News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield
09/23/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
New AI can diagnose Alzheimer’s 10 years before human doctors
Researchers from Italy have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease almost 10 years before human doctors can. According to the DailyMail.co.uk, the team from the University of Bari Aldo Moro trained their artificial intelligence (AI) by using 67 MRI scans: 29 came from a healthy control group, while 38 were […]
09/14/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Watch out: Your gadgets are smarter than you are, and it’s moving you down the food chain
Watch out: Your gadgets are smarter than you are, and it may be endangering you. We human beings have always fancied ourselves as the apex organisms of this planet. Going by our accomplishments in technology, infrastructure, and the like, it certainly seemed to have been that way for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. We’ve […]
09/03/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Abortion pills on demand as DRONES will deliver morning-after pills to customers
In this day and age, you can have just about anything delivered to your doorstep by way of drone. One enterprising company realized this and have decided to make contraceptives all the more accessible through this delivery method. According to DailyMail.co.uk, online pharmacy MedExpress plans on using drones to deliver Viagra and morning-after pills to their […]
08/24/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Neighborhood watch goes CYBER surveillance: New device reads and logs license plates of all vehicles traveling private streets
Are you ready to be monitored the next time you enter a residential neighborhood? If you live in Atlanta, Ga., you very well could have been already. Seven locations across the city are currently serving as the trial sites for Flock, a sensor device that keeps track of traffic on local streets. In essence, Flock […]
07/28/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Experts warn robots are growing in consciousness and should be classified as an “invasive species”
Should humanity become extinct in the immediate future, it won’t be by our own hands or through the wrath of nature. A number of experts has claimed that our demise shall be brought on by super-strong robots. What was once created to make our lives easier could very well “threaten our existence” in the span […]
07/20/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Coming soon: Cyborg dragonfly drone spies
The next step in drone technology has been realized: scientists from the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge in England have found a way to turn living insects into drones. The DragonflEye, a genetically-modified half-machine, half-insect dragonfly, is the result of their collaborative efforts with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Together, the team of […]
07/14/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Beat that traffic ticket with the help of the world’s first robot lawyer
Beginning July 12, 2017, the first robot lawyer in the world will be providing free legal counsel across the entire United States. The countrywide availability of the advice-dispensing chatbot follows hot on the heels of its success in Seattle, New York, and the United Kingdom, its country of origin. In those areas, it’s helped overturn […]
06/05/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
One with the machines: Man has compass implanted into his chest, becomes a cyborg
The possibility of man becoming one with machines is terrifying to some, but not to Daniil Lyktin. The 26-year old programmer from Novosibirsk firmly believes that electronic modifications will become a sixth sense in humans someday. Rather than waiting for that day to come, however, Lyktin has moved towards it himself, as demonstrated by the […]
04/28/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Robots may have taken over alien civilizations, astrophysicist claims
If there is alien life out there, it might be anything but organic. According to one prominent astrophysicist, aliens could very well be machines. “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity,” Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and […]
04/28/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Will a sex robot brothel be opening in the UK soon?
If you’ve got an itch you can’t scratch, then maybe a trip to the U.K. is in order. A “sex robot brothel” could be opening up on British shores in the near future. LumiDolls, Spain’s premier sex doll agency, has confirmed that it is currently looking for an investor in the U.K. to help finance […]
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