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Digital Baby Project's Aim: Computers That See Like Humans

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 12:00 PM PST



A huge study on how humans and computers see objects could inspire better artificial intelligence

Gaming: Amazon's New Developer Tools Are a Launch Into "Blue Ocean"

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 09:00 AM PST



Its new set of gaming developer tools may represent a play for the emerging markets of e-sports and virtual reality

Electronic Qubit Integrated Into Solid-State Switch

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 01:00 PM PST



Novel design forces photons to strongly interact with a qubit in a solid-state device

New App Could Improve Earthquake Warning Using GPS

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 11:00 AM PST



Researchers hope to turn smartphones into a crowdsourced seismic monitoring network

Video Friday: NOVA's Rise of the Robots, Gecko-Toe Grippers, and Why They Automate

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 10:05 AM PST



Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Checking in with Andrew Ng at Baidu’s Blooming Silicon Valley Research Lab

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 07:00 AM PST



The Coursera founder discusses his new gig as head of Baidu Research, Baidu's autonomous vehicle project, and hiring plans

Introducing One of the Best Thin-film Transistors Ever

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 02:38 PM PST



New tunneling junction transistor design for thin-film transistors boosts power-handling capabilities ten times

How LIGO Found a Gravitational Wave in a Haystack

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 11:54 AM PST



Confidence in this first detection comes from many sensors—and a lot of computation

Supercapacitor On-a-Chip Now One Step Closer

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 11:25 AM PST



Will micro-supercapacitors become on-chip powerhouses after first successful matching of porous carbon with silicon?

AAAI Video Highlights: Drones Navigating Forests and Robot Boat Swarms

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 10:00 AM PST



We take you through two of the most impressive robot videos submitted to the AAAI Video Competition

A Google Car Can Qualify As A Legal Driver

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 02:00 PM PST



A robotic car still can't vote or order a drink, though. Not yet

Exoskeleton Makes Robotic Roach Flexibly Squishy

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 08:35 AM PST



A cockroach-inspired shell and a flexible spine helps this legged robot squeeze through gaps

Stent Electrode Reads Brain Signals From Inside a Vein

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 06:00 AM PST



Brain-machine interface implant reaches brain via blood vessels without open-brain surgery

Nanotube-Based Tunneling Field Effect Transistor Offers Semiconductor-Free Switching

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 01:00 PM PST



Novel nanotube-based TFET offers flexibility to the emerging transistor design

Earthbound Robots Today Need to Take Flight

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 09:50 AM PST



Drones with manipulators will be able to tackle many real-world applications that current robots can't

Deep Learning Makes Driverless Cars Better at Spotting Pedestrians

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 09:00 AM PST



Pedestrian detection systems for cars could become faster and more accurate with help from deep learning algorithms

Study: Nobody Wants Social Robots That Look Like Humans Because They Threaten Our Identity

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:45 PM PST



Humanlike robots may make us feel less human

An Exoskeleton Spine Brace for Scoliosis

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 01:17 PM PST



A dynamic exoskeleton that gathers data from the human spine could provide clues for more effective treatment of scoliosis

Injectable Radios to Broadcast From Inside the Body

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 01:00 PM PST



A radio small enough to slip through a syringe can send signals from implanted medical devices to cell phones 50 centimeters away

20,000 Leagues Under the Cloud

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 11:00 AM PST



Experts say Microsoft's Project Natick could give the world better online services by putting computer servers under the sea

KooKoo, the GPS-Enabled Kitty

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 10:27 AM PST



From the archives: To track his wandering cat, Mark Spezio rigged up a cat collar with a lightweight GPS logger. Here's what he discovered.

Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Drones

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:17 AM PST



Attack eagles are training to become part of the Dutch National Police anti-drone arsenal

Lily’s Flying Camera Drone Is Flying Off of Virtual Shelves

Posted: 27 Jan 2016 09:00 AM PST



Lily Robotics is making a drone for people who would never buy a drone. And the company is flying high

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