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Driverless Cars? Not So Fast
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Driverless Cars? Not So Fast

David Mindell, an MIT professor and author, argues that self-driving cars could be achieved without full autonomy.

A Peek Inside Google's Efforts to Create a General-Purpose Robot
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A Peek Inside Google's Efforts to Create a General-Purpose Robot

Videos of Google-owned robots, some that look like mechanical bulls and others resembling humanoids from sci-fi movies, have been viewed more than 90 million times...

Why Do Infants Smile? Researchers ­se Robots to Find an Answer
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Why Do Infants Smile? Researchers ­se Robots to Find an Answer

A team of computer scientists, roboticists, and developmental psychologists confirm what most parents already suspect: babies smile with a purpose — to make the...

Tools Aim to Keep Solar-Powered Robots in Action
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Tools Aim to Keep Solar-Powered Robots in Action

Iowa State University researchers are developing power-management technologies that would allow land- and air-based robots to monitor solar conditions so they...

Mind Your Manners, Robot: How Social Cues Influence Human-Robot Interaction
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Mind Your Manners, Robot: How Social Cues Influence Human-Robot Interaction

Trust, along with physical qualities and cultural considerations, is an essential factor in the effectiveness of these robotic peacekeepers.

The People Hoping to Continue to Exist Through Technology
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The People Hoping to Continue to Exist Through Technology

"We have this strange idea that dying is something we need to do."

The Roomba Now Sees and Maps a Home
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The Roomba Now Sees and Maps a Home

The world's most successful home robot, the Roomba, is getting some new skills. The robotic vacuum cleaner is gaining a camera and image-processing software that...

Brynjolfsson and Mcafee: The Jobs that AI Can't Replace
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Brynjolfsson and Mcafee: The Jobs that AI Can't Replace

At the heart of capitalism is the concept of creative destruction.

In Tiny Israel, Startups Reach For Global Success
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In Tiny Israel, Startups Reach For Global Success

While banking a white Audi on Route 443 outside Jerusalem, Shalom Mines nonchalantly let go of the steering wheel and took his foot off the gas.

Advanced Robotics on a Dime
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Advanced Robotics on a Dime

The robotic butlers and sentries of sci-fi fantasies already roam our planet, but you can't have them—not yet.

The Auto and Tech Worlds Are Fighting For the Best Minds in Race For Self-Driving Cars
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The Auto and Tech Worlds Are Fighting For the Best Minds in Race For Self-Driving Cars

Google had all of Silicon Valley to choose from when deciding on a leader for its ambitious self-driving car division.

The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones
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The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones

Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...

James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89
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James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89

James L. Flanagan, whom we can thank for articulate digital assistants like Siri and intelligible subway loudspeakers and blame for the disembodied voices that...

Why Neuroscience Needs Hackers
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Why Neuroscience Needs Hackers

There was a time when neuroscientists could only dream of having such a problem.

And the New Yorker Cartoon Contest Winner Is . . . a Computer
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And the New Yorker Cartoon Contest Winner Is . . . a Computer

Microsoft researchers aim to teach artificial intelligence software how humor works by training it on an archive of New Yorker cartoons and entries into the magazine's...

A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat

Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...

A Bipedal Robot With Human Reflexes
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A Bipedal Robot With Human Reflexes

Researchers from MIT have designed an interface that takes advantage of split-second reflexes by allowing a human to take over the complex actions of a robot.

Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away
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Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away

In the ten years that I’ve been watching him, Larry Page has always wanted to play by his own rules.

Artificial Intelligence Is Already Weirdly Inhuman
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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Weirdly Inhuman

Artificial intelligence systems such as neural networks are capable of incomprehensible behavior, and not knowing why they behave in such a manner is a challenge...

How Fiction Can Reveal the Horrors of Future Wars
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How Fiction Can Reveal the Horrors of Future Wars

The fact that he couldn't feel the drill going into the back of his skull made the noise all the more terrifying.
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