DeepMinds AI based WaveNet tech makes computers sound human
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Allowing people to converse with machines is a long standing dream of human computer interaction, now it’s a lot closer. Is that the President of the United States you’re talking to!? No, it’s WaveNet. Computer systems that sound like the real deal are edging...
The end of fossil fuels, Asia and Europe draw up a Global Energy Grid
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As renewable energy becomes more reliable countries around the world are seriously exploring connecting their energy grids together to form a Global Super Grid. Northeast Asia, the region encompassing China, South Korea, and Japan, has not yet gotten around to connecting its electricity grids...
Babies from artificial eggs, researchers herald the end of mum and dad
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Researchers have shown for the first time that future generations won’t need a mum or dad. Depending on the circles you travel in it’s always been touted that men need women in order to have children but that women don’t necessarily need men, but...
