Annoy Your Neighbors with MIDI Musical Siren
[Yannick], aka [Gigawipf] brings us this (mostly) musical delicacy: a 3D-printed siren that’s driven by a brushless quadcopter motor, and capable of playing (mostly) any music that you’ve got the MIDI...
View ArticleSelf-Healing Transistors for Chip-Scale Starships
Working with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), NASA is pioneering the development of tiny spacecraft, each made from a single silicon chip, that could slash interstellar...
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Get ready to join the millions already enrolled in Marketplace coverage. Sign up for email and text updates to get important Open Enrollment reminders -- including a note as soon as 2015 plans and...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Robotics
Silicon Valley Robotics promotes the innovation and commercialization of robotics technologies. We are a newly formed non-profit business association (501c6). We are also one of the largest, most...
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Register soon to ensure your participation at SLAS2017 in DC from Feb. 4-8. Full conference attendees enjoy access to the entire scientific program, including podium sessions, keynotes, Career...
View ArticleCBS News shows how using robots created 140 jobs
By investing $6 million in robots, Bicycle Corporation of America (BCA) was able to take back 10% of their manufacturing from China and place it into a new factory in Manning, South Carolina employing...
View Article"Hidden Figures" Is Inspiring Hundreds of Girls to Pursue STEM
After a four-hour event that featured a special presentation of "Hidden Figures," followed by speeches from successful women in science-based fields, 180 female students ranging from fifth to 12th...
View ArticleThe Consumerization of Robots
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View ArticleVancouver biotech firm's '3D bio-printing' to create human tissue for...
Patients who tear, rupture or otherwise damage cartilage or other bodily tissue may one day be able to simply go to the hospital and get a replacement, if new “3D bioprinting” technology being...
View ArticleResearchers on fast track to combat antibiotic resistance
The marriage of two innovative technologies—one developed by Northeastern's Slava Epstein, the other by the Broad Institute's Paul Blainey—could accelerate both the discovery of new antibiotics that...
View ArticleWhen Intelligent Machines Cause Accidents, Who Is Legally Responsible?
The rise of artificially intelligent machines will come at a cost—but with the potential to disrupt and transform society on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. Jobs will be lost, but new...
View ArticleRise of the machines: Fear robots, not China or Mexico
"It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost," Trump tweeted on January 26. His predecessor also offered a warning to American workers, of a...
View ArticleEngineer Remasters Thomas Edison’s Musical Recordings
One of the best parts of working for IEEE Spectrum is the opportunity to discover intriguing tech projects that are pure labors of love, whether it’s building a 16-bit CPU out of discrete transistors...
View ArticleNetflix teases a gadget that lets you browse with just your brain
Netflix may soon have a way for binge-watchers to take their laziness to new heights. A group of the company's engineers recently constructed a makeshift device that allows viewers to choose what they...
View ArticleShould we be hooking up AI to our brains? New Asilomar principles urge caution
Hundreds of AI researchers, business leaders and just plain geniuses have signed onto a statement of cautionary principles for artificial intelligence, including a requirement to build in the ability...
View ArticleAP: Trump's voter fraud expert registered in 3 states
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the Associated Press...
View Article5 Hurdles to Reaching the Next Star System
Light from our sun takes more than four years to reach our nearest neighbor, the Alpha Centauri star system. Tiny spacecraft, each integrated on a chip and accelerated by laser light, might be able to...
View ArticleAI Decisively Defeats Human Poker Players
Humanity has finally folded under the relentless pressure of an artificial intelligence named Libratus in a historic poker tournament loss. As poker pro Jason Les played his last hand and leaned back...
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