AI, ML, Robots and Brains (13. - 19.4.2020)

Society

Facebook is using bots to simulate what its users might do

Trust in humans and robots: Economically similar but emotionally different

Machine learning could check if you’re social distancing properly at work

Algorithms

Future dynamics prediction from short-term time series by anticipated learning machine

Making ultrasound more accessible with AI guidance

Scientific machine learning paves way for rapid rocket engine design

Robots

Observing the atmosphere at high altitudes using unmanned aerial vehicles

Robots with insect brains

Drones promoting social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak

Advance could enable remote control of soft robots

Cars

Could shrinking a key component help make autonomous cars affordable?

Tesla is patenting a clever way to train Autopilot with augmented camera images

First look at Tesla autopilot traffic light and stop sign control in action

Brains

NIH BRAIN Initiative tool helps researchers watch neural activity in 3D

Novel high-speed microscope captures brain neuroactivities

Neural circuits mapped: Now we understand vision better

Insight into the synapses: Glutamate receptors do not practice social distancing

What is an individual? Information Theory may provide the answer

IT links (13. - 19.4.2020)

When to close Java stream?
Java map with case insensitive keys

New features available in JDK 14:

• instanceof pattern matching
• Records

And now, officially, text blocks will be released with JDK 15

Recommended package structure of a Spring Boot project
SQS Client with Spring Boot

Containers running on ECS and AWS Fargate can now use EFS
Free COVID-19 data available on AWS lake
And list of online AWS tech talks for April 2020

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (6. - 12.4.2020)

Society

You Can’t Spell Creative Without A.I.

Computers Already Learn From Us. But Can They Teach Themselves?

Learning about artificial intelligence: A hub of MIT resources for K-12 students

Want to Be Better at Sports? Listen to the Machines

Allen Institute reorganizes brain science division, with added focus on neural computation

Algorithms

Machine learning reveals new candidate materials for biocompatible electronics

AI system that predicts movement of glass molecules transitioning between liquid and solid states

Google’s auto-complete for speech can cover up glitches in video calls

Exploring the limit of using a deep neural network on pileup data for germline variant calling

Combining automated microfluidic experimentation with machine learning for efficient polymerization design

AI techniques used to improve battery health and safety

Robots

Thanks to 'flexoskeletons,' these insect-inspired robots are faster and cheaper to make

Army Designs New Camera Drones to Be Fired from Grenade Launchers

Police in Tunisia are using robots to patrol the streets to enforce a coronavirus lockdown — here's what they look like

'Pandemic drones' could single people out in a crowd for coughing, sneezing, or running a temperature, developers say — here's how they work

Drones in Africa: How they could become lifesavers

Cars

Tesla Full Self-Driving suite is poised for another price increase

Brains

Individual brain networks

The secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive

Risk aversion as a survival strategy in ants

Exercise, exergy, and meateaters: Resolving the thermodynamic equilibrium of life

Aha! + Aaaah: Creative insight triggers a neural reward signal

It's now or never: Visual events have 100 milliseconds to hit brain target or go unnoticed

False memories of crime appear real when retold to others

How serotonin balances communication within the brain

Children have very precise expectations about adults' communicative actions

A study compares the parietal lobes in Neanderthals and modern humans

Innovative birds are less vulnerable to extinction

Changes in brain attention may underlie autism

Neuroscientists find memory cells that help us interpret new situations

IT links (6. - 12.4.2020)

Better NPE messges in JDK 14

Useful functionality for exceptions handling in Google Guava

Sharing run configurations with Intellij Idea

Code migration - three types

Comparison of Kubernetes and OpenShift

Two interesting services from AWS:

AWS DeepComposer - to get in touch with GANs

and Amazon Detective

Nice - Use GitHub pages to create API

And SQL Query Cheatsheet for Postgres

IT links (30.3. - 5.4.2020)

So Java again:
Java's Missing Features: Five Years Later
10 things you’re doing wrong in Java
Utility Classes of the JDK: Collections and Arrays

Containerizing Java app with Jib

How to use a database that you use in a production environment with your integration tests?

Receiving and sending Java POJOs in AWS Lambda functions

Infographic - Unmanned Space Cargo Vehicles (March 2020)

This infographic shows unmanned space cargo vehicles (and their specifications), available on Earth as of March 2020:

IT links (23. - 29.3.2020)

The new functionality that will be available in JDK 15 is taking shape

Using Docker Compose for Spring Boot application and PostgreSQL

Creating AWS Lambda in Java
When to use AWS S3 as data lake and when not

When to not use Cucumber as part of your automation tests and when it is just a burden?
Software testing trends in 2020 - I especially like spidering AI

And Git cheat sheet