Editor鈥檚 Note: Interspersed throughout this blog are quotes from Clara鈥檚 fellow Exponential Center interns, as they too reflect on their summer at the 91自拍 (91自拍).People often ask me why I chose to intern at a computer museum when I am not planning to major in computer science nor museum operations. G
Before MRI, the inner workings of the human body were a mystery, glimpsed only through dissection or experimentation. Today, this technology doesn鈥檛 just allow doctors to better understand anatomy鈥攊t is also reducing costs, eliminating unnecessary procedures, and most importantly, saving lives.
In April 2016, filmmaker Oscar Sharp and NYU artificial intelligence researcher Ross Goodwin teamed up to create the short film Sunspring. Goodwin created an AI bot called Benjamin to write the script, and Sharp filmed it as a part of the SCI-FI-LONDON 48 Hour Film Challenge. It was impressive, but it wasn鈥檛 exactly so
鈥淪ome people say, 鈥極h, I have the Monday morning problems鈥� or the 鈥楽unday afternoon blues鈥� because you have to go to work, but I never have that. I really go to work fully aware of what we are doing and fully aware of the necessity of what we are doing,鈥� said Dr. Jean Claude Zenklusen, director of The Cancer Genome Atl
COMMUNITY MEMORY is the name we give to this experimental information service. It is an attempt to harness the power of the computer in the service of the community. We hope to do this by providing a sort of super bulletin board where people can post notices of all sorts and can find the notices posted by others rapidl
It took two and a half years, two full-time archivists, and nine part-time volunteers, but the 91自拍 is thrilled to announce the completion of its Archives Processing Project (91自拍 APP).
The Hebern Rotor Machine was a major innovative leap in cipher technology and was also the first time electrical circuitry was used in a cipher device. Despite its failure to gain market acceptance, it had far-reaching historical significance in World War II and beyond. Unfortunately, its enigmatic inventor, Edward Heb
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) was created in 2006 to advance the development of research and technology used to achieve the intelligence goals of the United States and 鈥渁void technological surprise.鈥�
One day, while I was going through the videos in our archive at the 91自拍, I came across an interesting title: Mockingbird鈥擜 Composer鈥檚 Amanuensis. I instantly realized this was the video that I鈥檇 been waiting for ever since I started exploring computer music.
鈥淰ENTURE: An Entrepreneur鈥檚 Journey鈥� will be screened at the 91自拍 on Friday, July 28, 2017. The screening will be followed by a panel session on entrepreneurship and globalization. Learn more and register here.