As the COV19 pandemic has reached heightened proportions, with most of the nation being in tier 3 or tier 4, I thought it would be a good idea perform a comparative analysis of five countries that have played a significant role in the unfoldment of this health crisis.The initial strain of COV19 is said to have come from Wuhan, China. There is much controversy about where this … [Read more...] about A comparison of how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected the UK, US, China, South Africa and…
Archives for 2020
Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Penn State solved a complex problem that has baffled scientists for decades, until now. Desalination membranes remove salt and other chemicals from water, a process critical to the health of society, cleaning billions of gallons of water for agriculture, … [Read more...] about Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
OnePlus to launch budget fitness band in early 2021: report
OnePlus is reportedly set to release a budget-oriented fitness wearable dubbed the ‘OnePlus Band’ in the first quarter of 2021. Android Central reports that insider sources claim the Band will be the company’s first wearable, retail for around $40 USD (about $51 CAD) and is designed to compete with other budget wearables such as Xiaomi’s Mi Band series. The OnePlus Band is … [Read more...] about OnePlus to launch budget fitness band in early 2021: report
MIT is Giving Out $30,000 in Prizes In This Competition
A limited opportunity.Photo by Bram Van Oost on UnsplashOn January 4th, MIT will be launching the latest edition of Battlecode — an online programming competition with $30,000 in cash prizes available (that’s almost enough for a Model 3 😎).Participants code an AI player that needs to manage a robot army to defeat an enemy team. To win the competition, you’ll need to implement … [Read more...] about MIT is Giving Out $30,000 in Prizes In This Competition
Text-Based Communication Analysis with Machine Learning
This study takes a deeper look into the historical text messages by applying various machine learning techniques. The purpose of the study is to apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to identify communication trends, evaluate the effectiveness of the existing process, and to provide any insight from historical data.For the analysis of the data, I used Python as the … [Read more...] about Text-Based Communication Analysis with Machine Learning
How to get your Instagram top nine photos for 2020
For reasons that remain entirely unclear, Instagram still doesn’t offer an official ‘top nine’ year-end lookback feature. This, unfortunately, forces people interested in finding out what their top nine Instagram photos are to turn to often shady third-party services. Given that Instagram is owned by Facebook, a platform that shovels nostalgia down your throat on what feels … [Read more...] about How to get your Instagram top nine photos for 2020
Japanese Manga Translation Via Multimodal Context-Aware Framework
A new machine translation method from Japanese start-up Mantra Inc., Yahoo Japan and the University of Tokyo enables global manga fans to enjoy immediate translations of their favourite Japanese comics. The researchers say this is the first comprehensive system for fully automated manga translation from the original Japanese into English or Chinese.Comics are an integral … [Read more...] about Japanese Manga Translation Via Multimodal Context-Aware Framework
Multinomial Logistic Regression With Python
Multinomial logistic regression is an extension of logistic regression that adds native support for multi-class classification problems. Logistic regression, by default, is limited to two-class classification problems. Some extensions like one-vs-rest can allow logistic regression to be used for multi-class classification problems, although they require that the classification … [Read more...] about Multinomial Logistic Regression With Python
Google’s new Adaptive Charging Pixel feature only works at specific times
The December Pixel Feature Drop brought several new features to the Pixel line. However, some features, like the fancy new Adaptive Charging capability, have several odd restrictions to them. Adaptive Charging, which arrived for Pixel 4 and newer devices, allows the smartphone to intelligently charge based on the user’s sleep pattern. For example, Pixel phones with the feature … [Read more...] about Google’s new Adaptive Charging Pixel feature only works at specific times
Universal Approximation Theorem, Neural Nets & Lego Blocks
Deep Learning, which is based on the Multilayer Neural Networks has achieved state-of-the-art results in most of the domains as of today. In this post, we will look at the Universal Approximation Theorem — one of the fundamental theorems on which the entire concept of Deep Learning is based upon. We will make use of lego blocks analogy and illustrations to understand the … [Read more...] about Universal Approximation Theorem, Neural Nets & Lego Blocks