How to Access U-Explore

Initial Registration:

1)    Go to U-Explore web site at http://www.u-xplore.com/website/Login.aspx

(you can also just google U-Explore to get there too)

2)    Click on ‘Register with us’

3)    Complete the three initial boxes:  County: Hampshire

     Town:    Hedge End

     School:  Wildern School

     Click “Next Steps”

4)    Check that the correct school is shown, click on STUDENT and then add in the student registration code which is  58243  and click “Next Steps”

About You:

5)    Add your legal first name, your legal surname (as it appears on the register)

6)    Add your gender.

7)     Add your date of birth and your Year group

8)    Add your email address. THIS MUST BE THE SAME AS YOUR WILDERN EMAIL ADDRESS  e.g.14billy.adams@wildern.hants.sch.uk

Your Login Information:

9)    Add your user name. This must be your school username followed by @wildern      e.g.14billy.adams@wildern   DO NOT have the .hants. sch.uk

10)  Add your password. This should be the same as your school password

11)  Click register.

Robots face new test of creative abilities (BBC)

A US professor is proposing a new way to test whether artificial intelligence (AI) is on a par with that of humans.

Currently scientists use the Turing test - named after computer scientist Alan Turing - which evaluates whether an AI can convince a judge that it is human in a conversation.

Prof Mark Riedl, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, is proposing a new test.

It would ask a machine to create a convincing poem, story or painting.

Dubbed Lovelace 2.0 it is an iteration of a previous Lovelace Test, proposed in 2001.

Named after one of the first computer programmers, the original test required an AI to create something that it would be incapable of explaining how it was created.

Lovelace 2.0 develops that idea.

"For the test, the artificial agent passes if it develops a creative artefact from a subset of artistic genres deemed to require human-level intelligence and the artefact meets certain creative constraints given by a human evaluator," explained Prof Riedl.

The artefact could be painting, poetry, architectural design or a fictional story.

Read the article

What's you imaginary lid?

Robot trucks do the jobs Australians shun (BBC)

Robots may hold the key to preventing an industrial crisis in a country whose geography makes many key jobs undesirable.

Part of Australia's beauty is also its problem. Its untamed, uninhabited interior contains rich pickings, but there are few who want to go and get them.

"We have a labour shortage in the areas we want them, in agriculture, mining, and other primary industries," 

Watch the video clip and read the full article

Six ways Knight Rider predicted the future (BBC)

There can perhaps be no greater honour for sci-fi writers than to create worlds that they eventually see come true.

For Knight Rider creator Glen Larson, who has died aged 77, he will have at least seen some, if sadly not all, of his imaginations become reality.

Read full article here

Rosetta: How comet particles are analysed (BBC news)

With the Rosetta spacecraft in orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, scientists are hoping for a windfall of new information about these strangest of objects.

I forgot my phone

Though I Forgot My Phone is true, it’s also overwrought, and shows a hyper-real vision of everyday life. We don’t all act that way, but it does make many of us stop and think about the amount of time we spend on our phones, and how little we listen to what Dave, Susan, or Frank has to say. If that’s you, stop it. If you’re thinking about your friends at this point, chances are you’re not an ignorant person who checks Twitter all evening. You probably listened to your parents when they said, “Everything’s fine in moderation.”

Inflatable baby incubator wins James Dyson Award ( BBC news )

A prototype inflatable incubator for prematurely-born babies has been picked as the international winner of this year's James Dyson Award.

Mom costs a fraction of the price to make than commonly-used alternatives.

The project's inventor - Loughborough University graduate James Roberts - said he hoped the final product would be used in the developing world.

Read the full article

Ambulance Drone Could Deliver Life-Saving Care in Under a Minute (Big think)

Drones have garnered a lot of negative attention due to their destructive capabilities and application, which were highlighted recently in John Oliver’s powerful piece on predator drones. Drones, however, also have the potential to revolutionize transportation, mail delivery, emergency health care, disaster relief.

Dutch student Alec Momont focused his Masters thesis research project on using drones for good. More specifically, he developed the Ambulance Drone that could deliver automated defibrillation to any patient in a 12 square kilometers (7.5 square miles) area within 1 minute, increasing survival rates to 80%.