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Baidu’s Verne Plan

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Baidu’s Verne Plan

Many have read the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, whose author, Jules Verne, is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His imagination has motivated many to invent things once thought not possible, and Baidu, the largest internet company in China, has decided to follow in his footsteps by setting a “crazy” plan named after Verne called the “Verne Plan.”

So what is the Verne Plan?

The Verne Plan is designed to connect to science fiction to existing technologies for real innovations for the next century. Its main focus is on artificial intelligence, such as AlphaGo, the genetic programming designed to help people discover the secrets of life.

So who are involved and when will it start?

The Verne Plan has started on April 1, 2016. For this, six famous people have been recruited as founding members: Andrew Ng, a computer science professor of Stanford University and Baidu’s first scientist, will lead the group. Cixin Liu, the author of the famous novel The Three-Body Problem, is a member. Dr. David Brin, a space Scientist and a consultant at NASA, is another. Qiufan Chen, a science writer known as the “Chinese William Gibson,” is the fourth member. The fifth is Haijun Yao, an advocate for popular science and an editor of a sci-fi magazine. Finally, Ken Liu, who translated The Three-Body Problem, enters this imaginative plan. A close look at these six individuals reveals that two are scientists while the others, science fiction writers. It seems like the ideal team!

Why is in store for the Verne Plan?

The Verne Plan changes the traditional idea that science is difficult, cold, and boring into one that is exciting and imaginable, such as the creative ideas highlighted in films like the Iron Man.

Under the Verne Plan, science fiction writers and scientists can expand and merge the boundaries of science and science fiction through creative cooperation. For example, when a new technology requires large-scale application, science fiction writers can be involved in early stages for their vision for more imaginative innovations. This is different from conventional innovation processes in that innovations are achieved through close cooperation between scientists and science fiction writers from the very beginning of the development process. One outcome of such cooperation is that innovations are expected to better address the needs and wants of end users.

In the near future, the Verne Plan may succeed in bring to people innovations that can truly change their lives forever. As in the case of electricity and TV, it is certainly exiting to imagine what can come from this creative cooperation between these individuals under an ambitious plan led by one of the tech giants of the world. Stay tuned!

Chenshun Hong

Water –A precious gift for life

English Reports, 世界, 环境

Introduction

 

Water (H2O) is called the precursor of life forms on planet Earth. Our planet Earth contains 3/4th part as water out of which 3% is available for our day to day life. The incessant population growth has created a tremendous pressure on fresh water reserve and it is being said that if we will not use this tiny resource wisely, the existence of life on blue planet will be at verge of extinction. Thus it is imperative for us to conserve it and use judiciously in our day to day life.

 

Tips to save water

 

  •  The taps should be turned off after use.
  •  Take bath by filling water in tub/ bucket instead of shower or running tap.
  •  Prefer watering the plants with water already used in kitchen.
  •  Use cistern in toilets with lesser capacity.
  •  Floods should be controlled by constructing dams and reservoirs.
  •  Recycling of water from factories and sewages should be preferred before its disposal.
  •  Water harvesting should be encouraged.
  •  More trees should be grown to increase the level of underground water.
  •  Better methods of irrigation like drip irrigation should be
  •  People should be educated about the utility of water.
  •  We should control the excessive use of pesticides and chemical to avoid water pollution.
  •  Use chemicals like ozone to destroy harmful micro organisms in water.
  •  Filtration of drinking water should be encouraged.
  •  House hold wastes should not be thrown into open drains, rivers, lakes, ponds, seas etc.
  •  Avoid cleaning of utensils and other works near the source of water.
  •  The government should launch plans for purification of water in rivers, lakes and ponds.
  •  The use of synthetic detergents should be discouraged.
  •  Prefer water saver taps.

 

Let us resolve today to use this tips and conserve water for future. Thus help the incoming generation to live on this beautiful planet.

 

Student: Hitesh P Sahani & Bhavik H Patel

water

 

http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ca/program_initiative

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