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Spring semester has begun. Will begin my first classes at DePaul University - Introduction to Programming and Discrete Mathematics. I selected Depaul's Masters program in Computer Science after looking at several schools in Chicago. I am impressed by the curriculum as it requires a year's worth of prerequisites before master foundation courses begin. Assigned two Chapters to complete by Tuesday. So, I am off to catch up. Stay tuned for updates throughout my adventure by visiting James’ Whiteboard

Prosthetic electrodes will return amputees’ sense of touch

For all the functionality and freedom that modern prosthetics provide, they still cannot give their users a sense of what they’re touching. That may soon change thanks to an innovative electrode capable of connecting a prosthetic arm’s robotic sense of touch to the human nervous system that it’s attached to.  It reportedly allows its users to feel heat, cold and pressure by stimulating the ulnar and median nerves of the upper arm. 

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Google AutoDraw help you doodle

Google launched AutoDraw, a web application that uses machine learning algorithms to match doodles you draw with professionally made doodles. The application is not very efficient now, but it is expected that the algorithm will learn and become more and more efficient at identifying your doodles …

Making AI systems that see the world as humans do

A Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence systems that see and understand the world as humans do.

“The model performs in the 75th percentile for American adults, making it better than average,” said Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus. “The problems that are hard for people are also hard for the model, providing additional evidence that its operation is capturing some important properties of human cognition.”

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Hi-tech wonders such as robots and other artificial intelligence (AI) gadgets are highlighting the 2017 World Intelligence Congress (WIC), which kicked off Thursday in north China's Tianjin Municipality. James Valles reporting. (BNO News)