NEW YORK (AP)—Forget dreaming of electric sheep. Robots first need to figure out how to imagine themselves.
One New York robot has done just that. It’s learned that it’s a robotic arm using a process of self-simulation.
Columbia University engineers have given the robot the...
Grace literally discontinued her tattoo sessions yesterday. Though many customers, like us, were waiting. She needed to do something more important—rest and feed the giant. And “…will need to feed the giant” were the words that awoke me early today. I even got...
PARIS (AP)—France's data privacy watchdog fined Google 50 million euros ($57 million) on Monday, the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year.
The National Data Protection Commission said it fined the U.S. internet...
With skydiving season just around the corner, enthusiasts of this extreme sport in the country are preparing for it.
And from the scuttlebutt I’ve heard within the local skydiving community, a boogie (which is a gathering of skydivers for a series of jumps) is...
Usually, blood flows from the legs to the heart against gravity. This is helped by the muscle pump and by valves found along the length of the veins. These valves allow blood to move in one direction—that is, upwards towards the heart.
“When the valves are...
Underwater photos provided by Dive District
Every little bit counts.
That was the first thing that cropped up in my mind as I participated in my first underwater and shore cleanup in Anilao, Batangas last November. It was one of the more memorable things I did in...
by Rene Sebastian
ACROSS
1. Church rite
5. Drew blood
9. Unruffled
13. Blue-pencil
14. Ordinance
17. Phil. leprosarium
18. Albay town
19. Sooner
20. Pagoda
21. Passion
23. Food fish
24. Direct
25. Sepia
26. South Amer.
27. Give...
In 1982, Dr. William P. Magee, Jr., an American plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen, a nurse and clinical social worker, traveled to Naga City with a group of medical volunteers to repair children’s cleft lips and cleft palates. At that time, the team only managed to treat 40 children. As they prepared to leave, the Magees made a promise that they would return to help more children. With that promise, Operation Smile Philippines was born.
She is the co-founder of Football for Humanity (FFH), an international non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that focuses on community development and peace building.
An immensely...