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- David Ferrucci: Life After Watson
Thanks to Andrew for passing this along. To the degree there was a human face of Watson, the “Jeopardy!” computer champion, it was David Ferrucci. He was the I.B.M. researcher who led the development of Watson, an artificial intelligence engine. The...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Mapping The Molecular Pathway Of Autism
Last week, in collaboration with the Hussman Institute of Human Genomics at the University of Miami, we reported a new molecular pathway for autism. The study, entitled "A Noise-Reduction GWAS Analysis Implicates Altered Regulation of Neurite Outgrowth...
- My Weekly Stocks List (10/12)
This week I finally bought shares of BBL. Because there are too many stocks trading at their lowest now, I decided to only post the stocks I am watching to probably add to my portfolio. Stock Name, descriptionprice as 10/11Yield52 wks low52 wks high1...
- My Weekly Stock List (10/5)
This week I didn't buy or sell any stocks. At this moment I don't have favorite stock, which I really want to buy, so I am still trying to decide between F, BBL, BCE and ARI. What do you think? Here is my stock list for upcoming...
- My Weekly Stock List (9/27)
This week I bought shares of UFS (Domtar Corp). It was not on my last week stock list because I just found this stock, and after comparing it to my other potential stocks I decided to buy this one. From Yahoo Finance "Domtar Corporation...
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DNA stores poems, a photo and a speech
Big data could soon be stored in a very small package: DNA. A team of scientists has demonstrated that storing information in synthetic DNA could represent a feasible approach to managing data in the long term, bumping aside the magnetic tape favored by archivists today.
The approach, published online January 23 in Nature, relies on technologies that are likely to become faster and cheaper, says biologist and engineer Drew Endy of Stanford University, who was not involved in the work.
Unlike record players, which are good only for playing music encoded on now-obsolete vinyl discs, machines that make and read DNA find uses throughout science and always will. “Human beings are never going to stop caring about DNA,” says Endy. DNA is also compact, lightweight, and can potentially remain intact for thousands of years if stored in a dark, cool environment.
To illustrate the technique, the research team stored five files — totaling about 750 kilobytes of data — as DNA: all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets (a text file), Watson and Crick’s classic 1953 paper describing the structure of DNA (a PDF), a color photograph (a JPEG) and a 26-second excerpt from Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech (an MP3).
This new report comes on the heels of similar research published last August in Science. The new research projects that, if the costs of making DNA continue to drop, the approach might be economical for long-term storage in as little as 10 years.
- David Ferrucci: Life After Watson
Thanks to Andrew for passing this along. To the degree there was a human face of Watson, the “Jeopardy!” computer champion, it was David Ferrucci. He was the I.B.M. researcher who led the development of Watson, an artificial intelligence engine. The...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Mapping The Molecular Pathway Of Autism
Last week, in collaboration with the Hussman Institute of Human Genomics at the University of Miami, we reported a new molecular pathway for autism. The study, entitled "A Noise-Reduction GWAS Analysis Implicates Altered Regulation of Neurite Outgrowth...
- My Weekly Stocks List (10/12)
This week I finally bought shares of BBL. Because there are too many stocks trading at their lowest now, I decided to only post the stocks I am watching to probably add to my portfolio. Stock Name, descriptionprice as 10/11Yield52 wks low52 wks high1...
- My Weekly Stock List (10/5)
This week I didn't buy or sell any stocks. At this moment I don't have favorite stock, which I really want to buy, so I am still trying to decide between F, BBL, BCE and ARI. What do you think? Here is my stock list for upcoming...
- My Weekly Stock List (9/27)
This week I bought shares of UFS (Domtar Corp). It was not on my last week stock list because I just found this stock, and after comparing it to my other potential stocks I decided to buy this one. From Yahoo Finance "Domtar Corporation...