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These are the bullets that killed JFK

The above GIF was created from new 3D scans of the bullets that killed president John F. Kennedy. The GIF shows two bits of the bullets that killed the president along with another mostly complete bullet plucked from Texas Governor John Connally's hospital stretcher. The National Archives temporarily removed the historic projectiles from the vault ...

The platforms **** at content moderation and demanding they do more won’t make them better at it — but there ARE concrete ways to improve moderation

Concentration in the tech sector has left us with just a few gigantic online platforms, and they have turned into playgrounds for some of the worst people on earth: Nazis, misogynists, grifters, ultranationalists, trolls, genocidal mobs and more. The platforms are so big and their moderation policies are so ******* up, and their use of ...

Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech

In a pioneering study, scientists have demonstrated that an implanted brain-computer interface (above) coupled with deep-learning algorithms can translate thought into computerized speech. From Scientific American:

(University of California, San Francisco neurosurgeon Edward Chang) emphasized that his approach cannot be used to read someone’s mind—only to translate words the person wants to say into audible ...

Treat Dysphagia Before It Is Too Late

10.31.2009 · Posted in Home and Garden Articles

The condition termed Dysphagia could be a grave ailment involving difficulty in swallowing. Those who are suffering from Dysphagia might find it hard to swallow food in either solid or liquid forms, while some others can't swallow anything at all. As a result, they are quite unable to consume the necessary calories, making them lose ...

Communication Training A Must For Everyone

10.28.2009 · Posted in Education Articles

If you have to do a lot of public interaction for your career or work, you probably already know how important it is to speak with the right kind of communication skills. It is not only verbal skills that are required when it comes to effective communication. Some of the most overlooked areas of communication ...