Robots won't own you, you'll own robots
There are few if any signs of this occurring. If robots were replacing us, we'd see significant increases in productivity, but productivity growth is slow everywhere in the world right now. If a mass...
View ArticleLook at This Robot Stumbling Around Like a Child
Humanity is rapidly approaching an era where automation and artificial intelligence may take over labor, rendering the workforce obsolete and sparking an economic and psychological crisis: How do I...
View ArticleThis futuristic robot dog will be able to go where humans can't
Scientists in Zurich are developing a robot to be used in disaster areas that are too dangerous for humans. HyQ is a quadruped robot that resembles a...
View Article‘Only movies build bad robots’: Google makes machine-learning software...
Google will make its machine-learning software TensorFlow available to the public as it hopes to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, it said this week. Machine learning is the core...
View ArticleHow Can Robots Learn New Tasks? Practice, Practice, Practice
4:32 PM ET Joe Palca Facebook Twitter Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. YouTube Babies learn how to identify and pick up objects in their...
View ArticleGerman robot practices hitting humans to ensure future safety
Roland Behrens, a German scientist, wants to teach robots how not to kill humans. But first, he needs to know how hard they can hit before causing any serious damage. According to a Bloomberg report, a...
View Article‘Dispatch’ suicide series hopes to start conversation
As a kid, I remember hearing my mom on the phone with her younger brother, my uncle: “David, tell them you’re going to kill yourself. It’s the only way they’re going to admit you. And you need to be...
View ArticleEuro 2016 chief vows to ensure safety in France next summer (PFA -...
(Source: PFA - Professional Footballers' Association) The head of the organising committee for Euro 2016 has promised France will take the 'necessary decisions' to ensure next summer's tournament takes...
View ArticleFuture robots won't own you, you'll own the robot
The robots are not taking our jobs. Yet.There are few if any signs of this occurring. If robots were replacing us, we'd see significant increases in productivity, but productivity growth is slow...
View ArticleGerman Media Reports Arrest of Terror Suspect En Route for Paris
LONDON (Variety.com) - German media reports are linking the arrest in Germany last week of a 51-year-old man from Montenegro with the terror attacks in Paris on Friday. The unnamed man, who was found...
View ArticleBeagles bred with muscular dystrophy offer ‘hope of a human cure’
Vets studying the muscle-wasting disease in dogs say new drugs being tested could halt its progress in humans...
View ArticleAhmedabad's robo champs bag top honours at World Robotics Olympiad in Qatar
AHMEDABAD: It was double delight for city's robotics enthusiasts as two teams from Ahmedabad won gold and silver medals in Junior Elementary section (age group of 10 to 12 years) at the World Robot...
View ArticleAfter Criticism, Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Activate Safety Check For...
In the last 24 hours, 4.1 million people marked themselves safe using Facebook's Safety Check, after the social media platform activated the tool for people near the terror attacks in Paris, enabling...
View ArticleGerman Police Arrested Man With Suspected Ties to Paris Attacks
German police last week arrested a man who may be linked to the Paris terror attackers after finding assault weapons and explosives in his car, officials said. Documents uncovered during the arrest...
View ArticleRobots learning to walk
From the very first steps that an infant takes, to the expensive surgeries needed to ensure lower limbs function away, walking remains an integral part of mankind. In fact, the bipedalism, developed...
View ArticleRobot journalism: The end of human reporters?
You may not have realised it, by some of the stories you have read may have been produced by robots. Financial...
View ArticleGetting pummelled by a robot
How hard can a robot hit a human before causing damage? That’s what German researchers are trying to find out. ......
View ArticleDNA from Inca boy sacrificed 500 years ago shows how humans spread to South...
It sounds like something straight out of a “Hunger Games” novel: The rulers of a sprawling empire select beautiful children from throughout their vast territories and kill them in a ritualistic event...
View ArticleUsing primordial goo to improve medical implants (CSIRO - Commonwealth...
(Source: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) We've developed a coating for medical implants inspired by the beginnings of life Many people trace their ancestry to try...
View ArticleIt’s better to replace your laptop screen yourself when you can
Laptops, smartphones and tablets are the gadgets that scare people when something wrong happens to them. People do not want to touch these electronics items because they are afraid of worsening the...
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