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Future of Autonomous Delivery May Be Unfolding in Suburban Houston
Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
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Hyundai Develops Next-Generation Noise Cancellation Technology
Hyundai researchers developed next-generation active noise cancellation (ANC) technology.
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U.S. Army Creating Robots That Can Follow Orders
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
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Bespoke Bionic Hand Made in 10 Hours
Researchers have developed a method of three-dimensionally printing a bionic hand that incorporates muscle sensors to control an articulated thumb, enabling it...
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Man versus Artificial Intelligence: From Deep Blue to DeepMind in 20 Years
Garry Kasparov and DeepMind's CEO Demis Hassabis discuss Kasparov's new book "Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins," his chess...
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UNIX Version 0, Running on a PDP-7, in 2019
The Living Computers museum in Seattle has been running UNIX version 0 on a DEC PDP-7 minicomputer.
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AI System Evolves to Evade Internet Censorship
A artificial intelligence system based on genetic evolution has learned to automatically evade online censorship by repressive governments.
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Sensor to Save Children, Pets Left in Vehicles
A new device combines radar technology with artificial intelligence to detect unattended children or animals left in vehicles when the driver leaves with 100% accuracy...
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IBM Hopes to Change Weather Forecasting Around the Globe Using Big Data, Supercomputer
IBM has launched a global weather model that it says offers more accurate forecasts for the entire world and can provide details for regions as small as two miles...
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Drone Registration Made Compulsory as U.K. Scheme Launches
A new mandatory national registration scheme calls for drone users in the U.K. to pass an online test and pay a £9 annual fee, or face a £1,000 fine.
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Software Developers in Fintech, Cloud Sectors Earn the Most in South Africa
South African software developers in the fintech and cloud services sectors are the most highly paid developers, according to the “2019 State of South Africa's...
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Worker Robots that Learn from Mistakes
Computer scientists are using the artificial intelligence techniques of automated planning and reinforcement learning to train a robot to find an object in a cluttered...
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Machine Learning vs. Machine Learning
Using machine learning to detect deepfakes created for criminal purposes with machine learning.
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Meal-Detection Technology Brings Artificial Pancreas Closer to Reality
Artificial intelligence researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have created a system that detects when someone is eating and calculates their carbohydrate...
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The Second Machine Age Hits The Tipping Point
AI, robotics, and industrial software are rapidly approaching a tipping point that could correspond with the greatest level of stock outperformance.
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WPI Researchers Discover Vulnerabilities Affecting Billions of Computer Chips
Researchers found two flaws impacting Intel and STMicroelectronics central processing units that hackers could exploit to steal or doctor data on billions of devices...
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Apple Card Algorithm Sparks Gender Bias Allegations Against Goldman Sachs
Danish software developer David Heinemeier Hansson cited apparent gender discrimination in the Apple Card algorithm, spurring an investigation into Apple Card partner...
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MIT Robot Can Grow Like a Plant When It Needs Extra Reach
A new robotic system can "grow" in a way similar to how a young plant grows upward.
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The Bioacoustic Signatures of Our Bodies Can Reveal Our Identities
Researchers in South Korea have developed a biometric system that uses a transducer to generate vibrations and sound waves that can be used to identify individuals...
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