With a Purpose 43

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday May 30, 2010 @12:36PM from the other-than-saving-the-world-from-zombies dept.

drew30319 writes "Game developers' website Gamasutra discusses a video game design contest with socially redeeming qualities — is this a productive role video games can play? Quoting: 'A unique game design competition aimed at teen violence prevention has announced its winners, revealing that Grace's Diary is taking home the top prize. The annual contest is sponsored by Jennifer Ann's Group, a non-profit organization focused on teen violence education and prevention since its founding in 2006. The "Life. Love. Game Design Contest" challenges entrants to design a game about the issue — without using violence itself.' The winning games are available to play online now."

Comment Re:It's 10E-24 (Score 1) 214

by dewilso4 on Friday April 09, 2010 @10:22AM (#31789096) Attached to: Yoctonewton Detector Smashes Force Sensing Record

I propose the prefix prefix notation. milliyocto = 10^-27, yoctoyoctoyocto = 10^-72

Submission + - Machines almost pass mass Turing Test (timesonline.co.uk)

Submitted by dewilso4 on Monday October 13, 2008 @10:21AM

dewilso4 writes: Of the five finalists at this year's Loebner prize Turing Test at least three of five computers managed to fool humans into thinking they were human conversationalists. Ready to speak about Eminem to Slaughterhouse Five and everything in between, these machines are showing they we're merely a clock cycle away from true AI. From the article: '...I was fooled. I mistook Eugene for a real human being. In fact, and perhaps this is worse, he was so convincing that I assumed that the human being with whom I was simultaneously conversing was a computer.' Another of the entrants, Jabberwacky can apparently even woo the ladies: 'Some of its conversational partners confide in it every day; one conversation, with a teenaged girl, lasted 11 hours.' The winning submission this year, Elbot, fooled 25% of judges into thinking he was human. The threshold for the $100K prize is 30%. Maybe next year...

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