Virtual Commissioning
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View ArticlePo 3D prints personalized prosthetic hands for the needy in South America
The world of prosthetics is advancing in two directions: on one hand, if you will, the latest in soft robotics and shrinking sensors enables limbs and digits with ever-increasing levels of sensation...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum
Silicon Valley seems to have lost a bit of its verve since the Presidential election. The streets of San Francisco—spiritually part of the Valley—feel less crowded. Coffee-shop conversations are...
View ArticleNew Brain-Like Chip Uses Light to Go Blazingly Fast
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View ArticleThe Entire Internet Will Be Archived In Canada to Protect It From Trump
As Donald Trump careens towards the Oval Office, promising jail time for flag-burners along the way, an organization that archives the internet for anyone to peruse aims to create a full backup in...
View ArticleUK's new Snoopers' Charter just passed an encryption backdoor law by the...
Among the many unpleasant things in the Investigatory Powers Act that was officially signed into law this week, one that has not gained as much attention is the apparent ability for the UK government...
View ArticleUnderstanding the four types of AI, from reactive robots to self-aware beings
by Arend Hintze Politics, Law & Society Articles November 30, 2016 The common, and recurring, view of the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research is that sentient and intelligent...
View ArticleYou will love the future economy, thanks to robots and AI
Next time you stop for gas at a self-serve pump, say hello to the robot in front of you. Its life story can tell you a lot about the robot economy roaring toward us like an EF5 tornado on the prairie....
View ArticleRobotics: Top 100 Influencers and Brands
Robotics is the branch of science consisting of a diverse range of technologies including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. Robotics covers the design, construction,...
View ArticleDeveloper Preview – EC2 Instances (F1) with Programmable Hardware
Have you ever had to decide between a general purpose tool and one built for a very specific purpose? The general purpose tools can be used to solve many different problems, but may not be the best...
View ArticleHumble Book Bundle: Science + Discovery presented by Make:
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View ArticleLost Moon Found: The Satellite That Came Back to Life
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a tumultuous time in world history. The Cold War between the East and the West was in full-swing, driving the new fields of nuclear weapons and space exploration and...
View ArticleViDi Systems wins the Robot Launch 2016 competition
by Andra Keay Business & Finance News December 1, 2016 Vidi Systems from Switzerland is the overall Grand Winner of the 2016 Robot Launch global startup competition, beating out many US contestants...
View ArticleEcho/Google Home infinite loop
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View ArticleRobotics experts tell Congress the U.S. is in danger of losing the...
Artificial intelligence is already everywhere. Robots are performing surgeries, courts use AI to help determine sentencing and bots trade on the stock market all day. Last week, 150 academics and...
View ArticleThe next big job in tech: Robot programmer
The debate over what will happen to human jobs in the age of the robot is heating up, with many worrying about the impact of robots on factory jobs, and others making the case that new tasks will be...
View ArticleMini Commodore PET with Charlieplexed LED Matrix by adafruit
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View Article3D Bioprinting Revolution Solidifies Gains
More » December 01, 2016 (Vol. 36, No. 21) Materials conserved. Assembly procedures streamlined. Time and money saved. All this is possible with “additive manufacturing,” the fabrication of...
View ArticleThis is the most dangerous time for our planet
As a theoretical physicist based in Cambridge, I have lived my life in an extraordinarily privileged bubble. Cambridge is an unusual town, centred around one of the world’s great universities. Within...
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