First Long-Distance Heart Surgery Performed Through a Robot
“A surgeon in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were on operating tables 32 kilometers (20 […]
Swagbot, the latest in farming technology.
“This $500k prototype is being trialed by farmers to manage their cattle, survey land and test soil. The prototypes tech is based on work done […]
Report examines how to make technology work for society
“Automation is not likely to eliminate millions of jobs any time soon—but the U.S. still needs vastly improved policies if Americans are to build better […]
Voice-command ovens, robots for pets on show at Berlin’s IFA tech fair
“Europe’s biggest tech fair, Berlin’s IFA, is showcasing a flood of product launches until Wednesday. Here are five trends and gadgets making waves…” Read More: […]
World Premiere EDAG Citybot – A Game Changer For The City of the Future
“The EDAG Citbyot is a fully autonomous, networked robot vehicle which, with its numerous trailer & rucksack modules, is capable of handling any transport & […]
Autonomous robots collect precise soil samples, help farmers improve yields, reduce environmental impact
“Collecting precise soil samples is essential for farmers because a small amount of soil determines the amount of nutrients needed for acres of crops and […]
Designers Want To Create 3D Printers That Wander The Earth
“The Break the Grid initiative has a plan for repairing the environment: give 3D printers the ability to autonomously navigate the world around them. To that end, […]
New tools to minimize risks in shared, augmented-reality environments
” University of Washington security researchers have developed ShareAR, a toolkit that lets app developers build in collaborative and interactive features without sacrificing their users’ […]
Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into written text
“When Stephen Hawking wanted to speak, he chose letters and words from a synthesiser screen controlled by twitches of a muscle in his cheek. But […]
Versatile, portable exosuit assists with both walking and running
” As reported today in Science, a team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and […]
This deep neural network fights deepfakes
“Seeing was believing until technology reared its mighty head and gave us powerful and inexpensive photo-editing tools. Now, realistic videos that map the facial expressions […]
How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails
“The term “data science” was coined by scientists working at the social networks LinkedIn and Facebook in 2008. A few years later, they dubbed it “the sexiest […]
Bosch and Daimler get approval for Level 4 automated parking in Germany
“Back in 2017, Bosch and Daimler teamed up to operate a pilot program for its driverless valet service. Clearly, it worked well enough, because that […]
Bionic eye technology, 2000-2050
“This graph shows the progress in bionic eye technology from 2000 to 2050. The y-axis indicates the number of pixels generated by electrode arrays for […]
The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow
“The health of local economies today will affect their ability to adapt and thrive in the automation age. The US labor market looks markedly different […]
A squeaky clean: Friendly robots spruce up Singapore
“Hundreds of “friendly” robots that speak multiple languages and sing are being rolled out across hi-tech Singapore, to help clean the city-state’s hotels, shopping malls […]
[VIDEO] A New Deep-Sea Robot Can Shape-Shift Into An Autonomous Submarine
A new autonomous robot called Aquanaut may be the closest thing we have to a real-life Transformer. The robot can shape-shift between a mermaid-like humanoid […]
10 trends that will change how you do business over the next 10 years
“In only a decade, hiring, culture, workforce distribution, and customer preferences all will look dramatically different. Some business trends go the way of Formica tables, […]
Scientists create contact lenses that zoom on command
” Nosebleed seats may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have created a prototype contact lens […]
The Future Of Work: 5 Important Ways Jobs Will Change In The 4th Industrial Revolution
“In many respects, the future of work is already here. Amid the headlines exclaiming the predicted loss of jobs due to automation and other changes […]
Brain-Machine Interfaces Are Getting Better and Better—and Neuralink’s New Brain Implant Pushes the Pace
“Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his company Neuralink plans to implant electrodes into the brains of people with paralysis by next year. […]
A nanodrone able to detect toxic gases in emergencies
” Detecting dangerous gases in collapsed buildings due earthquakes or explosions and locating victims in hard-to-access places are among use scenarios of the Smelling Nano […]
New “Automated Following” Tech Lets One Drive Control Two Trucks
“Peloton Technology’s vision of the future of truck automation includes trucks that aren’t autonomous at all. At the recent Automated Vehicle Symposium in Orlando, Fla., […]
Bionic vision system works with augmented reality glasses
“A company focused on a bionic vision system sees hope for improvements in patients by means of a wireless sub-retinal implant together with augmented reality […]
Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs? Careful, It’s a Trick Question
“The robots are coming, and they’ll probably take your job when they get here. Oh wait—have you heard that recently? As recently as, say, yesterday? […]
Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects
“A new high-tech glove helps make virtual reality more tangible. The glove not only turns your hand into a sort of controller for VR experiences, […]
IBM Unveils New “Electronic Tongue” To Taste & Identify Liquids
“Electronic tongues” are devices that can analyze materials just by coming in contact with them — and they have near-infinite applications, from testing water quality to […]
Robot Uses Machine Learning To Harvest Lettuce
“Crops such as potatoes and wheat have been harvested mechanically at scale for decades, but many other crops have to date resisted automation. Iceberg lettuce […]
Meet the future of agriculture. Say Hello to DOT
“In 2014, Norbert Beaujot started thinking about building an autonomous seeder and realized that if a powered platform could be adapted to facilitate other implements, […]
Why the Future Is Happening Faster Than You Think
“People have no idea how fast the world is changing. So said Peter Diamandis to the audience at Singularity University’s Global Summit, taking place this week […]
This robot arm for a wheelchair does everything from open doors to apply makeup
“When it comes to the real life-changing technologies, many are found in the accessibility market. These technologies may never appear on the radar of many of the […]
Breakthrough achieved with non-invasive brain-computer interface
“Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, have made a breakthrough in the field of non-invasive robotic device control. Using […]
A Neural Net Used A Viral Meme To Learn To Navigate
“Robots are learning how to navigate rooms better than ever before, thanks to thousands of videos of people doing the viral “Mannequin Challenge” meme, in […]
Artificial intelligence learns to recognize nerve cells by their appearance
“Is it possible to understand the brain? Science is still far from answering this question. However, since researchers have started training artificial intelligence on neurobiological […]
Alphabet-Owned Company Unveils Plans for Smart City
“Alphabet-owned subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs, just releaseda massive 1,524 page document outlining its plans for a $1.3 billion 190 acre smart neighborhood in Toronto, Canada. Plans for […]
Photographer Uses Robots to Shoot Commercial Videos
For #HowToWeek we visit visual engineer, photographer and robot master Steve Giralt. He takes us on a tour of his NYC studio to show us […]
Skinflow: A Soft Robotic Skin Based on Liquid Transmission
“Using sound vibrations and pulses of near-infrared light, a Rutgers University scientist has developed a new “virtual biopsy” device that can quickly determine a skin […]
This assistive robot is controlled via brain-computer interface
“Researchers at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, in Italy, have recently developed a cutting-edge architecture that enables the operation of an assistive robot via […]
Amazon unveils a chopper-plane mashup to deliver packages
“Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary new drone — part helicopter and part science-fiction aircraft — that the company expects to use for test deliveries […]
New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant
“If you want to control a robot with your mind — and really, who doesn’t? — you currently have two options. You can get a brain […]
Fourth Industrial Revolution points to “New Collar” jobs
“We know what blue collar jobs are, but what are “new collar” jobs? We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and artificial […]
A new look at autonomous-vehicle infrastructure
“What infrastructure improvements will promote the growth of autonomous vehicles while simultaneously encouraging shared ridership? Imagine a future in which fleets of autonomous buses and […]
San Francisco Is Using AI To Try To Make Courts Less Racist
“We already knew an artificial intelligence could reflect the racial bias of its creator. But San Francisco thinks the tech could potentially do the opposite as well, […]
Study: Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market to Reach $59.41 Billion by 2025
“Allied Market Research published a report, titled, “Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market by Product (Vital organs support systems and Medical Bionics) and End User […]
AI Technology Improves Critical Crack Detection in Nuclear Reactors, Bridges, Buildings
“A tiny crack in a nuclear reactor, skyscraper, bridge or dam can cause catastrophic consequences. The Minneapolis bridge collapse, which killed 13 people in 2007, […]
World’s first raspberry-picking robot to debut in 2020
“Fieldwork Robotics, a spinout company from the University of Plymouth, has completed initial field trials of a new raspberry-harvesting robot – the first machine of […]
A 3-D printer powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence
“Objects made with 3-D printing can be lighter, stronger, and more complex than those produced through traditional manufacturing methods. But several technical challenges must be […]
Robots Built This Futuristic House That Generates More Energy Than it Needs
“The DFAB House is the world’s first home designed, planned, and built with mainly digital processes—and it’s entirely powered by the sun. Step inside the […]
This Two-Legged Robot Will Deliver Packages via Self-Driving Fords
“Ford has a vision for the future of package deliveries — and it startswith a robot named Digit. On Wednesday, the automaker dropped a Medium blog postannouncing a […]