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Capturing marine life up close is tricky, but this robot could be a novel solution.
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a soft, robot fish called SoFi, which can swim on its own and is lifelike in its movements as to not disturb other sea animals.
Made of silicon rubber and flexible plastic, SoFi can swim, handle currents, snap photos and videos at depths of more than 50 feet (15 metres) for up to 40 minutes at a time.
These results are based on test dives conducted in Fiji’s Rainbow Reef, and were documented in the journal Science Robotics. Read more…
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Hot dogs made of spirulina. Burgers made of bugs. Ice cream made from salad. This is the fast food of the future, people.
Working to create a new menu for IKEA, Copenhagen’s “future-living lab” Space 10 has reimagined fast food classics with sustainable, eco-friendly and healthy ingredients. And yes, that includes the meatballs.
Revealed on Space 10’s Medium channel, then presented by creative director Kaave Pour at Iceland’s DesignMarch event, the menu is meant to make people think about new ingredients they’ve probably never tried before (lookin’ at you mealworms). Read more…
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Source: Mashable | IKEA's menu of the future includes bug meatballs
Perhaps Facebook should be regulated. That’s what Mark Zuckerberg said in a rare TV interview on Wednesday night.
“I actually am not sure we shouldn’t be regulated,” Zuckerberg told CNN’s Laurie Segall in a pre-taped interview.
“You know, I think in general, technology is an increasingly important trend in the world, and I actually think the question is more, ‘What is the right regulation?’ rather than, ‘Yes or no, should it be regulated?”
Zuckerberg’s TV appearance came in the wake of a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that the Trump campaign used during the 2016 presidential election. Read more…
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Police shot at a man 20 times in his back yard, thinking he had a gun. It was a cellphone.
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Charlotte Pence endorses John Oliver’s gay bunny parody of her new book.
According to the Hill, the vice president’s 24-year-old daughter is one of thousands of people who bought Oliver’s sold-out picture book, which parodies the younger Pence’s story of her family’s pet rabbit Marlon Bundo.
In the original, Marlon Bundo’s A Day In the Life of the Vice President, the Pence family pet learns about the daily responsibilities of the second in command. John Oliver’s parody has a similar storyline, except the rabbit is gay and falls in love with another boy rabbit. Read more…
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Why Mark Zuckerberg's response to the Cambridge Analytica controversy is a big deal
March 22, 2018Mark Zuckerberg has finally spoken.
After days of being seemingly MIA in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica controversy, Facebook’s CEO finally weighed in on the matter. He may not have apologized, but he announced significant policy changes that will substantially change what developers can do with personal data.
Facebook says it will restrict the data developers can access if the app hasn’t been vetted. Even if an app has been vetted, it will no longer be able to access users’ data if they haven’t used the app for three months.
And, for the the first time, the company will actually investigate apps that have abused its policies and take steps to notify users. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Why Mark Zuckerberg's response to the Cambridge Analytica controversy is a big deal