Jenkins Given an Industrial Stack Light for Build Reporting
When working on software development in a team environment, it’s important to know the status of your build at all times. Jenkins can display build automation info on a screen but where’s the fun in...
View ArticleChina’s blueprint to crush the US robotics industry
"I'm sure there are lots of manufacturers in China who are focused on crushing the U.S.," said Matt Beane, a robotics researcher and fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. "But it seems...
View ArticleMicrosoft MakeCode
Use the light sensor and accelerometer to make sounds for a homemade cardboard air guitar.
View ArticleLeaked document reveals UK Brexit plan to deter EU immigrants
Britain will end the free movement of labour immediately after Brexit and introduce restrictions to deter all but highly-skilled EU workers under detailed proposals set out in a Home Office document...
View ArticleChief Robotics Officer Summit
End-users of Robotics & Intelligent Operational Systems: To evaluate how similar solutions will be adopted by existing and future competitors and project how to exploit a CRO and/or robotics...
View ArticleA new breed of scientist, with brains of silicon
EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA—If this is the biology laboratory of the future, it doesn’t look so different from today’s. Scientists in white lab coats walk by with boxes of frozen tubes. The chemicals on the...
View ArticleAmazon Robotics Challenge 2017 won by Australian budget bot
Cartman - a budget-priced robot from Australia - has triumphed in an annual contest to create a machine that can identify, pick up and stow warehouse goods. The bot was designed from scratch to take...
View ArticleCan robots help the U.S. get its economic mojo back?
A 2017 ranking on global competitiveness from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) shows the US in fourth place, it’s lowest position in five years, slipping from third a year...
View ArticleResearch provides new insights into secret life of bacteria
Bacteria with synthetic genetic “switches” show that antibiotics work differently than we thought Bacterial infections are the number one cause of death in hospital patients in the United States, and...
View ArticleA pen that detects cancerous tissue could help surgeons remove full tumor
A new handheld device could someday help cancer surgeons figure out what to cut and what to leave alone in real time. The device, called the MasSpec Pen, is (unsurprisingly) about the size of a pen and...
View ArticleEven when we fall
You came this way: Home > Philipp Weigl > Sound-trax > Even when we fall CURATOR: ccCommunity Recorded:Nov 23rd, 2016 - Jan 25th, 2017 GENRES: Soundtrack Composed Music Instrumental...
View ArticleJohn Deere acquires Blue River Technology for $305 million, bringing full...
Congratulations to Blue River Technology co-founders Jorge Heraud and Dr. Lee Redden, CEO and CTO, and their deeply talented and dedicated team on their $305 million acquisition by Deere & Company...
View ArticleIBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish...
IBM and MIT today announced that IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment to create the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab in partnership with MIT. The lab will carry out fundamental artificial...
View ArticleFully autonomous drone maker Airobotics nabs $32.5M, expands into defense
Airobotics, a startup building autonomous drones for the enterprise sector that do not require humans to get involved in any aspect of operating them, has picked up $32.5 million in funding to expand...
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In late 2016, the Cassini spacecraft will begin a completely new type of mission at Saturn. During its final months, the intrepid spacecraft's orbit will carry it high above the planet's north pole and...
View ArticleOSH Park sponsors the FOSSi Foundation
The Free and Open Source Silicon (FOSSi) Foundation fosters open source semiconductor design and we’re proud to have become a sponsor! Julius Baxter writes on the FOSSi Foundation blog: We are...
View ArticleROSCon 2017
News The Program has been published. Registration is open: That’s the Thursday and Friday immediately preceding IROS, which is happening at the same venue, the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver,...
View ArticleMattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts. The announcement...
View ArticleMicro drones swarm above Metallica
by Aerial News September 4, 2017 Metallica’s European WorldWired tour, which opened to an ecstatic crowd of 15,000 in Copenhagen’s sold-out Royal Arena this Saturday, features a swarm of micro drones...
View ArticleA Simple Design Flaw Makes It Astoundingly Easy To Hack Siri And Alexa
Chinese researchers have discovered a terrifying vulnerability in voice assistants from Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, and Huawei. It affects every iPhone and Macbook running Siri, any...
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