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The most dexterous robot yet learned to grasp from virtual objects
by Will Knight May 25, 2017 Inside a brightly decorated lab at the University of California, Berkeley, an ordinary-looking robot has developed an exceptional knack for picking up awkward and unusual...
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Harvard Chan School awarded $4.9 million to create microbiome biobank
May 24, 2017— Scientists are just beginning to understand the many ways in which our microbiomes—the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and inside our bodies—influence a range of threats to...
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Memristor Image Processor Uses Sparse Coding to See
Every time you open your eyes, a magnificent feat of low-power pattern matching begins in your brain. But it’s very difficult to replicate that same system in conventional computers. Now researchers...
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Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
Editor's Pick Imagine that at some time in the not-too-distant future, you’ve bought a smartphone that comes bundled with a personal digital assistant (PDA) living in the cloud. You assign a sexy...
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Citi Launches Blockchain-Based Payments Service with Nasdaq for Private Equity
A major U.S. bank and financial exchange have married two blockchain-based systems to enable clients who are raising funds or swapping private shares through Nasdaq to take advantage of payment...
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DNC calls for suspension of Kushner's security clearance amid FBI scrutiny
Donald Trump James Comey ObamaCare By Mark Hensch - Don't miss a brief. Sign up for our daily email. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The...
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Video Friday: DJI Spark Drone, Google Tango, and 18-DOF Hexapod Robot
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months;...
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This robot arm’s AI thinks like we do about how to grab something
Robots are great at doing things they’ve been shown how to do, but when presented with a novel problem, such as an unfamiliar shape that needs to be gripped, they tend to choke. AI is helping there in...
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The 1961 Mobot Mark II Had All the Moves
Editor's Pick In the late 1950s, Sandia Laboratory was looking for a way to handle radioactive materials without putting humans in danger. The answer was the Mobot—short for either “remote robot” or...
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3D-printed ‘bionic skin’ could give robots and prosthetics the sense of touch
Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a process for 3D-printing stretchable, flexible, and sensitive electronic sensory devices that could give robots or prosthetic...
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Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy
left right left right left right WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to...
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Affordable high resolution 3D printers
From classroom learning and hackerspaces to high end production quality parts, we have a 3D printer for every need. As an educator, you have the opportunity to be a substantial part of bringing 3D...
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Artificial intelligence will make or break us. Here's how we need to respond
Artificial Intelligence is the next technological frontier, and it has the potential to make or break the world order. The AI revolution could pull the “bottom billion” out of poverty and transform...
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Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications...
Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian...
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Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.?
Beijing is backing its artificial intelligence push with vast sums of money. Having already spent billions on research programs, China is readying a new multibillion-dollar initiative to fund moonshot...
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Angela Merkel says Germany can no longer rely on America under Donald Trump
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has suggested her country and Europe can no longer rely on the US under Donald Trump. Speaking at a campaign event in Bavaria, she emphasised the need for friendly...
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Merkel: Europe 'can no longer rely on allies' after Trump and Brexit
Europe can no longer "completely depend" on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with...
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RIE Forum
ICRA 2017 will introduce a new Robotics Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RIE) Forum that aims to bridge technological advances with real-world problems. The forum will connect promising start-ups...
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These Engineering Ed Projects are Our Kind of Hacks
Highly polished all-in-one gear for teaching STEM is one way to approach the problem. But for some, they can be intimidating and the up-front expenditure can be a barrier to just trying something...
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Scientists Are Using CRISPR To "Program" Living Cells
In Brief Scientists from the University of Washington have constructed digital logic gates in living cells. Though they're not the first to do so, the researchers' living circuitry is the largest and...
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