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For decades we’ve been told robots were to blame for the dearth of manufacturing jobs in the US, but that’s about to change. Veo Robotics has a counter-intuitive vision for the future: If you improve...
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Reboot for the AI revolution
The ongoing artificial-intelligence revolution will change almost every line of work, creating enormous social and economic opportunities — and challenges. Some believe that intelligent computers will...
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Built Robotics developing autonomous excavators for construction sites
Technology News Built Robotics developing autonomous excavators for construction sitesTechnology A new company called Built Robotics is developing software and sensors that can transform off-the-shelf...
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CRISPR 2.0 is here, and it’s way more precise
US National library of medicine by Emily Mullin October 25, 2017 You’ve probably heard of the molecular scalpel CRISPR-Cas9, which can edit or delete whole genes. Now, scientists have developed a more...
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New Gene-Editing 'Pencil' Erases Disease-Causing Errors
There are more than 50,000 known human genetic maladies that have, in most cases, few good treatments and no cure. Now researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have developed a new tool...
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Sophia the robot becomes first humanoid Saudi citizen
Saudi Arabia announces $500 billion city of robots and renewables Robots to roam $500 billion Saudi city Saudi stock exchange wants ‘exclusive’ Aramco listing LONDON: A humanoid robot took the stage at...
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Robocars will make traffic worse before it gets better
by Automotive Opinions October 25, 2017 Many websites paint a very positive picture of the robocar future. And it is positive, but far from perfect. One problem I worry about in the short term is the...
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Puerto Rico gov. requests audit into contract awarded to tiny energy company
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Kelly said he'd prefer to admit between zero and one refugees into the US...
Las Vegas Donald Trump North Korea By Jacqueline Thomsen - 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...
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Cell-like lipid vesicles which can be populated with natural cell proteins
Every cell needs a shell. The cell interior is separated from its surroundings by a membrane made up of fat molecules, helping to create the environment needed for the cell to survive. Development of...
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For the first time ever, a robot was granted citizenship
In Brief Sophia, the robot designed by Hong Kong-based AI robotics company Hanston Robotics, has been granted citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It's the first time a robot was given such a...
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An Arduino vibe bowl screw feeder
Vibratory bowls, which feed small parts up a long curved ramp, are essential elements in many types of automated manufacturing. While the video seen here doesn’t get into how the bowls themselves are...
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OpenAI Just Beat Google DeepMind at Atari With an Algorithm From the 80s
AI research has a long history of repurposing old ideas that have gone out of style. Now researchers at Elon Musk’s open source AI project have revisited “neuroevolution,” a field that has been around...
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Neuroscientists Can Now Read Your Dreams With a Simple Brain Scan
Like islands jutting out of a smooth ocean surface, dreams puncture our sleep with disjointed episodes of consciousness. How states of awareness emerge from a sleeping brain has long baffled scientists...
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Giving robots a sense of touch
Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with...
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Caltech opens a drone lab, with big ideas to improve how robots work with humans
The mechanical “clack, clack, clack” of an orange robot on the march brought Caltech’s new indoor drone arena to life. As it made its way across the floor on ostrich-like legs, six automated drones...
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A smart city in China tracks every citizen and yours could too
For the past 12 months, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has been slurping up video feeds, social media data, traffic information and other data from Hangzhou city for its City Brain project. The...
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This 'Living Touch Screen' Is Made out of Bacteria and Gold
When it comes to touch screen devices, “grow” isn’t the first verb that comes to mind. After all, smartphones and their silicon-based inorganic brethren are built. Growing, in contrast, is a superpower...
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