U.S. Postal Service Tests Self-Driving Trucks
By: npr May 21,2019 The U.S. Postal Service is experimenting with self-driving trucks to move mail across state lines. The USPS has partnered with San Diego-based TuSimple on a two-week pilot program focusing solely on a 1,000-mile route between Dallas and Phoenix. TuSimple’s chief product officer Chuck Price told NPR the test runs, which began […]
PAL: A wearable system for context-aware health and cognition support
By: Ingrid Fadelli May 20, 2019 Researchers at MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable platform that provides real-time, personalized, and context-aware health and cognition support. Their system, called personalized active learner (PAL), was presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled the development of tools that can […]
New Artificial Intelligence Sees Like a Human, Bringing Us Closer to Skynet
By: Donovan Alexander May 19, 2019 Artificial Intelligence is evolving at a rapid rate ushering in a new age in technology. Though we are still very much a ways away from creating super-intelligent robots, AI seems to be becoming more and more like us every few months. Though the debate for what role AI will […]
Robots take over farms faster than expected through autonomous equipment start-ups
By: Ashley Robinson, Lydia Mulvany, David Stringer March 28, 2017 Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, as the first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, meaning machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks. Tractors will drive with no farmer in the cab and specialised […]
When thoughts control machines
By: The Economist May 17, 2019 Efforts to connect human brains to computers have taken big leaps forward in recent years. Melding our minds with machines could provide the biggest single upgrade to human intelligence since our species evolved. But are we ready? Watch Full Video
Trump declares national emergency over IT threats
By: BBC NEWS May 16, 2019 He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose national security risks. The order does not name any company, but is believed to target Huawei. The Chinese tech giant said restricting its business in the US would only hurt American consumers […]
Preparing for a future of drone-filled skies
By: Ed Cluss May 15, 2019 The last few months have seen an escalating series of incidents in which the harmful elements of drones have loomed large in the public eye. In April, rumors of a coup in Saudi Arabia flared after a recreational drone was shot down when flying into an unauthorized zone in […]
“Biobots” Will Serve Alongside South Korean Soldiers by 2024
By: Kristin Houser may 13, 2019 Recruiting Robots Military robots inspired by birds, snakes, and insects will soon support South Korea’s human soldiers. On Sunday, South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA), the agency tasked with acquiring the nation’s military weapons, published a document announcing plans to incorporate “biomimetics” equipment into military operations by 2024 […]
Use of facial recognition tech ‘dangerously irresponsible’
By: By Geoff White May 13, 2019 Black and minority ethnic people could be falsely identified and face questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces, say campaigners. At least three chances to assess how well the systems deal with ethnicity were missed over the past five years, […]