Wait… what..? — Did you know that nanotechnology can affect the way we eat our food? From everything from food safety to changing how nutrients are delivered through our body, nanotechnology can do it. In fact, nano-sized biosensors have already been created to detect salmonella on your food, which has salmonella antibodies. The…

And how we can attack it… — Cancer. The ancient scourge of not just humans but the natural world, likely existing even back when the first multicellular beings were around. In fact lung, trachea, and bronchus cancers alone caused 1.6 million deaths in 2015, 3% of all deaths that year worldwide. It’s listed generally in the top…

Computer Creativity — What is Neural Style Transfer? Neural Style Transfer is a method of combining two images with a computer. One as a base image, and the second as the stylization. It’s like taking a picture of your best friend, and making it look as if they’d been painted by Van Gogh himself!

…and learning how I did it. Humanity has always been plagued with disease. In fact, according to the World Health Organization in 2016, 56.9 million deaths worldwide were due to disease. That was 1% of humanity, almost. And something else the WHO stated will blow your mind. More than half…

Me and two of my friends want to restore vision to those that are visually impaired without the use of surgery. — DISCLAIMER: This is currently just a company idea, the company doesn’t yet exist. Let’s look at some statistics on blindness before we begin. More than 1.1 million are legally blind and an additional 50,000 people lose their sight each year. The visually impaired, including those who are blind, total more than 3.6 million Americans. Or let’s think about it on a smaller scale…

(and vice chairman of Facebook!) — Last week, I was researching Peter Thiel, who is pretty legit by the way. Little bit of a side-tangent about him: He has done so much, and has been associated with many big companies. I mean, he co-founded PayPal, one of the biggest payment platforms with freaking Elon Musk! He…

A guide to the brain of an AI. — What are Neural Networks? Neural Networks are a kind of computer algorithm, designed based on the human brain’s neurons. The same sort of ways our neurons are connected together, neural networks are too. Because of that, they can learn to do tasks, without needing preset instructions. Layers of a Neural Network Neural networks are made up of layers which…

A deep learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) — “Hey, our friends are cliff jumping, wanna come? You only live once man!” “Nah, I only have to look once to know I’m not doing that.” You are probably used to the saying “YOLO: You only LIVE once”. But, that’s not actually the subject of this article. I’m talking about…

Sickle cell is a terrible disease, that causes red blood cells to become deformed. This can lead to many problems, one being the blockage of blood flow. People may develop anemia, attacks of pain, swollen hands and feet, infections, and stroke. The worst thing about the disease, is that it…