Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Robots & Drones
Researchers in the US have created the first living machines by assembling cells from African clawed frogs into tiny robots that move around under their own steam. One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its “chest”. Another...
Jan 15, 2020 | Smart Cities
Smart cities require technology, but that technology is already here, according to panelist Edward Knapp, chief technology officer of the American Tower Corporation during a CES 2020 session. The next step toward developing successful smart cities involves the...
Jan 15, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
If you want to know where a technology is going, follow the patents. That’s what researchers from Stanford University and Brookings Institution recently did with artificial intelligence-related patents submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office, and they have...
Jan 15, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo took a big step forward last fall when it began ferrying riders around the Phoenix area in robotaxis without human safety drivers. Humans have been behind the wheel for almost all of the 20 million miles of testing the company says it’s...
Jan 8, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Mapping, Robots & Drones
“Hey, I can see my house from up here!” It’s a joke so tired you’ll hear it from someone jumping on a trampoline, but that’s what came into my head as I banked a small turboprop airplane above my neighborhood in the new version of a revived classic, Microsoft Flight...
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