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Applying AI to the California Water Crisis?

Singularity University recently closed its 2015 Impact Challenge Contest, asking for "exponential technologies" to solve the California water crisis. (Winners will...

Glitched Alice in Wonderland Collage Part 1

Some of our Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass posts were among our most popular and most liked...

Pudong district of Shanghai as viewed from the Bund. The haze is likely due to poor air quality. In the future, it is hoped smart cities with sensors may help mitigate this kind of PM2.5 pollution. Image: seto_supraenergy/Creative Commons 2 share-alike by attribution
Smart cities: analytics, bigdata, cheap IoT sensors

Analytics, big data, cheap IoT sensors and other new #tech will help create smart cities and reduce air pollution. Shown...

The Singularity is the point at which computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence, and the future course of humanity becomes more difficult to predict. Photo: Daniele Zedda/Flickr/CC-BY-2
Why the Singularity Might Not Happen: Predictive Apocalypse Analytics

Singularity or Apocalypse? We've mentioned the concept of the Singularity a few times in these pages, but it's not a...

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