Open Positions
Our vision is to make drones one day able to navigate as birds or better than birds, using mainly onboard vision sensors. To achieve this goal we investigate how machine learning, novel sensors (such...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleBaidu's self-driving tech plans revealed
In the race to develop self-driving technology, Chinese Internet giant Baidu unveiled its 50+ partners in an open source development program, revised its timeline for introducing autonomous driving...
View ArticleWhen Will AI Be Better Than Humans at Everything? 352 AI Experts Answer
Predictions of when machines will make us obsolete seem to come either from AI evangelists or doom-mongers with little practical experience of the field. Now though, researchers have carried out the...
View ArticleGirl Scouts can earn a bunch of new badges by building and programming robots
The American youth organization is expanding its STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — program. Soon the organization's 1.8 million scouts will be able to earn badges in robotics, coding,...
View ArticleFolding robots: No battery, no wires, no problem
by Research-Innovation News July 26, 2017 The traditional Japanese art of origami transforms a simple sheet of paper into complex, three-dimensional shapes through a very specific pattern of folds,...
View ArticleGet into shape as you game with Cykill
If you’re having trouble finding time to work out because you’d rather play video games, then this is the solution you’ve been waiting for. The Cykill device modifies a normal exercise bike into a...
View ArticleRobots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
Most of the discussion around robots and ethics lately has been about whether autonomous cars will decide to run over the nearest kitten or a slightly farther away basket full of puppies. Or something...
View ArticleAnthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince...
On Wednesday night, I received a phone call from Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director. He wasn’t happy. Earlier in the night, I’d tweeted, citing a “senior White House...
View ArticleArduino’s New CEO, Federico Musto, May Have Fabricated His Academic Record
For years, the humble Arduino microcontroller—a cheap, open source, midnight-blue circuit board emblazoned with a tiny white infinity loop—has been a favorite tool of the DIY electronics crowd....
View ArticleTeaching robots right from wrong
More than 400 years ago, according to legend, a rabbi knelt by the banks of the Vltava river in what is now known as the Czech Republic. He pulled handfuls of clay out of the water and carefully patted...
View ArticleThe house being built by robots and 3D printers
Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Video A three-storey house is being designed, planned and built predominately by robots and 3D printers. ETH Zurich and business partners are...
View ArticleSerious DX: The Deep Space Network
Humanity has been a spacefaring species for barely sixty years now. In that brief time, we’ve fairly mastered the business of putting objects into orbit around the Earth, and done so with such gusto...
View ArticleThese Pizza Robots Assemble Perfect Pies in Minutes
Oh pizza, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. Your golden, flaky crust. Your salty-sweet tomato sauce. Your gooey, stretchy cheese. Your predictive algorithms and efficiently automated production...
View ArticleChina's appetite now focused on artificial intelligence
China has recently announced their long-term goal to become #1 in A.I. by 2030. They plan to grow their A.I. industry to over $22 billion by 2020, $59 billion by 2025 and $150 billion by 2030. They did...
View ArticleFirst proof that Facebook dark ads could swing an election
Could Facebook really tip the balance in an election? Over the past year firms like AggregateIQ and Cambridge Analytica have been credited with using AI-targeted ads on social media to help swing the...
View ArticleNOMNOM is an audiovisual DJ machine
Perhaps you enjoy various flavors of electronic music, and would love to try making your own. Although this seems like a fun idea, after considering the amount of equipment and knowledge that you need...
View ArticleA new era for Arduino begins today
BCMI, the company founded by Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, David Mellis and Tom Igoe, co-founders of Arduino, announces that today it has acquired 100% ownership of Arduino AG, the corporation...
View ArticleAnthony Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce
Anthony Scaramucci, the White House’s potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell...
View ArticleOSH Park ~ Welcome
This is a community printed circuit board (PCB) order. We take designs from lots of people, put them all together on a panel and then order the panel from a fab. Since we're all splitting the panel...
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