With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis, Clifford Harris Jr., who’s better known as “T.I.”, has launched a new syndicated investment vehicle called Tech Cypha. Launched by the music and cultural impresario with more hustle than hustle and his business partner Jason Geter, the new collaborative investment strategy focused on tech startups will […]
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People are pissed that Sen. David Perdue snatched a student’s phone
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Senator David Perdue snatched a Georgia Tech student’s phone from their hands on Saturday, and people are pretty outraged.
When visiting the Atlanta campus to attend a campaign event for Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp, Perdue was questioned by a GT member of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) about voter suppression in Georgia.
Kemp has recently become the subject of scrutiny, after an Associated Press report indicated that 53,000 voter registrations are sitting in limbo within Kemp’s office — most of these belong to black voters and other minorities. Read more…
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The next frontier for robotics? Jazz marimba
Watch out all you well-paid, fat-and-sassy jazz marimba players: Shimon, the marimba playing robot is after your jobs. Shimon is the brainchild of the Robotic Musicianship Group at Georgia Tech and I’ve been following his career for a few years now. In this video, taken at the Ferst Center Presents as part of Atlanta Science […]
View More The next frontier for robotics? Jazz marimbaThink fast – this system watches you answer questions to make sure you’re human
The machines are getting smarter and facial recognition may not be enough to tell you’re a human. Machines can make faces too but they’re not so good at answering questions with them. That could lead to a new, more effective type of CAPTCHA. Read More
Watch a man play the ‘Star Wars’ theme with an innovative prosthetic hand
Jason Barnes lost one of his hands after an accident at work in 2012. Now, five years later, a new prosthesis developed at the Georgia Tech College of Design allows Barnes, a musician, to play the piano again with both hands.
The feat is made pos…