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04/16/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The latest prototypes of flying cars do not require a pilot or piloting skills
The flying car company Kitty Hawk has finally debuted a prototype vehicle. According to an article on LiveScience, its new Cora air taxi will not need piloting skills – or a pilot – to operate. In the recent video and statement on the company website, Cora appears to be a typical small aircraft – until you […]
03/24/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Boeing is testing prototypes for passenger drone taxis, as flying cars and “urban air mobility” come closer to reality
A century ago, Glenn Curtiss unveiled the Autoplane, a flying car that could barely get off the ground. Now, a Bloomberg article reported that Boeing – the company that ultimately inherited the aircraft manufacturing division of Curtiss’ old company – is testing prototypes of the drone air taxi. “Real prototype vehicles are being built right now. So the technology is […]
03/24/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Embedded sensors may provide robots with sensory capabilities
Not satisfied with the nature-inspired soft robots they’ve already created, a Harvard University (Harvard) research team is planning to install embedded sensors that will let their creations sense movement, pressure, touch, and temperature like living organisms do. In fact, reported an AlphaGalileo article, they based the idea upon the sensory capabilities of the human body. Previous Harvard-designed robots can […]
03/21/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Leveraging new tech for conservation: Drones help researchers track sea turtles, gather data
If you absolutely have to use drones to track something, why not turtles? A new study detailed how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing research and conservation efforts involving endangered sea turtles, reported a Science Daily news article. Remote sensing data is vital to obtain an understanding of the spatial ecology of marine ecosystems. When combined with tracking data, it […]
03/21/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Custom furniture built by robots makes carpentry safer
Every day, carpenters risk their fingers and hands. Some regard the fact as a necessary sacrifice to deliver personalized and artistic products. Others react like the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the MIT team who designed robots to do dangerous carpentry tasks like sawing and chopping, reports ScienceDaily. The AutoSaw program directs the robots. […]
03/08/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Prove you’re HUMAN: Real-time Captcha technique relies on human answers to unusual questions
In a happy marriage of old Captcha and new biometric techniques, researchers have devised a new verification methodology called Real-Time Captcha. It presents real-time puzzles that will throw artificial intelligence for a loop and protect the accounts of human users, reported a ScienceDaily article. Real-Time Captcha is a logical evolution of current biometric techniques based on facial photos […]
03/03/2018
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By Edsel Cook
“Smart” homes of the future replacing role of biological PARENTS, thanks to creepy new Google patent for Big Brother system
The latest idea from Google goes beyond mere Orwellian Big Brother into full-blown automated robotic parenting. The company is planning a series of smart home technologies that will keep an eye on children and discipline them in lieu of their actual parents, warned an article from The Daily Mail. Google filed a patent involving a smart […]
03/03/2018
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By Edsel Cook
NASA’s alien-hunting probe discovers 100 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system
Hopes for the discovery of another Earth – and alien life – have taken off again after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Kepler space telescope discovered nearly 100 new exoplanets, reported The Daily Mail. Data from the space observatory identified 275 possible candidates, which an international team of researchers narrowed down to 95 confirmed planets. Every single one […]
02/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Can Ford’s proposed autonomous “Robocop” car be trusted not to shoot innocent civilians?
What happens when Robocop meets Knight Rider’s KITT? You get Ford’s latest brainchild, a plan for an automated police car that’s either an abuse of privacy and power or the future of unbiased law enforcement, reported The Daily Mail. A recent patent filed by the automaker specifies the concept of an autonomous vehicle that lurks […]
02/17/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Robots now automating the harvesting of cucumbers in Germany
As part of an international effort to revitalize cucumber farming, a European team presented a prototype robot that could replace human workers, stated a ScienceDaily article. The dual-arm robot falls under the European Union’s CATCH project. It’s considered a major step in automating and preserving the practice of crop cultivation in Germany. Cucumbers are serious business […]
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