Chained But Not Lossless

The Rust Belt: Once Mighty Cities In Decline, Brain Cancer Surgery Is Stuck 'In The Middle Ages' — Is There A Better Way?, What Is Your Money For?, The Fully Immersive Mind Of Oliver Sacks, How Will Our Future Laws Treat Robots?, An IBM Supercomputer Will Take On China's Air Pollution Crisis The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 1, 2015 INDUSTRIAL HEART, BEATS NO MORE The Rust Belt: Once Mighty Cities In Decline msnbc.com An auto giant's exit brings Flint to its knees. This area once served as the industrial heart of the U.S. Rail lines connected cities that were home to manufacturers of heavy industrial materials and large consumer products like cars and trucks. Today, the goliaths of industry that once loomed large in these areas are mostly gone, leaving behind urban decay and blight. LIGHT AT THE END OF THE SCALPEL Brain Cancer Surgery Is Stuck 'In The Middle Ages' — Is There A Better Way? digg.com Telling cancer from non-cancer is tough for brain surgeons. Scorpions, Amazon and the legacy of a dying girl might change that. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED What Is Your Money For? simple.com Probably not weird bank fees. Probably not paying perpetual debt. We think your money is for building the life you want. Simple's beautiful budgeting and saving tools can help you do it, a little each day. A STUDY OF GENIUS The Fully Immersive Mind Of Oliver Sacks wired.com Pioneering neurologist and author Oliver Sacks died Sunday, August 30 at age 82. In his writings about patients' sometimes bizarre case studies — which he would call "neurological novels" — Sacks was able to draw out the humanity in pathology. Steve Silberman wrote about Sacks' own case study in 2002. CHAINED BUT NOT LOSSLESS How Will Our Future Laws Treat Robots? medium.com Will a robot marry your daughter? Should you tip a robot? Can you rape a robot? Just ask the author of "Humans Need Not Apply." MOVE POLLUTION TO TRASH ICON An IBM Supercomputer Will Take On China's Air Pollution Crisis dailydot.com Before they enslave us, the machines are going to help us fight air pollution. The air quality in Beijing, China is so poor that breathing it for 24 hours is akin to smoking 36 cigarettes. IBM, famed for its unlikely computer projects to beat humans at chess and Jeopardy, is seeing what it can do to mitigate the problem with machine learning technology. Get more stories on Digg.com → A TIGER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS An Indian artist with his body painted with the likeness of a tiger dances before a tableau with a picture of tiger during the 'Pulikali' or Tiger Dance procession in Thrissur, Kerala state, India, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. This folk art festival is held every year in this town to entertain people during the harvest festival 'Onam'. Credit: AP Photo/Arun Sankar K Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014