In business, wasted potential is equivalent to wasted money. Successful business people understand this fact and do what it takes to better themselves for their company. One of the most popular ways to improve engineering skills today is to undergo Six Sigma training. These trainings have proved effective for companies around the globe. Certifications are… Continue reading Improve Yourself And Your Business With Six Sigma Training
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A Forensic Scientist
The life of a forensic scientist is extremely interesting, rewarding and sometimes really frustrating but it is far from the glamour of CSI Miami – although some bits are the same. They do gather evidence from crime scenes and analyse it in labs but there are the helicopters and fighting crime agents like on TV.… Continue reading A Forensic Scientist
New Moon Water Source Discovered
Since man first made his first step in 1969 on the moon, water, or the possibility of lunar liquids, has been a driving force behind the analysis of the earth’s satellite for many years. Recent water molecules brought back to earth from the final Apollo missions have yielded results of a water precursor, hydroxyl, and… Continue reading New Moon Water Source Discovered
6 Serendipitous Discoveries
Everyday items that we take for granted weren’t necessarily brought into being because there was a pressing need for them. In fact quite the opposite, as this list shows with plenty of things being created entirely by accident. Penicillin We’ll start with probably the most famous serendipitous discovery in history – that of wonder drug… Continue reading 6 Serendipitous Discoveries
IBM’s Super Computer ‘Watson’ Beats Jeopardy Champions
First chess, now this? You might have been aware of the fact that chess legend Gary Kasparov was defeated by a computer known as “Deep Blue” in 1996. The event was hailed as a hallmark in the growing intelligence of computers. A lot of time has passed since then, and for a while, there was… Continue reading IBM’s Super Computer ‘Watson’ Beats Jeopardy Champions
IBM's Super Computer 'Watson' Beats Jeopardy Champions
First chess, now this? You might have been aware of the fact that chess legend Gary Kasparov was defeated by a computer known as “Deep Blue” in 1996. The event was hailed as a hallmark in the growing intelligence of computers. A lot of time has passed since then, and for a while, there was… Continue reading IBM's Super Computer 'Watson' Beats Jeopardy Champions
Growing In The Dark – A New Type Of Farming?
As the world population continues to increase exponentially, food becomes ever more of an issue. The process of photosynthesis is one of the most important chemical reactions that goes on in our world, whereby plants convert CO2 and water into oxygen and sugar, and light drives this whole process. Without the sun the earth would… Continue reading Growing In The Dark – A New Type Of Farming?
A Book About The Digital World And What It Does – You Are Not A Gadget by Jaron Lanier
You Are Not a Gadget is a book written by an American computer scientist named Jaron Lanier. It is a thought provoking commentary on the digital world and what kinds of things it has done to us—and in effect, what kinds of things we have done to the digital world.