Jan 14, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
The idea of artificial intelligence overthrowing humankind has been talked about for many decades, and scientists have just delivered their verdict on whether we’d be able to control a high-level computer super-intelligence. The answer? Almost definitely not....
Jan 14, 2021 | 5G, Telecommunications
Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S21 family of Android phones on Thursday. There are three models, each with a larger screen than the last: the Galaxy S21, the Galaxy S21+ and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. All support the range of 5G networks now available in the U.S. and are...
Jan 14, 2021 | 5G, Entertainment, Featured
Pandemic travel restrictions and shelter-in-place orders have made it difficult to access cultural experiences. But a virtual tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City could help ease some of those stuck-at-home blues. Verizon and The Met are launching a...
Jan 14, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
The Renault 5 will return as a pure electric supermini and the firm has given us our first look at the new EV with the Renault 5 Prototype. Described as “the rebirth of a cult car, more modern than ever,” the 100 percent electric car pays homage to the top-selling...
Jan 14, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots
Robotic-assisted surgery – while still in growing stages – shows a bright future for patients, doctors and hospitals embracing this advanced technology, say local and national experts studying this surgical evolution having roots in South County Hospital. Wakefield’s...
Jan 14, 2021 | Oceanography, Robots
After years of development and testing, researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have successfully demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study...
Jan 14, 2021 | Batteries, Featured, Robots
Computers, sensors and robots as small as a grain of salt are being developed that can move around, detect light, sound, pressure, chemicals and magnetic fields. Less than a millimetre across and a few hundred micrometres thick, they process information and...
Jan 14, 2021 | Oceanography, Robots
Seven little bluebots gently swim around a darkened tank in a Harvard University lab, spying on one another with great big eyes made of cameras. They’re on the lookout for the two glowing blue LEDs fixed to the backs and bellies of their comrades, allowing the...
Jan 14, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Events, Virtual Reality
CNET’s Brian Cooley reports from the Virtual CES 2021: The scuttlebutt going into CES2021 was that it would be pretty tepid as a car show, but I think it delivered, considering it was all done on a virtual showfloor. Caterpillar showed one of its 285-ton mining...
Jan 14, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
At the all-virtual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, Intel subsidiary Mobileye announced four new locations where it plans to test its autonomous vehicle technologies. In a briefing with reporters, Mobileye cofounder Amnon Shashua revealed that Mobileye’s...
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