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Raytheon Sets Phasers to Drone Destruction with Directed Energy Weapon Test
There are all kinds of creative ways of dealing with rogue drones: Radio jamming. Other drones with nets. Trained eagles. None of these are really designed to handle military drones, however, and...
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Neuroscientists Wirelessly Control the Brain of a Scampering Lab Mouse
Editor's Pick Scientists typically control the behavior of a lab mouse by enticing it with food or repelling it with puffs of air. When I gathered with my colleagues in a Stanford University lab,...
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QuadBot is a 3D-printable walking robot for everyone
If you think building a walking robot is impossible, perhaps this little guy will change your mind! With platforms like the various flavors of Arduino, robotics has become accessible for many more...
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The Robot Revolution Comes to Synthetic Biology
Last month, synthetic biologists at Ginkgo Bioworks raised their glasses—filled with genetically modified beer—to celebrate the launch of a new automated lab. By applying engineering principles to...
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Turn an old payphone into a boombox for ’90s hits
If you grew up in the ’90s and would love to play some of your favorite hit songs through something a bit more nostalgic than your smartphone, perhaps you can do what “digital alchemist” Fuzzy Wobble...
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Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 500 million different people every month – with billions of page views. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like...
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The best science podcasts to make you smarter
I love podcasts, you love podcasts, your grandma probably loves podcasts. Looking for some science you can enjoy while your eyeballs do stuff that isn't reading? Perhaps hoping to regurgitate something...
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Considering robot care, ethics & future tech at #ERW2016 European...
by SPARC Events Articles November 28, 2016 What ethical issues do we face in providing robot care for the elderly? Is there better acceptance with the public? What should we be mindful of when...
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Inside look: How Amazon’s robots help pick, pack, and ship your holiday...
DUPONT, Wash. — For those with an interest in logistics, robotics, and supply chain efficiency, touring an Amazon fulfillment center is like walking around a wonderland. GeekWire got a...
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The Subtle Ways Your Digital Assistant Might Manipulate You
Today we Google for information, but in the future, we might not need to. Instead we may rely on our butler, namely the intelligent, voice-activated digital assistant on our smart phones or smart...
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This is how a robot inspects the largest machine in the world
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, uses a robot...
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Lego, Crayola, and Others Imagine Autonomous Cars of 2050 in Futuristic...
For those of us more interested in the far future than the near future or present (both of which tend to be comparatively dull), the best part of the Los Angeles Auto Show is the annual design...
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Every single Trump cabinet member so far opposes LGBT rights
Every single cabinet member appointed by Donald Trump so far opposes LGBT rights. The Republican President-elect has begun appointing his top team ahead of his inauguration in January. So far the...
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When robots become art: Interview with Yi-Wei Keng
by Yueh-Hsuan Weng Arts & Entertainment Interviews November 29, 2016 How can robotics help to enhance the development of the modern arts? Japan’s famous playwright, stage director Oriza Hirata and...
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Can Israeli Start-up Oryx Oust Lidar Drom Self-Driving Cars?
Lidar has been the best thing to happen to self-driving cars—and also the worst. Installing a bank of lasers on the roof means a car can capture millions of points of information every second, rapidly...
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This Arduino machine will judge how sick your ollies are
In skateboarding, the ollie is a fundamental trick used to leap onto, over or off obstacles, or over gaps of unfriendly terrain such as grass or stairs. But how do you know just how sick your ollie...
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Robot Gift Guide 2016
Welcome to the fifth edition of our annual Robot Gift Guide! This year, we bring you a dozen robots that we think will make fantastic holiday gifts. Just as we’ve done in the past (for a quick trip...
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Robots are helping to uncover how kids learn about the world around them
There’s a lot of focus on looking at the means by which humans learn and using these insights to make machines smarter. This is the entire basis for artificial neural networks, which try to replicate a...
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Where is robotic vision on the Hype Cycle?
by Sue Keay Business & Finance Learn November 30, 2016 I was reading Steve Blank’s blog on machine learning start-ups yesterday, where he described how technical infrastructure innovations follow a...
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