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Creating Value in Integrative Negotiations: Myth of the Fixed-Pie of Resources
April 27, 2015
Creating value is the name of the game in integrative negotiations but these principles can also apply to the highly competitive...
April 27, 2015
Creating value is the name of the game in integrative negotiations but these principles can also apply to the highly competitive...
Legal Profession Considers Finer Points of Artificial Intelligence
April 26, 2015
University of Toronto assistant law Prof. Anthony Niblett knows exactly how to teach students, but what about teaching computers? Members of the ROSS team, from left: Akash Venkat, Jimoh Ovbiagele, Andrew Arruda, and Shuai Wang. Members of the ROSS team, from left: Akash Venkat, Jimoh Ovbiagele, Andrew Arruda, and Shuai Wang. “That’s quite different,” said Niblett, who’s part of a U of T team that’s training Watson, IBM’s artificial intelligence technology, to use cognitive reasoning...
April 26, 2015
University of Toronto assistant law Prof. Anthony Niblett knows exactly how to teach students, but what about teaching computers? Members of the ROSS team, from left: Akash Venkat, Jimoh Ovbiagele, Andrew Arruda, and Shuai Wang. Members of the ROSS team, from left: Akash Venkat, Jimoh Ovbiagele, Andrew Arruda, and Shuai Wang. “That’s quite different,” said Niblett, who’s part of a U of T team that’s training Watson, IBM’s artificial intelligence technology, to use cognitive reasoning...
Codie Joins The Ranks Of Toys Aiming To Help Kids Learn Coding
April 26, 2015
Say hello to yet another cute toy with a mission to lift dollars out of parents’ wallets get kids coding and grasping the basics of logical thinking. Codie is a programmable robot that’s controlled via an app, using a visual programming language simplified into draggable blocks to make it easy for kids to play with. Its target age group is 8- to 12-year-olds The $150+ Codie bot takes the form of a wheeled vehicle that can perform a variety of actions and reactions, thanks to seven on-board...
April 26, 2015
Say hello to yet another cute toy with a mission to lift dollars out of parents’ wallets get kids coding and grasping the basics of logical thinking. Codie is a programmable robot that’s controlled via an app, using a visual programming language simplified into draggable blocks to make it easy for kids to play with. Its target age group is 8- to 12-year-olds The $150+ Codie bot takes the form of a wheeled vehicle that can perform a variety of actions and reactions, thanks to seven on-board...
Conflict Negotiators Turn to Miss Universe
April 26, 2015
Miss Universe Engages in Conflict Resolution Negotiations in Columbia Can a beauty queen lend a hand to help end half a century of conflict in her home country? Newly crowned Miss Universe Paulina Vega believes she can, and Colombia’s FARC rebels appear to agree. The South American nation’s first Miss Universe since the 1950s hasn’t been shy about expressing her hopes that two years of negotiations between the rebels and the government will succeed, telling an interviewer in January that...
April 26, 2015
Miss Universe Engages in Conflict Resolution Negotiations in Columbia Can a beauty queen lend a hand to help end half a century of conflict in her home country? Newly crowned Miss Universe Paulina Vega believes she can, and Colombia’s FARC rebels appear to agree. The South American nation’s first Miss Universe since the 1950s hasn’t been shy about expressing her hopes that two years of negotiations between the rebels and the government will succeed, telling an interviewer in January that...
BMW’s New Sensors Do the Braking for You
April 25, 2015
More than 90 percent of auto-related crashes are due to human error: a distraction, a mistake. With its new “Active Assist” technology, BMW is trying to do everything it can to take those errors out of the equation. Using laser sensors, the system effectively keeps a 360-degree vigil and will automatically and gently brake before a vehicle hits any stationary object. If you drive full throttle at a wall, Active Assist will stop mere inches away, without the driver touching the brakes. While...
April 25, 2015
More than 90 percent of auto-related crashes are due to human error: a distraction, a mistake. With its new “Active Assist” technology, BMW is trying to do everything it can to take those errors out of the equation. Using laser sensors, the system effectively keeps a 360-degree vigil and will automatically and gently brake before a vehicle hits any stationary object. If you drive full throttle at a wall, Active Assist will stop mere inches away, without the driver touching the brakes. While...
Microsoft Debuts Office Lens, A Document-Scanning App
April 25, 2015
Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of paper documents, receipts, business cards, menus, whiteboards, sticky notes and more, was first launched a year ago as an application designed only for Windows Phone devices. But in conjunction with the company’s newer strategy to embrace other platforms outside its own, the app has now arrived on Apple’s App Store and on Android...
April 25, 2015
Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of paper documents, receipts, business cards, menus, whiteboards, sticky notes and more, was first launched a year ago as an application designed only for Windows Phone devices. But in conjunction with the company’s newer strategy to embrace other platforms outside its own, the app has now arrived on Apple’s App Store and on Android...
Planes Without Pilots
April 25, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental illness and how to ensure that no one is left alone in the cockpit. But among many aviation experts, the discussion has taken a different turn. How many human pilots, some wonder, are really necessary aboard commercial planes? One? None? Advances in sensor technology, computing and artificial intelligence are making human pilots...
April 25, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental illness and how to ensure that no one is left alone in the cockpit. But among many aviation experts, the discussion has taken a different turn. How many human pilots, some wonder, are really necessary aboard commercial planes? One? None? Advances in sensor technology, computing and artificial intelligence are making human pilots...
Visual Illusions Foster Open-Mindedness
April 24, 2015
From sworn witness accounts of alien visitations, to deep-rooted trust in quack medical treatments, the human trait that...
April 24, 2015
From sworn witness accounts of alien visitations, to deep-rooted trust in quack medical treatments, the human trait that...
Stanford Aluminum Battery Offers Alternative to Conventional Batteries
April 24, 2015
The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. "We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment,...
April 24, 2015
The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. "We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment,...
Non-Binding Arbitration: Is It Right for Your Case?
April 24, 2015
Non-binding arbitration, which is mandatory in certain civil cases in New Jersey's federal and state courts, is far from non-binding in practice and not necessarily more efficient or economical than traditional litigation. Unlike contractually agreed-to binding arbitration, non-binding arbitration exposes the parties to additional costs, and may cause additional delay in the final adjudication of the case. The non-binding arbitration process can result in serious consequences, including the dismissal...
April 24, 2015
Non-binding arbitration, which is mandatory in certain civil cases in New Jersey's federal and state courts, is far from non-binding in practice and not necessarily more efficient or economical than traditional litigation. Unlike contractually agreed-to binding arbitration, non-binding arbitration exposes the parties to additional costs, and may cause additional delay in the final adjudication of the case. The non-binding arbitration process can result in serious consequences, including the dismissal...
