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Car Accident Sparks Electrical Fire Light Show

Car Accident Sparks Electrical Fire Light Show.   Crashing your car is bad enough on its own, but this car crash in Ontario, Canada turned out worse than most. Even the police who arrived to the scene couldn't do much but move back from the aftermath. The utility pole which this minivan driver crashed into begin to emit electrical fire down the line like bursts of low-altitude lightning. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/news/a27248/car-accident-causes-midday-lightshow/

The Machines Are Learning To Gamble Like No Human Can

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The Machines Are Learning To Gamble Like No Human Can A British company wants you to trust its machine over your bookie. When it comes to betting, sports is all data. Since the 1970s, baseball has been revolutionized by the Society for American Baseball's (SABR) unique understanding of statistics. Now a company is attempting to utilize the vast wealth of data available in sports for gambling purposes, with an AI at the heart of its operation. Stratagem is a British company that takes bets on soccer games. Currently, it employs some 65 human experts who study matches across the globe and uses machine learning to automate parts of the process of betting, like figuring out when people like to gamble the most. But what's down the pike, founder Andreas Koukorinis tells potential investors and The Verge , is an AI that can watch a game in real time, and, with thousands upon thousands of data points, predict who can win. "They're short duration, repe...

Global Information

“ICTs for Inclusive Growth”, The Global Information Technology Report 2015 showcases solutions to allow everyone to benefit from and participate in the ICT revolution and to contribute to a more prosperous and inclusive world. Below are 3 key messages.   The Transformative Power of ICTs As a general-purpose technology, the impact of ICTs extends well beyond productivity gains. ICTs are vectors of economic and social transformation. By improving access to services, enhancing connectivity, creating business and employment opportunities, and changing the ways people communicate, interact, and engage among themselves and with their governments, ICTs can transform our world. Yet only widespread and systematic usage of ICTs by all stakeholders—individuals, businesses, and government—can trigger such transformation. The Networked Readiness Index (NRI) reveals the almost perfect correlation between a country’s level of ICT uptake and the economic and social impacts ICTs hav...

Wireless Mast – Self Install

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How to install Ubiquiti Service on a 30’ mast with supplies you can pick up at any hardware store   Overview of Install   • Clear a 60’ radius circle in your yard in an area where the radio will have clear view of Tower when 30’ mast is assembled.    • The distance from the radio atop the mast to the router or computer should be no more than 200’. • Dig a 6” hole in the center of the area for base of mast. • Locate three ground anchor locations 30 ‘ from hole equal distance apart as shown in the diagram.    Insert Ground Anchors. • Attach Guy Wire Rings to the top of the top mast and 2 nd   masts fluted end • Lay one end of bottom mast at center of hole with sac of concrete to   act as anchor when lift up the mast. • Connect 2 nd and top mast to bottom mast.   Lay the 3 connected sections equal distance between two of the ground anchor locations Step 1 – Dig hole for mast. Dig 6” deep hole with pi...