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Artist’s Rendition: Aerial View of Technion-Cornell Campus on Roosevelt Island (by TechnionSociety) “Of all the applications we received, Cornell and the Technion was far and away the boldest and most ambitious,” the mayor said. A big part of its appeal, he added, was “a tantalizing, groundbreaking partnership.” “Recently I set out to hold a Battleship programming tournament here among some of the undergraduates. Naturally, I myself wanted to win. So, I got to thinking about the game, and developed what I like to call “the linear theory of battleship”. A demonstration of the fruits of my efforts can be found here. Below, my aim is to guide you through how I developed this theory, as an exercise in using physics to solve an interesting unknown problem.” “I’m Zac Manchester, a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. Over the last several years a few collaborators and I have designed, built, and tested a very tiny and inexpensive spacecraft called Sprite that can be built and launched into low Earth orbit for just a few hundred dollars each!” ” … he hosted a delegation of top execs from eBay and Twitter, as well as Ashton Kutcher, poster boy for the new Hollywood triple threat—actor/verified Twitter user/tech investor—who live-tweeted his visit.” AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other (by CornellCCSL)
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