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Can someone scientifically prove that burning your headphones makes a difference/doesn't break them? I need to prove to someone that burning in is not useless and it doesn't break (finish it's lifespan) them.

NASA has discovered the most Earth-Like planet to date, named Kepler-452b, but being dubbed "Earth 2.0" by many. It is actually 60% larger than Earth, but is well within the habitable zone of its star, which is in the same class as the Sun, only a little larger and brighter. There are 500 other planets that have recently been discovered, but Kepler-452b is the most Earth like of all of them, with the highest probability of containing liquid water, and therefore (most likely, if there is water) life. Source

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30549341 Nasa emails spanner to space station , Astronauts on the International Space Station have used their 3-D printer to make a wrench from instructions sent up in an email.It is the first time hardware has been "emailed" to space.

First I know this is cooling but... well it doesn't really fit well in the cooling sections. Anyway thought this was really interesting, I know the technology has existed for a while in labs (especially ones looking at gravitational fields etc.) but its interesting to see that it has been made to be so small that you could fit it onto a CPU. Really hope this is something that can take off and won't be absurdly expensive. This really could be what pushes computing power forward if they make it cheap enough! Do you guys think this could be a possibility? Here is an article: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/189999-on-chip-quantum-wells-create-cryogenic-electrons-computers-that-consume-10x-less-power And here is the actual paper: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140910/ncomms5745/full/ncomms5745.html

Hello forum. I am in the process of making a small writeup on Albert Einstein, how he has influenced society/science, both at the time of living and today. It's a general writeup, so i won't go very deep in the details, it's more of a overview. But i have a small issue .. i am running into alot of conflicting information as to when he was doing what, his education etc.. Does anyone have some pretty solid, reputable sources? i only have until tomorrow, so i can't exactly refer to books as source material.

you can feel the electricity in the air.. StoreDot ,an Israeli nano tech company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone within a few seconds Nick named 'Sponge battery' using nano-technology to synthesize artificial molecules, The company has developed a battery that can store a much higher charge more quickly, in effect acting like a super-dense sponge to soak up power and retain it. Basically it's a flash battery derived entirely from bio-organic materials including nanocrystals made from peptides and chains of amino acids. Currently the battery is in prototype & the design is quite far fetched as the bulkiness of the current prototype has a con as it cannot fit in any of the smartphones we have right now *insert troll face here* Dat A$$! The Technology is not chained to just Mobile phones but have said to been ver very effective in electric car batteries , which is awesome because now you can charge a car within a very few seconds instead of hours for waiting (even less time you have to wait to pump gas) So How does it Work? The Technology revolves around a technology called Nano dots , Researchers at the company found that a certain peptide molecule that 'shortens' neurons in the brain causing Alzheimer's was also seeming to show high capacitance, thanks to an ability called 'charge trapping' where electrons are effectively held in place. 2 of these molecules can be used to create a viable crystal only two nanometers long & These crystals form the NanoDots. The NanoDots also have applications in the pharmaceutical industry as drug delivery agent Nanodots cover the tiny cavities that cover an electrode found in a standard battery,extending its reactive surface, and allowing its capacity to be increased tenfold. Through the addition of the Nanodots, the electrode becomes "multi-function" at one end, the electrode stores electrical energy creating a capacitor, and at the other, lets it flow into the battery's lithium. Basically the company created a 'buffer' that stores electrical current coming from the wall socket over a period of around thirty seconds, then letting it flow slowly into the lithium. the company plans to get rid of the lithium in the battery altogether.Changing the chemical reactions occurring inside the battery should also improve battery life in long run allowing thousands of charge cycles instead of hundreds today while still keeping the same weight and form factor. As i said , it's still in prototype & is in pretty much inside a lab environment right now , Pretty interesting technology imo, Hope they will be able to reduce the battery size to a stable form factor in the coming years as this can potentially change the whole mobile world. What are your thoughts on this, Please Leave your thoughts & comments down belooooooooooooow.. Bonus: Head over to these Links for more reads http://www.bnext.com.tw/article/view/id/34500 http://www.tweaktown.com/news/41425/storedot-pioneers-battery-technology-that-charges-phones-in-30-seconds/index.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2849227/Charge-phone-30-SECONDS-New-sponge-battery-charge-car-minutes.html

A picture may be worth a thousands words.. Scientists at Google have created artificial intelligence software that can describe the contents of photographs far more accurately than ever before. Usually the AI software's description of pictures are faulty or very awkward description which is mostly a false description of the given image, But the later software advances in combination with language interpretation cluster have made huge advances in describing images more accurately.. As well as making it easier to search for images, the software could be used to help blind people understand pictures better, Google said. Here's an example of an accurate description by the software & how it works... Why is this a huge thing you ask? We as a human being can accurately describing a complex scene with ease because of our brains are made to do exactly that , Our occipital cortex is exactly there for this function primarily & it requires a deeper representation of what’s going on in the scene that a human brain can interpret from years of training & learning through trial & error, Automatically describing the content of an image is a fundamental problem in artificial intelligence that connects computer vision and natural language processing indicated red area is your visual processing unit (Occipital lobe/cortex) even when you're reading this your brain is mostly scanning for visual cues & grammatical error inorder to interpret it & respond to the subject (same rules apply to much subtler things like a simple well made advertisement, that's why they make it so good so when we see a product with a good ad & we see it in stores physically or visually like as in online shopping we co relate with the good nature of the product with the ad & make the immediate assumption that it's good even tho we never tried the product before which leads us to the buy) But all this happens in fraction of a second because of the consistent training & the complex other system that co-evolved with the brain works together, in short human brain is not made of silicon.it changes & adapts to the inputs , physically,overtime like acquired talent, the idea is same with practice & practice makes everything work, now you know why.. That's why the current system could not work with recognition & accurate output because it tried to do all those things single handed,it can process the vast amount of data that can be put in , But to interpret those image & breaking it down & building a natural description of images is a really hard thing to do , The machine-learning software developed by Google used two neural networks one which deals with image recognition, the other with natural language processing.Still this is a incredibly complex task for these behemoths. Here's an example of the software 's different version of describing a given event (image below) Neural networking is a computational model that mimics some of the same architecture used in the brain. Such systems have a series of interconnected neurons which can take information from a variety of sources and are also capable of learning. The Below image was fed into the system & was automatically captioned "Two pizzas sitting on top of a stove top oven" Two years ago Google researchers created image-recognition software and showed it 10 million images taken from YouTube videos. After three days the program had taught itself how to pick out pictures of cats. How it works: This idea comes from recent advances in machine translation between languages, where a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) transforms, say, a French sentence into a vector representation, and a second RNN uses that vector representation to generate a target sentence in German. if we replaced that first RNN and its input words with a deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) trained to classify objects in images, Normally, the CNN’s last layer is used in a final Softmax among known classes of objects, assigning a probability that each object might be in the image. But if we remove that final layer, we can instead feed the CNN’s rich encoding of the image into a RNN designed to produce phrases. We can then train the whole system directly on images and their captions, so it maximizes the likelihood that descriptions it produces best match the training descriptions for each image. EG: The model combines a vision CNN with a language-generating RNN so it can take in an image and generate a fitting natural-language caption TLDR caveman edition: Show.Picture.to.Computer...Computer.Talks..Computer.Good...

Somehow they've managed to map a worm's brain and upload it into a robot that now behaves like a worm. A bit creepy, but this is a pretty big step for AI. Quote: "Take the connectome of a worm and transplant it as software in a Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot - what happens next? It is a deep and long standing philosophical question. Are we just the sum of our neural networks. Of course, if you work in AI you take the answer mostly for granted, but until someone builds a human brain and switches it on we really don't have a concrete example of the principle in action." Source: http://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/7985-a-worms-mind-in-a-lego-body.html

Nasa are working with @UMich (twitter) to use several low orbit satellites to get a more accurate forecasts, with it's new technology will peer inside hurricanes to understand how hurricanes get so intense so quickly, read more below http//:www.nasa.gov/larc/eight-little-satellites-to-take-a-new-look-into-hurricanes/

QuantumMDx a medical equipment manufacture company has come up with a prototype of a rather interesting device, the device is still in prototype but will be released earlier than expected*, a working model of the device was announced by the company earlier this week , the device is playfully nick named Q-POC handheld laboratory, Currently it can recognize diseases such as STD , Ebola, HIV , Malaria , The device requires blood sample to work, only one drop of blood is required for the analysis, the device currently takes about 15-20 minutes time to accurately scan the DNA for known diseases, the device has a touch screen & device itself cost close to 1000+$ , the detection time is pretty good compared to a fully fledged laboratory with similar tech, the cartridge that requires in order to detect the thread per use is about 100+$ Data can be exchanged & studied by scientists everywhere, Pretty Cool huh? Post your thoughts & comments down below...& it'd be cool o see you leave a like if you liked this post..

What would you guys recommend for someone looking to get into the computer science field in the future? What would be a good place to start? Raspberry Pi, buy Unreal engine and watch tutorials online, or try and find some programming / design classes?

Hey guys, need some help finding some software I'm a postgraduate science student and an avid PC gamer who loves their 60 fps gaming looking at doing an experiment for a YouTube video series. I've been planning videos for a channel launch which looks at the hot topics of gaming and applies scientific methodology to get as close to the correct answer as possible. Stuff like gaming and violence, controller vs mouse and keyboard precision, things along those lines. In light of the recent '30 FPS is more cinematic & 60 doesn't contribute much' arguments coming from Ubisoft and the developers of The Order 1886, I decided to look at this issue scientifically and make a video with my results to put the issue to bed. Problem is, I need an easy way of changing FPS caps in game quickly. I've tried EVGA Precision X with my own PC, but to have FPS caps come into effect i need to close and relaunch the game. Does anyone have any ideas for software which will allow me to change caps whilst in game and have them take effect without relaunching, or titles with the capacity to change fps caps? Ideally I'd like to do this on PC rather than PS4 so i don,t experience any frame dropping. That way I'm only testing with 30 and 60 fps. Fluctuations would introduce variables, so sadly The Last of Us Remastered is out. Thanks all.

The Kilogram just recently celebrated its 125th birthday on Sept. 22. While this doesn't in itself seem like big news, consider this: the kilogram is currently the only unit in the Système Internationale d'Unités which is still based off of a physical object rather than a concept. While many of you may know that it was first initially theorized as the mass of a liter of water at 4 degrees Celsius (the temperature at which it is most dense) it has been represented by a cylinder of platinum/iridium alloy since September of 1899, and it is this cylinder which we base all our measurements of mass off of, as well as there being several other measurements dependent on the kilogram for their definition as well. The problem with this definition of the kilogram is that it has been discovered that the mass of this cylinder has been changing over the years (most likely due to reactions with chemicals in the atmosphere). While in most cases a small change of a few micro-grams won't drastically change how our world works, it does not do to have a variable definition of a standard unit of measure. As seen in this article, http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/sep/kilogram-birthday.cfm, there are currently scientists who are currently working on devising a new definition of the kilogram. This new definition would redefine the kilogram in terms of Max Plank's constant, and simultaneously fixing inconsistencies in both the kilogram and Plank's constant, while also being able to add units such as ohms and volts to the SI units system, rather than just to have them as part of a conventional unit system. Currently on track for 2018, this theoretical redefinition of the kilogram would also make it such that any person can have access to what a true kilogram would be, rather than needing to compare with a cylinder whose mass may or may not be the same as it was last year. I personally thought this was pretty neat, considering all other units of measure have already been well defined and established before my birth, I think it'll be a neat story to tell my future grand kids. I can just imagine being a crotchety old man shouting nonsense about how I remember the world before we had a true kilogram and what a scarry and terrifying world it was.... Though, it does make me sad that nobody will be able to pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind once this redefinition is solidified. Seriously, what could be more badass that stealing the definition of mass itself? Someone get on this, write a book or something

I have been rolling this around in my mind for a while. Keeping in mind that this is in no way ideal and may be very detrimental to a liquid cooling loop, I would still like to see what would happen ... for science. I want to do an off-board, single loop where I would substitute blood (Real blood, animal or otherwise) for standard coolant/water. My concerns are that it may deteriorate/rot/coagulate/ect Any input would be appreciated. What do you think will happen after a decent span of time?

So, curenntly I am interested in studying a computer career (science, engineering, some other one, not sure of which one exactly, but I'm definetely going into computers) and as a "field proyect" at school I was asked to interview some people that have studied that carrer or are studying it, and seeing that I don't know anyone in person that has studied any computer related career I thought, Why not go where all the experts are?? So if someone could help me by answering the questions: What made you study the career? What is the most exiting thing / what you like most about the career? Would you recommend the carrer to other people to study?? Why?? It is not obligatory to answer all the questions and also, even if you don't have a computing related career why not come down and share your experiences with the community?? Thanks in advance guys!!

For the first time a real human skull has been completely replaced by a 3D printed one! The dutch (yay) surgeon Bon Verweij has successfully replaced a skull from a 22 year old woman with a 3D printed skull. The procedure was conducted a few months ago but now details are being released. Surgeons say that this is a worlds first. The patient suffered from a disease which made her bones continue to grow. This led to the increase in thickness of her skull. The skull was 5 cm thick where it normally is 1 cm. An operation was needed because the pressure inside her skull was increasing and she was having headache and loosing her vision because of the pressure of the brain. The operation took almost a full day with the surgeons taking small brakes to drink coffee and eat microwave meals. Bon Verweij was impressed by the relaxed attitude from the woman and wasn't even sure if he would allowed the operation on himself because of the risks that were involved. And to give you an awesome quote from Bon Verweij: "Medical drills have all sorts of safety systems. They will turn of when there is only released a little bit of heat. Judiths (the woman) skull was very thick and hard. Error 1, error 6. I have seen all possible errors. Again and again I needed another drill. I had to go on. I have used a total of 18 drills(!!!!!!)". It is said that the woman is in good shape now and is already at work again. Now that this operation has been successful I am guessing and hoping that these kinds of solutions will be the future for problems that cant be solved with conventional methods. Source: http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4560/Gezond/article/detail/3623468/2014/03/27/Ik-twijfelde-of-er-bij-Judith-een-luikje-in-moest.dhtml (Dutch) http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-3-d-printed-skull-2014-3

Cosmos is just a few days away staring Neil degrasse Tyson aka the most badass astropsysicst ever. He is the true successor to the great Carl Sagan. Who's body is ready for this adventure?

Two of the most marvelous things about the world that are present at all times and show up unexpectedly are the statutes of God and Science. As a strong believer in God I do solely believe that god created the Heavens and Earth in 6 days. Scientists have been pressured to discredit God and theorize the creation into elements that they can't even explain to their existence. I'm not saying all scientists are bad, infact I never stated any were, but some have come up with truly marvelous theories and ideas about the way we interact with our selves and the planets. Just an example is from Winfried Schumann. He proposed that the earth creates a resonance from it's revolutions at a proposed 7.83Hz. Now for you math and band geeks this is about equal to a B note sub 2. But the deeper meaning is, Why did God choose this considering we can't see him, nor hear this frequency, but we know they exist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9YmpCg9bY&feature=share&list=LLmch61AzPDRjK3oo6tWm9pA&index=1 ^^^ Must watch video for Space and Science fans or anyone.^^^ Note: not my video, so i appologize why the person who posted it says the athiest on the screenshot at the start, as i belive in Genesis and science so i wasn't impressed with it saying the original poster put that on. professor Brian Cox talks about the universe and how we are trying to figure everything out, some amazing facts and information. enjoy and learn something new...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/123509-Nanofiber-Breakthrough-Creates-Supertough-Strong-Material The new material was discovered by materials engineers at Nebraska-Lincoln university. The material is a synthetic acrylic polymer. It was created using a method called electrospinning, subjecting a polymer solution to high voltages until fluid jets out in a thin stream. The article speculates that the material can be used in bridges or airplanes - but who knows how consumer tech and computing could benefit from such an appliance. Your phone's case perhaps? How about a super strong hard drive cage that can both support 6 mechanical hard drives AND pass through enough air thanks to lowered material heft and thus more holes? Who knows.

As a kid Bill Nye the Science Guy was my favorite science show, and then I loved watching The Universe on the History channel. Now I came across this really good movie about quantum physics that I want to share with you here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdulFAR0-Aw Post your favorite science shows! I like to educate my self while I wait for the next upload.

Why? I mean, Ozone is just Oxygen splitting under UV light, then the atomic oxygen molecule reconnecting with a normal oxygen molecule. All we'd need to do is fire some oxygen up at the hole and let the sun do the work, right? I mean, if a plasma ball can create Ozone, surely we can? I'm very confused.

http://www.cosmosontv.com/ I've been watching this on Vudu. Even though it's a little bit more theatrical than I would particularly like, it's nice to see a series on television that has actual scientific knowledge. Unfortunately, a lot of what has been shown on the History Channel, for example, is nothing more than conjecture and conspiracy theories. I especially enjoy it because it was my very close second favorite subject in school. Grasping some of the more complex aspects of it was not one of my strong suits. Neil deGrasse Tyson does a pretty decent job with this series. If you have not watched it yet, you should. If you are the least bit interested in science, the series is pretty awesome so far.

So, I am checking around Indiegogo without anything else to do when suddenly I see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oEN9lPe76iE#t=213 http://igg.me/at/zeropointnergy So, energy from nothing?? What this guy Shalender Singh tries to explain is a "flaw" in Einstein's relativity laws that allows us to build infinite energy from infinite momentum (or something like that, it is difficult to understand the computer translation program) So, if you go check the indigogo it seems really suspicious and way too low budget, but maybe is it that low budget that it could be real?? For the skepticals (including me) here is a little response they gave to all the doubting people If you ask me it sounds like something from Mass Effect Let me know what you think, could this be real?? (get me out of my skepticism)

world's roundest object everyone. feast your eyes on this million euro sphere.