Jun 17, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
A team of scientists headed by SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research) at Osaka University demonstrated that single virus particles passing through a nanopore could be accurately identified using machine learning. The test platform they created...
Jun 17, 2021 | Crypto Currency, Featured, Government, Telecommunications
U.S. regulators are poised to ban products from Huawei Technologies Co. and four other Chinese electronics companies, including surveillance cameras widely used by American schools but linked to oppression in western China, stepping up pressure on tech suppliers...
Jun 17, 2021 | Drones, Safety
If someone created a flying machine capable of tracking you down by listening for your voice, you might be creeped out. But what if you were pinned under a pile of rubble after a natural disaster and first responders couldn’t locate you? Maybe then a human-seeking...
Jun 17, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots
In a Hong Kong warehouse, a swarm of autonomous robots works 24/7. They’re not just working hard, they’re working smart; as they operate, they get better at their job. The Autonomous Mobile Robots were developed by Chinese startup Geek+. As they move...
Jun 17, 2021 | Robots, Space
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity’s only outpost in space, this obedience has turned into cooperation. Astronauts and robots...
Jun 17, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Mobility
Flying drones are doing great things today, from powerline inspection to security surveillance to precision agriculture (fertilizer and pesticide application). These drones have evolved from remotely piloted to fully autonomous, where the user programs waypoints and...
Jun 10, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has for the first time predicted the reproductive behavior of yellowtail kingfish by tracking their movements as part of new research revealed on #WorldOceanDay. The new study, published in Movement Ecology, used machine learning...
Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles
The self-driving vehicle industry may be young, just a bit over a decade old, but already a meaningful trend is taking shape: it’s proving to be more open to women CEOs and founders–including women of color–than the broader tech industry and for U.S. companies...
Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Volkswagen’s latest idea is to offer autonomous vehicle rides on a pay-per-use basis. Similar to robotaxis, the automotive OEM would offer the service as a new way to generate revenue from those consumers who are unwilling or unable to buy a self-driving car on their...
Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles
More than 1,400 autonomous vehicles from more than 80 companies are being tested on U.S. roads. As they continue to make headlines, their presence raises a few questions about how they might change society. These hypotheticals range from serious to...
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