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It's Never Too Early To Think About 6G
Companies have barely begun deploying 5G networks, but that just means researchers are thinking about what comes nextPhoto-illustration of 6G. The first thought that popped into your head as soon as [...]
Tue, May 22, 2018
IEEE – News
Stickman Explores the Physics of Flying Through the Air
Disney Research is teaching this skinny robot how to perform a variety of somersaulting stuntsImage: Disney Research This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the [...]
Tue, May 22, 2018
IEEE – News
A Quantum Drum Brings Quantum Mechanics to the Macroscale
Measuring quantum effects in macroscale objects could enable supersensitive sensorsPhoto: Imperial College London One of the basic principles of quantum mechanics is that objects can act both as waves and particles. [...]
Tue, May 22, 2018
IEEE – News
Zerto previews 2019’s version 7 with Elastic Journal backup
Tue, May 22, 2018
Computer Weekly – IT
Tesco announces closure of non-food website Tesco Direct
Tue, May 22, 2018
Computer Weekly – IT
To Treat Obesity, a Bioreactor Transforms Bad Fat Into Good Fat
With an outpatient procedure, doctors could give overweight people a metabolic boostIllustration: iStockphoto It sounds like a medical magic trick. Obese people could have the source of their problem—the type of [...]
Tue, May 22, 2018
IEEE – News
Qualcomm and Facebook working on FWA broadband
Tue, May 22, 2018
Computer Weekly – IT
Taking the quantum leap: What is quantum technology for business?
Tue, May 22, 2018
Computer Weekly – IT
IT professionals distrust their main suppliers, survey shows
Tue, May 22, 2018
Computer Weekly – IT
Why a Robot Can’t Yet Outjump a Flea
When it comes to things that are ultrafast and lightweight, robots can't hold a candle to the fastest-jumping insects and other small-but-powerful creatures. A tiny robot designed by Associate Professor Sarah [...]
Tue, May 22, 2018
IEEE – News
Soft machines: Fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics
In the world of robotics, soft robots are the new kids on the block. The unique capabilities of these automata are to bend, deform, stretch, twist or squeeze in all [...]
Mon, May 21, 2018
Science Daily – Artificial Intelligence
Robots grow mini-organs from human stem cells
A robotic system has been developed to automate the production of human mini-organs derived from stem cells. The ability to rapidly, mass produce organoids promises to expand the use of [...]
Thu, May 17, 2018
Science Daily – Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous glider can fly like an albatross, cruise like a sailboat
Engineers have designed a robotic glider that can skim along the water's surface, riding the wind like an albatross while also surfing the waves like a sailboat. [...]
Thu, May 17, 2018
Science Daily – Artificial Intelligence
The world’s first quantum software superstore—or so it hopes—is here
Zapata Computing plans to build the algorithms for companies that want to experiment with quantum computers [...]
Thu, May 17, 2018
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Engineers have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. RoboFly is slightly heavier than a toothpick and is powered by a laser beam. [...]
Tue, May 15, 2018
Science Daily – Artificial Intelligence
New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water
Engineers have created a soft robot that does not rely on a motor to propel itself through the water. [...]
Tue, May 15, 2018
Science Daily – Artificial Intelligence
The White House says a new AI task force will protect workers and keep America first
Saying the US is ahead of other nations in AI, the administration touts actions it has already taken to promote the technology. [...]
Thu, May 10, 2018
AI program gets really good at navigation by developing a brain-like GPS system
DeepMind's neural networks mimic the grid cells found in human brains that help us know where we are. [...]
Wed, May 09, 2018
How uncertainty could help a machine hold a more eloquent conversation
AI startup Gamalon developed a clever new way for chatbots and virtual assistants to converse with us. [...]
Mon, May 07, 2018
AI generates new Doom levels for humans to play
Content creation is hugely expensive for video-game makers. A way to automate some of the process would be hugely valuable, and this could be it. [...]
Mon, May 07, 2018
Trans-algorithmic nature of learning in biological systems.
Authors: Shimansky YP Abstract Learning ability is a vitally important, distinctive property of biological systems, which provides dynamic stability in non-stationary environments. Although several [...]
Tue, May 01, 2018
Medworn – Cybernetics Biological
Modeling and analysis of a new locomotion control neural networks.
Authors: Liu Q, Wang JZ Abstract Experimental data have shown that inherent bursting of the neuron plays an important role in the generation of [...]
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
Medworn – Cybernetics Biological
Reflections on biological cybernetics: past, present, prospects.
Authors: van Hemmen JL PMID: 29663081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Biological Cybernetics) [...]
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Medworn – Cybernetics Biological
Methods for identification of spike patterns in massively parallel spike trains.
Authors: Quaglio P, Rostami V, Torre E, Grün S Abstract Temporally, precise correlations between simultaneously recorded neurons have been interpreted as signatures of cell [...]
Wed, Apr 11, 2018
Medworn – Cybernetics Biological
Foreword for the special issue on Neural Coding.
Authors: Nawrot MP, Kloppenburg P, Deger M PMID: 29605832 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Biological Cybernetics) [...]
Fri, Mar 30, 2018
Medworn – Cybernetics Biological

Drivers Wanted
Self-driving trucks are an experiment, and we're the guinea pigs. [...]
Wed, Feb 22, 2017
Paper Problem
Cash is passé. But digital money makes you easier to track. [...]
Wed, Feb 22, 2017
Playtime’s Over
Getting computers to beat humans at games is impressive. But now the real work begins. [...]
Wed, Feb 22, 2017
How a College Kid Made His Honda Civic Self-Driving for $700
Who needs a Tesla when you can build your own automated copilot using free hardware designs and software available online? [...]
Tue, Feb 21, 2017
A Robot Physical Therapist Helps Kids with Cerebral Palsy
A humanoid bot called Darwin shows how aspects of nursing and child care might be mechanized. [...]
Thu, Feb 16, 2017
Man born with “virtually no brain” has advanced math degree
BoingBoing – July 31st, 2015 The subject of this paper grew up with a normal cognitive and social life, and didn't discover his hydrocephalus — which had all [...]
Sat, Aug 01, 2015
Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons
The Guardian – July 27th, 2015 The letter, presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was signed by Tesla's Elon Musk, [...]
Mon, Jul 27, 2015
Bionic Eye Successfully Implanted for the First Time
Outer Places – July 21st, 2015 Are we on our way to bionic replacement organs? British scientists have just successfully implanted a bionic eye for the first time, [...]
Tue, Jul 21, 2015
New AI Scores Higher on an IQ Test than the Average Human
Outer Places – July 21st, 2015 Did we just get one step closer to the singularity? Chinese researchers claim they've developed an AI that scored higher than the [...]
Tue, Jul 21, 2015
Cyborgs to Nanobots: 5 Ways Scientists Hope to Achieve Immortality for Humanity
Outer Places – July 21st, 2015 optigenetics Is immortality within our reach? Maybe not yet, but we are definitely trying. While the new film “Self/Less” features an interesting science fiction take [...]
Tue, Jul 21, 2015