Follow the arrows and teach ANYONE how to think about thinking. This is an infographic of Inquiry Learning.
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Follow the arrows and teach ANYONE how to think about thinking. This is an infographic of Inquiry Learning.
Fires Rage in Oklahoma - Teaching Reality
I’m using Screen Cast-O-Matic to make this video. I explain how to use the images found in “Image of the Day” or other images in Earth Observatory to support discussions among adults or in a classroom. I discuss how to use in a variety of classes.
If you are intrigued by images of Earth, you will most likely enjoy looking at these real images taken from satellites that are traveling over Earth.
New paint colors invented by neural network
So if you’ve ever picked out paint, you know that every infinitesimally different shade of blue, beige, and gray has its own descriptive, attractive name. Tuscan sunrise, blushing pear, Tradewind, etc… There are in fact people who invent these names for a living. But given that the human eye can see millions of distinct colors, sooner or later we’re going to run out of good names. Can AI help?
For this experiment, I gave the neural network a list of about 7,700 Sherwin-Williams paint colors along with their RGB values. (RGB = red, green, and blue color values) Could the neural network learn to invent new paint colors and give them attractive names?
One way I have of checking on the neural network’s progress during training is to ask it to produce some output using the lowest-creativity setting. Then the neural network plays it safe, and we can get an idea of what it has learned for sure.
By the first checkpoint, the neural network has learned to produce valid RGB values - these are colors, all right, and you could technically paint your walls with them. It’s a little farther behind the curve on the names, although it does seem to be attempting a combination of the colors brown, blue, and gray.
By the second checkpoint, the neural network can properly spell green and gray. It doesn’t seem to actually know what color they are, however.
Let’s check in with what the more-creative setting is producing.
…oh, okay.
Later in the training process, the neural network is about as well-trained as it’s going to be (perhaps with different parameters, it could have done a bit better - a lot of neural network training involves choosing the right training parameters). By this point, it’s able to figure out some of the basic colors, like white, red, and grey:
Although not reliably.
In fact, looking at the neural network’s output as a whole, it is evident that:
The neural network really likes brown, beige, and grey.
The neural network has really really bad ideas for paint names.
1. @lewisandquark is doing brilliant things with neural networks. 2. You should probably take this opportunity to tag yourself.
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about neural networks. Thanks!
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Geometric Animations / 170511
Many uses for this in fiber art, drawing, math, etc. AND IT LOOKS AWESOME.
If researchers can overcome issues involved cutting the virus genome, CRISPR has a wonderful chance to help primates.
Spring on the Prairie
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What your Central Nervous System (CNS) looks like…and some of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS), too.
From The Weather Channel Android App: #Incredible How long did it take to make this ? #WatchThis
The wasp nest should be in the Guinness Book of World Records.
From The Weather Channel Android App: #Incredible How long did it take to make this ? #WatchThis
When your S.O. tries to force their Christmas cheer on you
Japan has launched a cargo ship which will use a half mile- (700m)-long tether to remove some of the vast amount of debris from Earth's orbit. So many possible opportunities.
Google unveils 3 decades Timelapse of the Earth Phenomenal! Learning tool. Just plain awesome.
The emucase is a good case for retro peeps.
An Amish horse team pulling out a tanker truck
"Company officials say they have no qualms about taking all the tax breaks legally available to them. To do otherwise would be like a consumer “insisting on paying full price during a store sale,” wrote Jeff Brown, a company spokesman. Even E.A.’s competitors acknowledge that its tax strategies aren’t particularly aggressive compared with others in the industry." POINT TAKEN! Time for Congress to get to work.