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Zaha Hadid Architects' mathematics gallery opens at London Science Museum
7 DECEMBER 2016 DEZEEN JESSICA MAIRS
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the new mathematics gallery for London's Science Museum, which is modelled on a wind tunnel for a 1920s plane.
The Mathematics: The Winton Gallery at the Science Museum in South Kensington is the first UK project by Zaha Hadid Architects to open its doors since the firm's figurehead died earlier this year.
The gallery was created to host over 100 objects from the museum's science, technology, engineering and mathematics collections. These objects show how mathematics impacts the world, from trade to travel and architectural form.
Suspended from the ceiling is a 1929 Handley Page Gugnunc aircraft – the inspiration for the gallery's design.
Huge three-dimensional curls form a canopy over the space, based on the air flows that would have surrounded the aircraft in flight. The translucent, undulating forms are illuminated by violet light.
The Gugnunc's wing design was influenced by pioneering aerodynamic research, and is used in the gallery to illustrate how mathematics can be used to solve practical issues.
"Conceived as a wind tunnel for the largest object in the gallery – a Handley Page aircraft from 1929 – the space follows the lines of airflow around it in a stunning display of imagined aerodynamics," said a statement from ZHA.
"Inspired by the Handley Page aircraft, the design is driven by equations of airflow used in the aviation industry."
Zaha Hadid – who ranked number one in the Dezeen Hot List – studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut prior to launching her architecture career. Read More
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"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
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Maebashi, other cities tap My Number system to offer maternal, child health info
1 DECEMBER 2016 JAPAN TIMES
(Jiji) -- Several municipalities have launched a service that offers easy online access to information on maternal and child health through the cards of a 12-digit identification system, dubbed My Number.
The Maebashi Municipal Government in Gunma Prefecture launched the service in March ahead of other municipalities, enabling mothers to read the digitized health records of their children and other information written in boshi techo, a mother and child health handbook, through their computers or smartphones.
To apply to use the service, a mother simply needs to visit a dedicated website and identify herself using the electronic certificate contained in an integrated circuit chip embedded on the back of her My Number card. Read More
Quest for artificial intelligence highlights lack of critical thinking skills in humans
1 DECEMBER 2016 JAPAN TIMES SHUSUKE MURAI
Thanks to the relentless work of dedicated engineers, artificial intelligence, or AI, becomes smarter by the day.
But while computers become better at replicating human tasks, reading comprehension, an area where machines have yet to catch up, is declining among young people, suggesting a chilling future in which AI may put people out of work.
That is why Noriko Arai, a mathematician at the National Institute of Informatics, decided in November to change the direction of her project from teaching an AI to pass the entrance exam for Japan’s most prestigious school — the University of Tokyo, better known as Todai — to focusing on improving the reading comprehension of future generations using AI technology.
“AI engineers have always said that humans don’t have to worry because only menial jobs will be taken over by machines. But what about the people who do such jobs?” Arai, the project’s director, said in a recent interview. “Does AI create new jobs? Sure. But the real question is, how many of those who may lose their jobs to AI will be able to land a new one that requires high creativity?” Read More
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