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5 Machine Learning Tools Entrepreneurs Should Know About

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PREDICTION If you want to integrate machine learning into your software code, Prediction is a must-discover. Offering a machine learning server (open source), Prediction lets you create anything from a machine learning-enabled ecommerce interface to a product recommendation engine. Why write the code yourself when Prediction makes implementation so easy? COGNITIONLAB If bot building is on your to-do list, add CognitionLab to your list of helpful entrepreneurial tools. CognitionLab uses machine learning to help users create powerful bots you can incorporate into...

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Understanding GPS: The Nuts and Bolts

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SAME-FREQUENCY BROADCASTS  While every GPS satellite has been assigned a unique encoding signature, the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard is used across the board to unify the scheme. Because CDMA allows for the concurrent transmission of data over a single channel, multiple satellites can send out information to different users on the same bandwidth at the same time. To limit interference, each satellite signal is sent across a widened spectrum. CDMA for GPS is split into two coding schemes–one is used by the public, while the other is reserved for U.S. military...

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An Introduction to the Dark Web

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DARK WEB OR DEEP WEB?    You may have encountered the term ‘Deep Web’ as well and, understandably, assumed that the two terms are interchangeable. However, the Deep Web has much less nefarious connotations, since it simply refers to all websites and other online resources that are not indexed by the search engines. As such, the Deep Web includes all private information behind password-protected accounts, such as online banking and email. It also includes webpages and other online services that are intentionally hidden from the search engines, such as those behind...

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Humans versus Robots – The Race is on to Save Humanity

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That raises the question of when exactly is “eventually” and how can we plan for it. In February 2017, Bill Gates suggested taxing robots as a way of compensating humans for jobs lost to machines. He didn’t elaborate on how the tax revenue might be collected or how it might be distributed to the people made redundant by machines. In any case, that would tackle just a small part of the problem. The bigger part, recently addressed by Elan Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Inc. concerns machines becoming smarter than humans – maybe even becoming conscious. Conscious machines,...

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5 Free and Low-Cost Websites That Will Teach You to Program

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1. CODECADEMY Codecademy provides beginner level interactive courses in programming languages such as Ruby, Python and JavaScript. Basic access to Codecademy.com is free. Its interactive courses are designed to have you test out each new concept you learn immediately after being introduced to the material. Most courses provide a series of short introductions to a concept, examples of how the concept works and a prompt to complete a practice problem, similar to the provided examples. Each section of a course has a tutorial component and a practice project. The projects walk you through building...

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A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Open Source Software

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WHAT MAKES OPEN SOURCE DIFFERENT? The key difference between open source and other types of software is the license. All software is licensed in various ways; some other types of software cannot be inspected or modified, known as “closed source” or “proprietary” software. In this case, the source code is the legal property of the person or company that created it, and only they have the right to modify and distribute it. The source code for proprietary software is usually a highly guarded secret. Examples of this type of software include Adobe and Microsoft products....

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5 Hot IoT Devices for Your Free Time

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1. SMASH TENNIS WRISTBAND  Smash is a smart tennis wearable that gives you advice on how to improve your game. Smash uses a triaxial accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer which take hundreds of measurements every second to create an incredibly detailed picture of your game. The device uses this large amount of data to deliver personalized practice paths and tips based on your ability, thereby making your game more rewarding. The wristband is small and unobtrusive, weighs only 15 grams, and has a battery time of six to eight hours. 2. ELLIPSE Ellipse is a smart bike lock...

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