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The Voice-Activated Video Game
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The Voice-Activated Video Game

When he was in grad school, the roboticist Daniel Wilson installed 150 binary sensors in his house.

Rosie or Jarvis: The Future of the Smart Home Is Still in the Air
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Rosie or Jarvis: The Future of the Smart Home Is Still in the Air

The tech industry once again can't decide: When it comes to the home of the future, will it have a centralized computer telling you when to mop floors, clean windows...

Death By Robot
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Death By Robot

Imagine it's a Sunday in the not-too-distant future.

Vision System for Household Robots
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Vision System for Household Robots

New algorithm could enable household robots to better identify objects in cluttered environments.

A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers
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A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers

Sometimes I think of school as an overlapping set of calendars.

How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow
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How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow

If you think your office needs a lick of paint and some new furniture, spare a thought for fighter pilots.

Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds
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Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds

The motley group included men and women, old and young, in sweatshirts and three-piece suits, shod in socks and sandals, wingtips and heels.

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch ­p to Primate Brain
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In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch ­p to Primate Brain

A new study from MIT neuroscientists has found that a latest generation of computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain.

Fsu Program to Address Growing Demand For Drone Operators
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Fsu Program to Address Growing Demand For Drone Operators

Florida State University is set to launch a new program that will have students excited about their instructors droning on and on. A new course, Introduction to...

Getting Bot Responders Into Shape
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Getting Bot Responders Into Shape

Through a project supported by DARPA, Sandia National Labs is developing technology to improve the endurance of legged robots to help them operate for long periods...

Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat
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Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat

Last July, while touring a jelly bean factory, I came upon a startling sight.

Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science
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Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science

Science is full of mind-blowing and counterintuitive concepts.

NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities
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NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities

Projects investigating co-robotics that might help with stroke rehabilitation, guide wheelchairs, and assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, are the focus...

Google's Intelligence Designer
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Google's Intelligence Designer

Demis Hassabis started playing chess at age four and soon blossomed into a child prodigy.

Computers That Teach By Example
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Computers That Teach By Example

MIT researchers have developed a pattern-recognition system that could improve human decision-making.

A Googler's Quest to Teach Machines How to ­nderstand Emotions
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A Googler's Quest to Teach Machines How to ­nderstand Emotions

Quoc Le sees the world as a series of numbers.

How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition

Information technology is revolutionizing products. Once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts, products have become complex systems that combine hardware...

Amazon Robots Boost Efficiency — and Open New Job Possibilities
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Amazon Robots Boost Efficiency — and Open New Job Possibilities

Amazon.com's use of robots in its warehouses will increase efficiency and open the possibilities for more jobs, according to Ross Knepper of Cornell University...

Stephen Hawking Warns Artificial Intelligence Could End Mankind
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Stephen Hawking Warns Artificial Intelligence Could End Mankind

He told the BBC: "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."

Turing's Spirit Hovers at a Restored Estate
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Turing's Spirit Hovers at a Restored Estate

When "Captain Ridley's shooting party" gathered here in late August 1938 as weekend guests at Bletchley Park, a Buckinghamshire country house, they were accompanied...
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