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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...Open University, explains all in this article for National Coding Week. ...Q: What is AI? A: There is no simple answer! AI is a collection of technologies and techniques that aim to reproduce the intelligence that we see in animals and people inside machines, particularly computers. Q: How does AI work? A: There’s no single way in which AI works – it’s a range of...
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Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...open” to the West for less than a hundred years, and many old traditions still remained. ホームセンターで買ってきた寄せ植え用ミニ観葉植物を「美しいね･･･」と愛でる水木しげる。森の精のような1枚になりました！ pic.twitter.com/sOeuVzIJ6f — 水木プロダクション (@mizukipro) September 30, 2015 Mizuki Shigeru...
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A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...open to us, but one by one the doors were closed in our faces. In my opinion, what happened was the way of the judicial system making a clear statement, to make clear to Black people that in this country, that before the law, their lives were worth nothing”. The historicity of the stereotype of the Strong Black Mother – one who endures, one who does not feel pain or...
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Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...Open University, you may wish to explore the courses we offer in this curriculum area. By using optical fibre, very high data rates (gigabits per second and higher) can be transmitted over long distances (tens of kilometres) without amplifiers or regenerators. Optical fibre has completely superseded copper wires as the primary medium for cabled transmission over long...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...resources are limited. We can pick one or two of those rocks for closer inspection, thus we spend some time discussing. We point out structures and colour changes to each other and develop a hierarchy of what is most important – always keeping an eye on the strategic guidance we have from the long-term planner. Once we have settled on the best option, we let the...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...resources rather than adding substantially to them. This idea remains unconfirmed, but the Geneva team added weight to it when they invited some of the same students back into the fMRI scanner a little over a year later. During that period 19 of the returnees had undergone a year of conference interpretation training, while the others had studied unrelated subjects. The...
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Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...and NASA; Figure 35 (image) © 1998 The American Astronomical Society. NASA: [Details correct as of 14th April 2008] Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs