Tag: #134

When it comes to security, IT networks have a musical side. For composers of music, meanwhile, safeguarding copyright is important - particularly against unwanted use by AI systems. Enter a US-based university team and its new mechanism aimed at protecting musicians’ intellectual property. The tool embeds subliminal noise into original pieces of music. The noise is created individually for...

New script writing opportunities are increasing diversity on the screen and on Broadway alike. Ever since suffering a tragic childhood accident, a female British founder has felt uncomfortable displaying her scars in public. Now change is afoot both for her and the clients she represents. Her startup specialises in the inclusion of people whose physical appearance or mental health...

An add-on makes wind turbines safer for passing birds. Decommissioned wind turbines offer shelter too. A design studio has converted a former machine cabin into a tiny house. The nacelle, which once stood at 100 metres and housed the power generator, is 10 metres long and 4 metres wide, offering 35㎡ of living space. Its glass-fibre reinforced interior was...

An opera is giving homeless people a stage. Film is ploughing its own furrow too: October saw the first ever film festival take place inside a US-prison. The festival was founded by a female press volunteer at California’s oldest state penitentiary and a former prison resident whose podcast was listed as a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Over two days, six...

Wireless chips can be frugal. Whereas the 2022 version of a widely-used AI system consumed more than 1,200 megawatts during training. Far too much, according to a London-based startup founded out of a UCL research group. Rather than relying on electric signals to communicate with AI chips, its team is using amplified laser light in the ultra-wideband range. A...

Ships at anchor can generate electricity. Now, a London-based designer wants to equip narrowboats with a special bumper to help clean up British canal waters. The plastic bumper, which hangs from outside the boat, has holes in its lower half, and is filled with coconut fibres and microbes. As the canal water flows into these openings any oil it...