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California-Based Small Farm Uses Robots to Grow Crops
3Shares 9Robots come in many different shapes and sizes. They will one day serve a whole slew of purposes, most of which will not result in job losses whatsoever. Particularly in the agricultural...
View ArticleOne person’s history of Twitter, from beginning to end
At some point in 2006, or possibly late 2005, Noah Glass walked into our office all excited about something. That in itself isn’t news because Noah was always excited about something. Dude had an...
View ArticleKRACK Attacks: Breaking WPA2
We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks...
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World's first "negative emission" power plant turns CO2 into stone
After opening the world's first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant designed to pull CO2 out of the air, Swiss company Climeworks is now joining forces with a geothermal power plant in Iceland to...
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This Robotics Startup Wants to Be the Boston Dynamics of China
Of all the legged robots built in labs all over the world, few inspire more awe and reverence than Boston Dynamics’ quadrupeds. Chinese roboticist Xing Wang has long been a fan of BigDog, AlphaDog,...
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Zume’s robot pizzeria could be the future of workplace automation
Zume Pizza, a food delivery startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, is expanding to a new location in the heart of Silicon Valley — with the help of robotic companions. The company, which starting today...
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Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from...
Randi Lynn Williams assumes she will never be able to afford to vote again. The 38-year-old resident of Dothan, Alabama, lost her right to vote in 2008, when she was convicted of fraudulent use of a...
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Future vision: Plans unveiled for Australia’s first robotics roadmap
Last year the global robotics industry celebrated its 50-year anniversary – and we’ve certainly come a long way in those five decades. Robotics and automation is now driving economic growth and...
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NASA's new ion thruster breaks records, could take humans to Mars
In Brief The X3 thruster designed by the University of Michigan for NASA has broken records in recent tests. There are hopes it could be used to send humans to Mars in the next twenty years. NASA’s new...
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What It Will Take for the World to Keep Getting Better
Compared to life 100 years ago, life these days is pretty good by many measures. You’ve probably heard the statistics: poverty and infant mortality are down, life expectancy is up, and infectious...
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It's on: Giant robot battle to be streamed live this week
A colossal battle two years in the making is about to be joined, with the USA vs Japan giant robot duel to take place on Tuesday, Pacific Time. Sci-fi lovers have waited patiently since the folks...
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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords
When David Stinson finished high school, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1977, the first thing he did was get a job building houses. After a few years, though, the business slowed. Stinson was then...
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Nvidia vs NXP—Whose Robocar Brain Will Win?
NXP and Nvidia have announced computing platforms for smart cars, and each company claims that its platform is the best by far. Which company is right? Or is each right in its own way? The answer...
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Robohub Podcast
by News October 16, 2017 I am happy to announce that Robots Podcast will be renamed to “Robohub Podcast“. This name change is to avoid confusion about how the podcast and Robohub relate, a question we...
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Should We Edit Human Genes? What You Need to Know
There’s a difference between editing genes in a person’s somatic cells and germline cells. Editing somatic cells, which are differentiated (e.g., skin cells) and non-reproductive, impacts them alone....
View ArticleWhile you were doing, whatever, the world's first giant robot duel happened
Where were you on the day of the world's first giant robot duel? Maybe you were working at your desk, brushing your teeth, labouring over your tax return, ironing the perfect pleat in tomorrow's...
View ArticleAlphaGo, in context
I had a chance to talk to several people about the recent AlphaGo matches with Ke Jie and others. In particular, most of the coverage was a mix of popular science + PR so the most common questions I’ve...
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~200Scholarship Providers $50 MillionIn Available Scholarships FIRST Alumni Alumni and Scholarship Resources Become a FIRST Scholarship Provider Using the FIRST Scholarship Program search bar. (Post...
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Making Ice Cream With Heavy Metal
After his last project left him with an eleven-pound block of aluminum, [Jason] got to thinking of what most of us would in that situation: fresh made ice cream. His mind was on the frozen concoctions...
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Teleoperating robots with virtual reality
Certain industries have traditionally not had the luxury of telecommuting. Many manufacturing jobs, for example, require a physical presence to operate machinery. But what if such jobs could be done...
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