Hacker mentality implies a joyful application of intelligence to problem solving, rejecting the concept of work as repetitive, burdensome and stupid, Spadaro wrote.

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Researchers at the University of Southampton are investigating the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for controlling traffic lights.

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Many Golden Geese believe that much of their success is due to their ability to solve problems by application of their intelligence, innovation, capital and organizational skills.

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Turning Big Data into actionable data is made possible by at least two key factors: (1) cloud computing, which scales in processing power, thereby allowing (2) the application of business intelligence, which works most efficiently when integrated with the cloud.

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The service oversees every visa application from a potential intelligence officer coming to Britain - and tries to keep out the more experienced ones.

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"We looked at autonomous operations of equipment as being the same type of technology that could be used on the moon as well as in a mining application, " said Michele Blubaugh, manager of Intelligence Technology Services at Caterpillar.

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Discovery, application, and invention are also occurring in medicine, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and many other fields that will change our lives and transform entire industries.

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To find out, I talked to Bailey Klinger, CEO of the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), which has designed a proprietary psychometric loan application that predicts the business performance and credit worthiness of entrepreneurs based on their attitudes and beliefs, intelligence, business skills, and character.

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