Tag: contest

Mind-blowing Andromeda galaxy and ‘Cosmic Inferno’ earn space photo contest’s top prizes

An international contest for space photography awarded its top prize to the photographer who captured a unique view of the Andromeda galaxy. Source: https://www.livescience.com/astronomy-photography-contest-greenwich-winners.html

AI thrashes human fighter pilot 5-0 in simulated F-16 dogfights

In the first contest of its kind, artificial intelligence has taken on a trained US Air Force pilot in a simulation of air-to-air combat. The AI defeated the human with ease, winning 5-0 Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2252760-ai-thrashes-human-fighter-pilot-5-0-in-simulated-f-16-dogfights/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

New Blender Add-On Accurately Models Subatomic Particles, Involves Community with Contest

BlenderArtists.org writes:
To build and model the universe from the Planck scale to galactic scales requires an incredible number of mathematical computations to simulate particles and their interactions, yet the framework of nature and the physics of these interactions should be simple. Blender’s physics engine provides a good base to begin this project, but it will take work from the community to…

Silicon Valley Game-Plans For a Messy Election Night

Google, Facebook, Twitter and other major social media companies are working together to scenario-plan for the last three months before Election Day in the United States — including gaming out what to do if there’s no quickly declared winner in the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on election night. From a report: The close collaboration…