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Appalled Graphic Designer Shows Girls' Life Magazine What Their Cover Should...
Advertising ● Gender ● Girls ● Media A couple of weeks ago we ran a piece about an image that was posted on social media and went viral. It was a side-by-side shot of this Girls’ Life magazine cover...
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Robots pave the way for our sci-fi future now
Walmart is experimenting with autonomous shopping carts. Domino’s, Uber and Auro are heavily invested in autonomous driving research. Robots are serving as security guards, performing surgery, checking...
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Elon Musk says the future of AI is in linking it to our brains
Following the accidental explosion at SpaceX on Sept. 1, company founder Elon Musk has been relatively quiet. But an interview posted this week gives us more insight into his thoughts on one of his...
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Do no harm, don't discriminate: official guidance issued on robot ethics
Isaac Asimov gave us the basic rules of good robot behaviour: don’t harm humans, obey orders and protect yourself. Now the British Standards Institute has issued a more official version aimed at...
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The robot revolution is coming to the travel industry, this CEO says
As is, many travelers are turning to mobile technology to look for travel deals. According to a recent TripAdvisor study this year, 42 percent of global smartphone users turned to their smartphones for...
View ArticleCAH & SMB Science Ambassador Scholarship
A full-ride scholarship for a woman studying science, technology, engineering, or math, funded by Cards Against Humanity. In April 2015, Cards Against Humanity released the Science Pack, an expansion...
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What's Happening Now on Twitter
If it happens in the world, it happens on Twitter. Go right to the biggest stories in the world, no matter where you are. See the complete story come together through the best pictures, highlights, and...
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This Quadcopter Can Perform Insane Stunts Completely Autonomously
Quadrotors need outside help to navigate and perform their remarkable stunts, whether it be a human behind the controls or an array of complex sensors placed around a room. But not this one. Developed...
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Machines can learn by simply observing, without being told what to look for
by Roderich Gross Research & Innovation News September 15, 2016 We have developed a new machine learning method at the University of Sheffield called Turing Learning that allows machines to model...
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An Interview with RoboGabby!
We discovered RoboGabby on Twitter a few months back when she began sharing some fun ROBOTC and Robot Virtual Worlds tutorials. Currently in middle school, Gabby is interested in robotics and inspiring...
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Defense Secretary: Killer robots have no place in US military
Hollywood may depict the next-generation battlefield as having fully autonomous killer robots but Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the U.S. military has no plans to ever use them. Carter, who this...
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Machine Learning in Robotics
As the term “machine learning” has heated up, interest in “robotics” (as expressed in Google Trends) has not altered much over the last three years. So how much of a place is there for machine learning...
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ICYMI: The US Marines want your robots
Today on In Case You Missed It: The US Marine Corps announced its latest Innovation Challenge for robots that can handle dull, dirty or dangerous work autonomously, leaving humans free for more...
View ArticleThe Third Transportation Revolution
I remember when I first fell in love with cars. It started small with Hot Wheels when I was three and Micromachines when I was six. Everything about them was fast and exciting — even the commercials...
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Suspicious device at N.J. train station being investigated
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Investigators are examining a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station, and service on the busy Northeast Corridor line has been suspended....
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How do we trust our robots?
by Alan Winfield Opinions September 19, 2016 Here are the slides for my short presentation: How do we trust our robots? A framework for ethical governance. These slides are based on the written...
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"Real 5G" Will Broadcast Above 6 Gigahertz, Says Analyst
Brace yourself—the debate over what should and shouldn’t count as 5G has only begun. Defining the next generation of wireless networks is complicated, partly because engineers are developing so many...
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Video shows explosion after bomb robot tries to disarm New Jersey device
A video emerged this morning showing an explosive device, reportedly linked to this weekend's explosions in New York City and New Jersey, detonating after law enforcement attempted to disarm it using a...
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Real-Life Space Invaders with Drones and Lasers
We’ve seen a proliferation of real-life video game builds lately, but this one is a jaw-dropper! [Tomer Daniel] and his crew of twelve hackers, welders, and coders built a Space Invaders game for...
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Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors, Fences, and Is...
Bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion has been an ongoing challenge for robots. There’s been a lot of progress over the last few years, though, especially when it comes to dynamic motions: not just...
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