This is our first podcast!
(Yes, we know it is a little long and boring but please give us comments about it anyway :])
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We are doing a Podcast Interview with Dr. James D. Wright from Rutgers University. Below is a list of the podcasts that other students in Omega made. (Let them load they take a minute)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Computers Speak Dog?-- Current Event-- Blog #3
The amazing computers of today can speak just about every language known to man. But what about Dog? The topic is:
COMPUTERS CAN NOW SPEAK DOG!
This new computer that can understand barks of dogs is amazing. They first recorded 6 barks from 14 Hungarian Sheepdogs, and let the computer analyze them. Each bark meant something different (Ex. Walk, Play, Fight, etc.). The news article from LiveScience explains what it can do:
"After analyzing digital versions of the barks, overall the computer program correctly identified the kinds of barks the dogs made 43 percent of the time — about the same as humans' 40 percent, said researcher Csaba Molnár, an ethologist at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. The software identified 'walk' and 'ball' barks better than people, although people identified 'play' and 'alone' barks better than the software."
The computer even analyzed the correct bark 52% of the time! You may think that is low, but it is still accurate more than half of the time!
They continue to improve the machine and hope to come through with more discoveries about the canine language soon.
SOURCES
LiveScience News Article
COMPUTERS CAN NOW SPEAK DOG!
This new computer that can understand barks of dogs is amazing. They first recorded 6 barks from 14 Hungarian Sheepdogs, and let the computer analyze them. Each bark meant something different (Ex. Walk, Play, Fight, etc.). The news article from LiveScience explains what it can do:
"After analyzing digital versions of the barks, overall the computer program correctly identified the kinds of barks the dogs made 43 percent of the time — about the same as humans' 40 percent, said researcher Csaba Molnár, an ethologist at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. The software identified 'walk' and 'ball' barks better than people, although people identified 'play' and 'alone' barks better than the software."
The computer even analyzed the correct bark 52% of the time! You may think that is low, but it is still accurate more than half of the time!
They continue to improve the machine and hope to come through with more discoveries about the canine language soon.
SOURCES
LiveScience News Article
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Podcasting-- Class response-- Blog #2
Today, in class, we started researching on scientists alive or dead that we were assigned. The assignment is:
PODCASTING
First of all, what is podcasting? Podcasting is basically like a radio show that you can use to record anything you want on it. Our assignment was to pick a scientist, and then research the facts on the chosen scientist. If the name you pulled out had a; ® next to it, then your scientist is still alive and can be contacted at Rutgers University. My scientist happened to be from Rutgers and he gladly answered all of the questions that my partner and I asked. In the next few days we will begin to record the podcasts and it will be available on my blog.
PODCASTING
First of all, what is podcasting? Podcasting is basically like a radio show that you can use to record anything you want on it. Our assignment was to pick a scientist, and then research the facts on the chosen scientist. If the name you pulled out had a; ® next to it, then your scientist is still alive and can be contacted at Rutgers University. My scientist happened to be from Rutgers and he gladly answered all of the questions that my partner and I asked. In the next few days we will begin to record the podcasts and it will be available on my blog.
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