Microsoft research scientist, Frank Soong, has developed a new translating program through Microsoft that will allow a person to speak in various languages using their own voices, not a monotone robot voice. Soong started this software by using the voice of his boss reading out sentences in Spanish and then eventually the software translated it [...]
Entries from March 18th, 2012
Microsoft Creates Translating Software
March 18th, 2012 · No Comments · Other Science, Physics
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A Frozen Touch Of Death!
March 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Biology
I didn’t know what a brinicle was until I saw this video. I just can’t believe this can happen. Brinicles are columns of ice that form under very calm ocean conditions, when there’s a big differential between the water temperature and the air temperature about the sea ice. The warmer sea flows up to the [...]
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How Light Could Mean Life
March 18th, 2012 · No Comments · Physics
Stars and planets interact together to create ecosystems that may be habitable to living creatures. Scientists have started to look at stars and light to discover and determine planetary systems that may be able to sustain life. By looking at the sky, a dim of light can be seen as planets pass in front of stars, [...]
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Life on the Moon?
March 18th, 2012 · No Comments · Physics
Saturn’s moon, that is. Over the past couple of years a spacecraft was sent out to investigate Enceladus, one of Saturn’s many moons. The southern region was warmer than other parts of the moon and seemed to be quite geologically active. A sweep of this spacecraft discovered the possibility of an icy ocean lying under [...]
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