CYBORG'S LAIR: 2019

With release of JDK 13, work on JDK 14 has started

September AWS Online Tech Talks with three webinars related to machine learning

Brief overview of Java frameworks and libraries for testing, containing also help more complex checks

Moving legacy Spring app to run under Spring Boot

@SpringBootConfiguration annotation

Good reminder of SOLID principles

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (2. - 8.9.2019)

Society

Automated text analysis: The next frontier of marketing innovation

An AI app that turns you into a movie star has risked the privacy of millions

Emotion-reading algorithms cannot predict intentions via facial expressions

Facebook is making its own AI deepfakes to head off a disinformation disaster

White House lists security tech, AI and space among R&D priorities

The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines

Criminal artificial intelligence may be coming for your money: Don Pittis

Why should you care about AI used for hiring?

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence used to recognize primate faces in the wild

Artificial intelligence helps to predict hybrid nanoparticle structures

Boltzmann generators: Sampling equilibrium states of many-body systems with deep learning

Scientists develop a deep learning method to solve a fundamental problem in statistical physics

Novel math could bring machine learning to the next level

Health

AI learns complex gene-disease patterns

AI learns the language of chemistry to predict how to make medicines

A breakthrough in imaginative AI with experimental validation to accelerate drug discovery

New AI technology for advanced heart attack prediction

An AI system identified a potential new drug in just 46 days

Ageing research to accelerate with experimental validation in AI-powered drug discovery

Cars

Video of Tesla in full self-driving mode gives us a glimpse into the future of travel

Brains

The brain processes words placed on the right side of a screen more quickly

Discovery of neuronal ensemble activities that is orchestrated to represent one memory

How the limits of the mind shape human language

How humans have shaped dogs' brains

How our brain filters sounds

How do we get so many different types of neurons in our brain?

Seeing memories being made

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

IT links (2. - 8.9.2019)

At the beginning - just reminder - JDK 13 will come in couple of days and here is a short list of new features

Java copy constructor vs clone

Price of AWS EFS for infrequent access was reduced

And another players in the world of cloud providers

17 tips for writing effective test cases

And what are the most important types of logs to write?

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

IT links (15. - 21.7.2019)

New round of AWS Online Tech Talks - for July

Multiple ways how to access current directory in Java

The first signs of JDK 14 are starting to appear

Recent Java trends according to InfoQ

And how to enable preview features in Java?

Monday, July 22, 2019

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (1. - 7.7.2019)

Society

Building trust in artificial intelligence

Rise of the robots: Coming to a first-year Intro to Journalism class near you

Automated forklifts elevate firms' profit hopes

'Difficulties on the road to AI': man pours water on Baidu chief at conference

London police’s face recognition system gets it wrong 81% of the time

Wimbledon reworks AI tech to reduce bias in game highlights

James Lovelock: 'AI is a new form of life'

When convenience meets surveillance: AI at the corner store

Algorithms

Automated de novo molecular design by hybrid machine intelligence and rule-driven chemical synthesis

Machine detection of human-object interaction in images and videos

Using artificial intelligence to better predict severe weather

The answer to forecasting Bitcoin may lie in artificial intelligence

Computer scientists predict lightning and thunder with the help of artificial intelligence

Machine learning has been used to automatically translate long-lost languages

Researchers cast neural nets to simulate molecular motion

Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

Successful automatic landing with vision assisted navigation

With little training, machine-learning algorithms can uncover hidden scientific knowledge

AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy

Health

A new way to use the AI behind deepfakes could improve cancer diagnosis

Scientists claim to have developed world's first vaccine with artificial intelligence

Cardiologist Eric Topol: 'AI can restore the care in healthcare'

Robots

Sharing control with robots may make manufacturing safer, more efficient

Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce

How robots could help keep the lights on as climate change worsens

Cars

Are self-driving cars really the answer for older drivers?

Hardware

Waterproof artificial synapses for pattern recognition in organic environments

Portable polarization-sensitive camera could be used in machine vision, autonomous vehicles, security and more

Brains

Scientists track the source of the 'Uncanny Valley' in the brain

Unraveling the brain's reward circuits

Sleep readies synapses for learning

Stored in Synapses: How Scientists Completed a Map of the Roundworm’s Brain

Columbia researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse's brain with single-cell precision

Monday, July 8, 2019

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (10.6. - 30.6.2019)

Society

Facebook’s AI system can speak with Bill Gates’s voice

Deepfakes have got Congress panicking. This is what it needs to do.

Deepfakes may be a useful tool for spies

Experts: Spy used AI-generated face to connect with targets

'Deepfakes' called new election threat, with no easy fix

Schiff Calls ‘Deepfakes’ a Nightmarish Threat to 2020 Elections

Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might think

Facebook has promised to leave up a deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg

'Deepfakes' pose conundrum for Facebook, Zuckerberg says

Looking Closely at Deepfakes Helps Protect Against Them

Deepfakes of Canadian politicians emerge on YouTube

Why people will beat machines in recognizing speech for a long time

Too many businesses failing to properly embrace AI into processes, not reaping benefits

Should we tax robots? A debate.

Amazon speaks out in favor of regulating facial-recognition technology

Police cam maker nixes facial recognition deployment

How a century-old tech giant is making a comeback with AI

Using AI technology to prevent cyberbullying

A New Robot Questions How Creative AI and Machines Can Be

AI, robots, data software helping create new approach for planning cities of the future

US CEO hands Oxford University $189 million for AI studies

Here are 10 ways AI could help fight climate change

How humans and robots work side-by-side in Amazon fulfillment centers

New study suggests automation will not wipe out truck-driving jobs

The future of AI research is in Africa

Robots may care for you in old age—and your children will teach them

An AI app that “undressed” women shows how deepfakes harm the most vulnerable

San Francisco prosecutors turn to AI to reduce racial bias

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy

Researchers find connectivity more important that thought for specialized optimizing machines

Lettuce have it! Machine learning for cr-optimization

AI software reveals the inner workings of short-term memory

Machine behavior: A field of study to explore intelligent machines as independent agents

Translating university lectures in multiple languages

Artificial intelligence improves seismic analyses

Artificial intelligence sees construction site accidents before they happen

AI can tell when actors are kissing—and maybe when you are, too

Facebook has built stunning virtual spaces for its AI programs to explore

New AI system manages road infrastructure via Google Street View

Biological evolution inspires machine learning

Latest artificial intelligence research from China in Big Data

Adobe’s new AI tool can spot when a face has been Photoshopped

Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them

Advancing AI for video: Startup launches powerful video processing platform

Predictive AI is the newest weapon in the battle to protect endangered animals

Machine learning is about to revolutionize the study of ancient games

Researchers develop 'vaccine' against attacks on machine learning

Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics

The intersection of vision and language

A new set of images that fool AI could help make it more hacker-proof

Neural networks taught to recognize similar objects on videos without accuracy degradation

Protecting emergency personnel: Platform shows potential of AI in hazardous environments

Setting the standard for machine learning

Machine learning reveals how strongly interacting electrons behave at atomic level

The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate -- and its creators don't know how it works

Algorithm designed to map universe, solve mysteries

Health

AI is getting smarter and creepier, and it can even predict when a person will die

Machine learning approach for low-dose CT imaging yields superior results

The 'AI turn' for digital health: A futuristic view

The whisper of schizophrenia: Machine learning finds 'sound' words predict psychosis

Scientists use machine learning to improve gut disease diagnosis: Machines use Google-type algorithms on biopsy images to help children get treatment faster

'Alexa, monitor my heart': Researchers develop first contactless cardiac arrest AI system for smart speakers

Artificial intelligence identifies 'kissing bugs' that spread Chagas disease

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence could be 'game changer' in detecting, managing Alzheimer's disease

Artificial intelligence improves heart attack risk assessment

Machine learning makes a better Luke Skywalker hand

New AI tool captures top players' strategies in RNA video game

Robots

Anyone can program this cheap robot arm in just 15 minutes

Training robots to relieve chronic pain

The Next Generation of Robots Will Be Powered By Artificial Intelligence: Eye on A.I.

New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longer

The Latest: Airbus is ready for autonomous planes; are you?

Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work

The first robot for scrubbing dishes will check each plate for dirt

Game of drones: Airports rally firms to battle threat from above

Robot traps ball without coding

'Robot blood' powers machines for lengthy tasks

Stanford researchers teach robots what humans want

Sandia's crawling robots, drones detect damage to save wind blades

For less than $200, engineering students built a realistic robotic fish

Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children

Tesco Working on Cashierless Stores as Competition With Amazon Heats Up

If you did the Mannequin Challenge, you are now advancing robotics research

A solar-powered robot bee shows how insect drones may take flight

Soft robots for all

Robot arm tastes with engineered bacteria

Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots

Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs

Cars

Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry

As cars become increasingly driverless, people are already seeking analogue motoring experiences

Algorithm tells robots where nearby humans are headed

Florida law to allow autonomous cars—when they're ready

What's in a name? When it comes to trusting self-driving technology, a lot

Uber Trying to Steer Its Vision of Flying Cars Though Regulators

Uber will test unmanned aircraft at Fort Worth Alliance Airport's new technology zone

Uber, Volvo Cars launching new self-driving vehicle

Uber buys AI firm to advance push on autonomous cars

Fiat Chrysler taps Aurora for self-driving commercial vehicles

VW drops partnership with US self-driving car firm Aurora

Tesla's full self-driving technology is 'undervalued,' says Morgan Stanley

Tesla Arcade is priming us for the self-driving future, we just don't know it yet

Study: Tesla Autopilot misleading, overestimated more than similar technology

Ford opens Israel tech lab in move toward driverless cars

Walmart’s Kickstarting a $1 Trillion Driverless Delivery Market

Apple buys self-driving car startup Drive.ai

Apple’s Silence Hurts Efforts to Take Drivers Out of Cars

Hardware

Bill Gates just backed a chip startup that uses light to turbocharge AI

A new chip lets robots “imagine” their actions before they make a move

The world’s best supercomputers are being updated to run AI software faster

Brains

How the brain changes when mastering a new skill: Research reveals new neural activity patterns that emerge with long-term learning

Reaching and grasping -- Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain

Learning constrains further learning, neuroscientists find

Your nose knows when it comes to stronger memories

Learning from experience is all in the timing

Hidden brain signals behind working memory

Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch

Brain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivity

Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs

Poison dart frog brains can hold a mental map

Brain signals can reveal how “awake” a fly’s brain is

Bats' brains sync when they socialize

Fruit bats can transform echoes into images

Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (+ video)

Color and orientation are jointly coded and spatially organized in primate primary visual cortex

What squid neurons and an octopus on ecstasy can teach us about ourselves

Snails show that variety is the key to success if you want to remember more

Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons

Pigs help scientists understand human brain

Scientists identify a novel neural circuit mediating visually evoked innate defensive responses

Breakthrough in understanding how human eyes process 3D motion

Going the distance: Brain cells for 3D vision discovered

Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape

Rules of brain architecture revealed in large study of neuron shape & electrophysiology

Structural development of the brain

Studying the human brain through craniovascular traits

Understanding brain activity when you name what you see

Scientists closer to unraveling mechanisms of speech processing in the brain

'Goldilocks' neurons promote REM sleep

Researchers identify new hunger pathway in the brain

Culture shapes how we learn to reason?

Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity, study suggests

Mood neurons mature during adolescence

How the brain helps us make good decisions -- and bad ones

Sunday, July 7, 2019

IT links (17.6. - 23.6.2019)

Two articles from JetBrains:

The state of developer ecosystem 2019 - Java

List of security vulnerabilities in JetBrains products

And another security issue - in official OpenJDK Docker images

Small reminder - Java Platform Module System - unfortunatelly there was not chance yet to use it

jcmd utility adds possibility to watch JVM events

Experience with Java apps running with Graal VM

And new GA version of Graal VM was released

Interesting summary of experience with TDD

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

IT links (10.6. - 16.6.2019)

It is good to realize in how many frameworks Java Reflection API is used

IntelliJ IDEA plugin for Snyk vulnerability detection

Javalin 3.0.0 was released

New AWS recommendation system - Amazon Personalize

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Zdraví (20.5. - 2.6.2019)

Fyzická aktivita

Fyzická aktivita, včetně chůze a posilování svalů, je spojena s významně sníženým rizikem smrti související s cirhózou. Lidé s největším množstvím chůze mají toto riziko až o 73% nižší. K ještě většímu snížení dochází při kombinaci chůze a posilování.

Cvičení s vysokou intenzitou může snížit nebo zvrátit ztrátu srdeční funkce způsobenou diabetem 2. typu. Tříměsíční intervalový trénink s vysokou intenzitou (HIIT) (10 minut velmi intenzivní aktivity během 25 minut cvičení) dokáže zlepšit srdeční funkci u dospělých s diabetem 2. typu, a to bez jakékoli změny v medikaci nebo dietě.

Ženy, které ujdou zhruba 4400 kroků denně, mají až o 41% nižší riziko předčasné smrti než ty, které v průměru ujdou jen 2700 kroků. Benefit vyššího množství kroků se zvyšuje až do 7500 kroků denně, pak už další zlepšení není tak viditelné.

Hmotnost

Starší lidé, u nichž dochází k významnému přírůstku nebo úbytku hmotnosti (10% rozdíl během dvouletého období), mají zvýšené riziko vzniku demence.

Strava

Mírně vysoký příjem cholesterolu v potravě, či konzumace až jednoho vajíčka denně není spojen se zvýšeným rizikem mrtvice.

Med z Planiky, produkt typický pro středomořské oblasti, dokáže v laboratorních podmínkách zastavit množení buněk rakoviny tlustého střeva.

Dieta s vysokým obsahem sójových potravin je u pre-menopauzálních pacientek s rakovinou prsu spojena se sníženým rizikem osteoporotických zlomenin kostí. Vyšší příjem sóji je spojen se 77% sníženým rizikem osteoporotických zlomenin u mladších žen, a cvičení prokázalo významně snížené riziko zlomenin u starších žen.

Nižší příjem celozrnných potravin, nízký příjem mléka, vysoký příjem zpracovaného a červeného masa, nízký příjem ovoce a zeleniny a vysoký příjem sladkých nápojů je spojen s vyšším rizikem rakoviny.

Až 25 šálků kávy denně je pro zdraví srdce bezpečné, se srovnatelným efektem jako pití méně než jednoho šálku denně.

Lidé se zvýšenými hladinami LDL mají ve srovnání s lidmi s nižší hladinou cholesterolu vyšší pravděpodobnost vzniku Alzheimerovy choroby.

Energetické nápoje mohou zvýšit riziko abnormalit srdečních funkcí a změn krevního tlaku.
Konzumace cca 900 gramů energetického nápoje v krátkém čase může zvýšit krevní tlak a riziko elektrických poruch v srdci, které ovlivňují srdeční rytmus.

10% zvýšení podílu ultra zpracovaných potravin ve stravě je spojeno s významně vyšší mírou kardiovaskulárního onemocnění, ischemické choroby srdeční a cerebrovaskulárního onemocnění (nárůst o 12%, 13% a 11%).
Vyšší spotřeba ultra zpracovaných potravin (více než 4 porce denně) je, ve srovnání s nižší spotřebou (méně než 2 porce denně), spojena s 62% zvýšeným rizikem úmrtnosti ze všech příčin.
U každé další denní dávky ultra zpracovaných potravin se riziko úmrtnosti zvyšuje až o 18%.

Brusinkový extrakt zvyšuje citlivost bakterií na antibiotika, patogenní bakterie jsou tak citlivější na nižší dávky antibiotik.

Konzumace 150 g borůvek denně dokáže snížit riziko kardiovaskulárních onemocnění až o 15%.

Spánek

Lidé potřebují alespoň 7 hodin spánku za noc, aby udrželi úroveň důležitých fyziologických regulátorů. Lidé, kteří spí méně než 7 hodin za noc, mají nižší krevní hladiny tří fyziologických regulátorů, které ovlivňují genovou expresi a hrají klíčovou úlohu při udržování cévního zdraví. Lidé, kteří spí pouze 6 hodin denně, mají nefunkční endoteliální buňky - buňky, které lemují krevní cévy - a jejich tepny se neroztahují.

Nízký věk rodičů významně zvyšuje riziko ADHD a Tourettova syndromu, a vyšší věk rodičů je zase spojený s autismem a obsedantně-kompulzivními poruchami.

Kouření

Kuřáci nefiltrovaných cigaret, mají ve srovnání s kuřáky cigaret s filtrem téměř dvojnásobně vyšší riziko vzniku rakoviny plic a o 30% vyšší riziko úmrtí z ostatních důvodů. Kuřáci lehkých nebo ultralehkých cigaret mají riziko úmrtí na rakovinu plic a sdílí stejné zvýšené riziko úmrtí na všechny příčiny jako kuřáci běžných cigaret.

Kapalina pro elektronické cigarety mohou při inhalaci zvýšit riziko kardiovaskulárních onemocnění. Skořice a mentol by měly být obzvláště škodlivé.

Mozek

Lidé s bipolární poruchou mají větší pravděpodobnost rozvoje Parkinsonovy choroby, a to až 7krát. K rozvoji Parkinsonovy choroby u těchto lidí také dochází v mladším věku - v průměru v 64 letech, ve srovnání se 73 roky u obecné populace.

Riziko demence u starších dospělých po závažném otřesu mozku je při současném užívání statinů mírně nižší ve srovnání s pacienty, kteří statiny neužívají.

Slunce

Děti, které stráví alespoň půl hodiny denně venku na slunci, mají nižší riziko zánětlivého onemocnění střev (a to až o 20%).
Každých 10 minut vystavení slunečnímu záření je spojeno se snížením rizika tohoto onemocnění o 6%.

Friday, June 14, 2019

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (3.6. - 9.6.2019)

Society

Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes

British art dealer unveils pioneering robot artist

You can train an AI to fake UN speeches in just 13 hours

Algorithms

Training neural belief-propagation decoders for quantum error-correcting codes

Deep learning techniques teach neural model to 'play' retrosynthesis

New computer attack mimics user's keystroke characteristics and evades detection, according to Ben-Gurion University cyber researchers

Lithuanian researcher creates AI-based solution for measuring the emotional climate of New York

AI technology improves critical crack detection in nuclear reactors, bridges, buildings

Amazon wants to use AI to recommend you clothing — again

Health

Fussy, hungry, or even in pain? Scientists create an AI tool to tell babies' cries apart

The deep learning dive: how cells regulate division

Brussels scientists developed an AI method to improve rare disease diagnosis

Study suggests new computer analytics may solve the hospital readmission puzzle

How artificial intelligence can help detect rare diseases: Researchers show that using portrait photos in combination with genetic and patient data improves diagnoses

AI tool helps radiologists detect brain aneurysms

Robots

Innovative drone conservation research shared internationally

This robot could write you a ticket for speeding — Strictly Robots

Meet the robot submarine that acts as a lionfish predator

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gets a laugh out of his round with a robotic arm at re:MARS conference

Boston Dynamics’ cool-yet-terrifying commercial robot Spot is about to go on sale

GM adds highways to semi-autonomous driving system

Robot baristas are latest front in S. Korea automation push

These groundbreaking MIT robots were inspired by biological cells

Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other

Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'

Russia’s First Autonomous Strike Drone Will Fly This Summer

We Can't Stop Taking About This Robot Tank (Sitting on Russia's Doortstep)

This autonomous firefighting robot is badass — Strictly Robots

Forget drones, Amazon’s real robot innovation is in the warehouse

Corrections Canada turns to detection equipment to fight contraband drone drops

AI mavericks want to build a better brain for industrial robots

This robot farmer will soon be able to operate 20 hours a day, harvesting tens of thousands of raspberries

IKEA teams up with Ori on robotic furniture to help you save space

Cars

Radar sensor module to bring added safety to autonomous driving

Driverless cars: once they're on the road, human drivers should be banned

Tesla Navigate on Autopilot seamlessly handles construction zone with no lane lines

Somebody's watching you: The surveillance of self-driving cars

Driverless vehicles may lead to traffic congestion in cities

Hardware

Machine learning for sensors

Brains

Can computers make decisions like humans? A new study may have the answer

Children's brains reorganize after epilepsy surgery to retain visual perception

Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds

Study shows how the nervous system can transmit information across multiple generations

Neurons' 'antennae' are unexpectedly active in neural computation

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

IT links (3.6. - 9.6.2019)

Little helper for Cucumber tests
Security vulnerabilities in top 10 Java libraries
Looks interesting - tuning Hibernate performance

Dependency mediation in Maven
Why technical exceptions are the only true exceptions

June AWS Online Tech Talks

Saturday, June 8, 2019

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (27.5. - 2.6.2019)

Society

Better together: Human and robot co-workers more efficient, less accident-prone

The World Economic Forum wants to develop global rules for AI

Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?

AI Made in Germany — The German Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence, the future of work, and inequality

The AI gig economy is coming for you

Algorithms

New traffic light system automatically recognizes pedestrians' intent to cross the road

Animated Mona Lisa was created by AI, and it's terrifying

Outsmarting deep fakes: AI-driven imaging system protects authenticity

Tempted to cheat on a written exam? Artificial intelligence is 90% certain to nab you

Traffic sign recognition 'most influential' innovation of past decade

DeepMind Can Now Beat Us at Multiplayer Games, Too

Health

Artificial intelligence detects a new class of mutations behind autism

Artificial intelligence boosts proteome research

Intelligent algorithms for genome research

Eye on A.I.— Why Standards Are Critical to Improving Artificial Intelligence

Robots

Could drones be the solution to traffic gridlock?

Army project develops agile scouting robots

Coming Soon: Killer Drones from Taiwan (That China Will Hate)?

Fieldwork Robotics completes initial field trials of raspberry harvesting robot system

This Robotic Sloth Is Purposely Slow

Cars

Driverless Delivery Vans Are Here as Production Begins in China

Waymo bringing self-driving trucks to Phoenix area freeways

Tesla’s Deep Learning at Scale: Using Billions of Miles to Train Neural Networks

Brains

'Mindreading' neurons capable of having expectations about the behavior of the others

Inconsistent choice-making a normal part of how the brain evaluates options

Friday, June 7, 2019

IT links (27.5. - 2.6.2019)

Hexagonal architecture example in Java
From one Java bean to another - transformation library

This will be useful in near future at least for me - AWS SQS from Java (replacing RabbitMQ running on EC2 instance - the instance updates can bring downtimes sometimes)
Do not hardcode AWS credentials in code