Have you ever tried zooming in on an image on your computer? Did you notice how the quality steadily got worse and worse?
This is an unfortunate feature of “raster graphics,” the file formats that use a rectangular grid of pixels to make up an image, and present a particular problem for people making maps, for example—how else would you be able to take a regional map and zoom down into a particular town?
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Given the data-intensive nature of approaches such as machine learning, and the increasing ubiquity of AI in everyday products and services, there is a growing interest to understand its implications. At the same time, a tremendous amount of innovation and entrepreneurship in the AI space is emerging in Asia, not just in western economies, to address particular local challenges.
The transfer of research results into functioning innovative business models is an important lever to make Germany a leading AI location. The EXIST funding programs support founders from the university environment when starting up a business. Jessica Schmeiss and Nicolas Friederici show in this blog post which types of companies emerge from the EXIST programs.…
More access, please: Two large tech companies have announced plans to expand Internet access. First, Microsoft and Ohio-based telecom firm Watch Communications have announced an agreement to extend broadband service to underserved areas in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the Associated Press reports, via the Jacksonville Journal Courier. The project is part of Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, an effort to expand service across the U.S.
The Parliament passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, expected to have a far-reaching impact on data sharing with private companies and State Governments; France rolled out a new “digital tax” for Big Tech, Facebook slapped with a massive $5bn fine by the US FTC, while uncertainty over Huawei’s inclusion in India’s 5G trials deepens — presenting […]
In diesem neuen Podcast der ITM-Reihe J!Cast spricht Steffen Uphues (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) darüber, unter welchen Voraussetzungen eine wirksame datenschutzrechtliche Einwilligung erfolgen kann. Dabei geht er auf die verschiedenen inhaltlichen und formalen Anforderungen ein und stellt den aktuellen Stand des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses dar
The Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse is located in Hjørring, Jutland, Denmark, on the North Sea. Construction on it began in 1899; it was lit for the first time in 1900 and its light was extinguished for the final time in 1968. Today, the lighthouse is threatened by heavy coastal erosion in the area, which are bringing the waters of the North Sea ever-closer to it.
For more information, visit the Wikipedia article about the lighthouse.
Die beiden Proteine werden auch als Tumormarker angesehen und gelten als besonders attraktive Ziele für eine die Zellvermehrung verhindernde Tumortherapie. Die liefere einen Ansatzpunkt zur Entwicklung neuer Tumortherapeutika und habe, so die Gutachter, zu einer Reihe von bedeutsamen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen geführt.
According to a recent survey conducted by Consumers International and the Internet Society, 63% of consumers think the way Internet-connected devices collect data is “creepy.” The Trust Opportunity: Exploring Consumer Attitudes to the Internet of Things, which polled people in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, and the UK, also found that 73% of consumers think people using connected devices should worry about eavesdropping.
La astrónoma U. de Chile e investigadora del Centro de Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines (CATA), Teresa Paneque, nos explica cómo un suceso como un eclipse total de sol, que ya ha ocurrido 14 veces en nuestro país, aún puede ser relevante no sólo para la astronomía, sino también para las ciencias en general, aumentando su conexión con la gente, siendo un factor de cambio muy importante para el conocimiento y las próximas generaciones.
Universitätsorchester: Programm EspañaDie Sommerkonzerte 2019 des Universitätsorchesters der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU) rufen Erinnerungen an das Leben auf spanischen Straßen wach und lassen vom nächsten Besuch auf der Iberischen Halbinsel träumen.
Dann standen die Preisträger aus beiden Wettbewerben fest: Holidry beschäftigt sich im Bereich Hygiene und Kosmetik mit der Idee, Shampoos und Co. für Kurztrips in fester Form anzubieten. Aivis stellt eine Software zur Kamera Stereo-Tiefenbestimmung für autonomes Fahren vor. Royal Red Claw revolutioniert die Zucht von Süsswasser-Flusskrebsen mit Hilfe einer innovativen und neuartigen Aquakultur und erhält dafür das auf 50.000 Euro dotierte Startup-Stipendium der GFFU.
Imagine a world where you grew up in a world where the greatest literary works in history never existed.
For many of the world’s language speakers, this can be their functional reality. Titles like these have either never been translated, or were translated decades ago and now hide in ancient paper-bound texts on dusty library shelves.
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El pasado 28 de junio el nuevo directorio de la ACAUCH, encabezada por la profesora de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Kemy Oyarzún, fue presentado en un conversatorio que contó con la participación de la senadora Yasna Provoste, el diputado Tomás Hirsch, y el académico de la Facultad de Derecho, Fernando Atria, quienes plantearon propuestas y reflexiones ante la crisis de la educación pública, estatal y con vocación de país.El pasado 7, 8 y 9 de mayo la Asociación de Académicos y Académicas de la Universidad de Chile eligió a su nueva directiva para el perí
Investigadores del Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA) de la Universidad de Chile a través de la iniciativa "5 al día", junto al Ministerio de Agricultura, lideraron la solicitud realizada por nuestro país a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), la que fue acogida y oficializada este 25 de junio en la 41° Conferencia de este organismo internacional.
While transforming food and agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is becoming increasingly urgent, ‘smart farming’ appears to many as an attractive way to achieve sustainability, not least in terms of profit. In the European Commission’s plan, the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is intended to fund the huge investments this 3.0 agri-revolution would require. In a context of changing environment and agriculture, this vision seems to be fitting with the need for modernising and making agriculture ‘climate-smart’.