Harnessing the Human Imagination to Train Artificial Intelligence
Through a clever experiment, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have arrived at a closer understanding of the foundation of the human imagination. Specifically, the scientists...
View ArticleBaxter the robot can now sense its surroundings, according to Rethink Robotics
Baxter the robot is now even more ready for life "outside the cage." That's how Jim Lawton, chief marketing officer for Boston-based robot maker Rethink Robotics, describes Baxter's new software...
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Ultra-green complex in Cairo features a host of energy technologies
Plenty of new buildings are now being built with technologies to help minimize environmental impact. Few, however, do so to the extent that Cairo, Egypt's, upcoming Gate Residence will. The complex...
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Could a robot do your job?
By 2017, about 225,000 more maids, home health care workers, food service workers, retail salespeople and custodians are likely to be needed, making them among the fastest-growing jobs. But with wages...
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Barsha pump provides irrigation water, but doesn't need fuel
Climate-KIC, a European-union climate innovation initiative, recently selected a jury of entrepreneurs, financiers and business people to award funding to what they felt were Europe’s best clean-tech...
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Brain-to-brain interface via Internet replicated, improved
UW students are positioned in two different buildings on campus. The sender, left, thinks about firing a cannon at various points throughout a computer game. That signal is sent over the Web directly...
View ArticleGoogle Wants to Store Your Genome
For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud. Genome data on millions of people would lead to new medical discoveries and improved diagnostics. Google is approaching hospitals and...
View ArticleLayers of mist create mid-air touch screen (Video)
A Polish company is producing a high-resolution, interactive screen made of nothing but water vapour. The screen allows users to control images in mid-air. Suzannah Butcher reports. Video provided by...
View ArticleThe four best short stories about artificial intelligence you need to read
Short stories are stolen moments from a different world, captured and framed in a few thousand words. The best of them capture the emotional depth of full-length novels without requiring proportional...
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How Many Tasks Can Our Brains Process At The Same Time?
The human brain has been described as a massively parallel computing machine. But just how powerful is it? A recent brain scan analysis is offering some unexpected results. Neuroscientist Harris...
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Direct brain-to-brain interface between humans improved
Direct brain-to-brain communication has been a long-held ambition of scientists and science fiction fans alike. Recently, University of Washington (UW) researchers brought that ambition a step closer...
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X Challenge winner diagnoses diseases in minutes from a single drop of blood
For the last two years, the US$2.25 million Nokia Sensing X Challenge has lured entrants from around the globe to submit groundbreaking technologies that improve access to health care. A panel of...
View ArticleNext-Generation Robot Needs Your Help
f you visit Manuela Veloso, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, you can expect to be met at reception, and led to her office, by an unfailingly polite and helpful assistant. You...
View ArticleRobot ASIMO Visits The Big Apple (video)
Honda's ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, visits New York City to take in some of the iconic sights on a Spring day in the city.
View ArticleControlling genes with your thoughts
It sounds like something from the scene in Star Wars where Master Yoda instructs the young Luke Skywalker to use the force to release his stricken X-Wing from the swamp: Marc Folcher and other...
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Sesame provides touch-free smartphone control for people with disabilities
Sesame is a system designed specifically for users with only limited or no use of their hands. The device pairs head tracking software with some familiar hardware with the goal of bringing smartphone...
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ESA Announces Plans to Send Their Own POP3D 3D Printer to the International...
As mentioned in an article published earlier in the day about a mobile 3D printer created by three South African students, which they hope will one day be able to 3D print objects on soils foreign to...
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Scallop microbots designed to swim through your bodily fluids
Researchers have been experimenting with real micro-sized robots that literally swim through your bodily fluids (Image: Max Planck Institute) In the 1960s science fiction film Fantastic Voyage,...
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Norwegian Robotics Team Designs 3D Printed, Self-Learning Robots
A research team at the Robotics and Intelligent Systems laboratory at the University of Oslo’s Department of Informatics is in the process of designing and programming 3D printed robots that can solve...
View ArticleThe science behind total recall: new player in brain function and memory
Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe, according to a new international study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)....
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