Machine learning & AI
A team of researchers at Technion and the University of Haifa have developed a new computer vision approach for solving archaeological puzzles. In their paper, pre-published on arXiv, they introduce a general algorithm that ...
Computer Sciences
Since its invention by a Hungarian architect in 1974, the Rubik's Cube has furrowed the brows of many who have tried to solve it, but the 3-D logic puzzle is no match for an artificial intelligence system created by researchers ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Engineering
Getting run over by a car is not a near-death experience for the diabolical ironclad beetle.
Oct 21, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Can artificial intelligence (AI) match human skills for finding obscure connections between words? Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering turned to the daily Connections puzzle from The New York Times to find out.
May 10, 2024
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Computer Sciences
(Tech Xplore)—Turing Tumble is a Kickstarter project that has taken off with much success. And the game has a mission. Paul Boswell designed it to teach kids about building mechanical computers. That is, it's a type of ...
Computer Sciences
A web-based machine language system solves crossword puzzles far better than commercially-available products, and may help machines better understand language.
Mar 7, 2016
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Robotics
Small motions between individual parts in jigsaw puzzles, LEGO buildings, human backbones and systems of connectable modular robots can allow flexing of their entire structures. A team of researchers at Dartmouth College ...
Computer Sciences
The field of artificial intelligence has long been stymied by the lack of an answer to its most fundamental question: What is intelligence, anyway? AIs such as GPT-4 have highlighted this uncertainty: some researchers believe ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Social gaming giant Zynga on Wednesday kicked off its global launch of a free puzzle game based on the beloved wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Sep 23, 2020
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Business
The New York Times reported Wednesday that buying The Athletic had helped power the paper past its 10 million-subscription target years in advance, and the company is now aiming to grow by millions more subscribers.
Feb 2, 2022
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