Archive for the ‘robotics/AI’ category: Page 2341
Mar 14, 2014
Robots Playing Ping Pong: What’s Real, and What’s Not?
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
By Evan Ackerman — IEEE Spectrum
By Evan Ackerman — Really, Kuka? You got us all excited for this match between one of your cool new robots and a world champion table tennis player. We were thinking to ourselves, “Wow, Kuka wouldn’t have set this whole thing up unless it was actually going to be a good match! Maybe we’ll see some amazing feats of high speed robot arms, vision systems, and motion tracking!”
Mar 14, 2014
A ‘Babelfish’ could be the web’s next big thing, says AI expert
Posted by Seb in categories: internet, robotics/AI
Charles Arthur — The Guardian
Though the idea of the “Babelfish” — a thing able to translate between any two languages on the fly — was created by the author Douglas Adams as a handy solution to the question of how intergalactic travellers could understand each other, it could be reality within 25 years. At least, that is, for human language.
Prof Nigel Shadbolt, a close associate of the web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says that the idea of automatic machine translation “on the fly” is achievable before the world wide web turns 50.
Mar 13, 2014
The Future of Scientific Management, Today!
Posted by Andres Agostini in categories: 3D printing, big data, computing, economics, engineering, futurism, innovation, life extension, lifeboat, neuroscience, robotics/AI, science, scientific freedom, supercomputing
Three-part nanoparticles for biomedicine eliminate biocompatibilty, storage problems
http://www.kurzweilai.net/three-part-nanoparticles-for-biome…e-problems
Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
http://www.kurzweilai.net/robotic-prosthesis-turns-drummer-i…med-cyborg
NASA tests new robotic refueling technologies
http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-tests-new-robotic-refueling-technologies
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Mar 11, 2014
Why robots are finally breaking into business – but sadly not our kitchens
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
Mar 8, 2014
The Future of Scientific Management, Today!
Posted by Andres Agostini in categories: 3D printing, big data, business, computing, defense, futurism, law enforcement, life extension, robotics/AI, science, security
LIST OF UPDATES (MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 16/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
New US Military Space Plane Aims for 2017 Liftoff
http://www.space.com/24639-united-states-military-space-plane-xs1.html
9 hot Indian innovators that Silicon Valley could buy next
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific…ld-buy-nex
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Mar 8, 2014
Artificial Intelligence could kill us all. Meet the man who takes that risk seriously
Posted by Seb in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI
Thinking about the end of the world is something that most people try to avoid; for others, it’s a profession. The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, UK specializes in looking at the ‘big-picture’ future of the human race, and notably, the risks that could wipe us out entirely.
As you’d probably imagine, the risks considered by the Institute include things like nuclear war and meteor strikes, but one perhaps unexpected area that it’s looking into is the potential threat posed by artificial intelligence. Could computers become so smart that they become our rivals, take all our jobs and eventually wipe us all out? This Terminator-style scenario used to seem like science fiction, but it’s starting to be taken seriously by those who watch the way technology is developing.
Feb 26, 2014
A Telepresence RoboCop Piloted by Oculus Rift and Sensored Gloves
Posted by Seb in categories: augmented reality, robotics/AI
Written By: Jason Dorrier
Written By: Feb 24, 2014
The Future of Scientific Management, Today!
Posted by Andres Agostini in categories: economics, education, energy, engineering, existential risks, futurism, robotics/AI, science, space, space travel, supercomputing, transhumanism
LIST OF UPDATES (FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MARCH 02/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC
Brain signals from a primate directly move paralyzed limbs in another primate ‘avatar’
http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-signals-from-a-primate-direc…ate-avatar
Rice’s carbon nanotube fibers outperform copper
http://www.kurzweilai.net/rices-carbon-nanotube-fibers-outperform-copper
Single-chip device to provide real-time ultrasonic 3D images from inside the heart and blood vessels
http://www.kurzweilai.net/single-chip-device-to-provide-real…od-vessels
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Feb 24, 2014
Soldiers, machines and the rise of battlefield robotics
Posted by Seb in categories: defense, military, robotics/AI
Kyle Chayka — The Sydney Morning Herald
For a glimpse at the future of human-robot interactions, it might be better to look at what’s happening in the United States military than analysing Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix’s character falls in love with an OS voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
Throughout every department of the US armed forces, autonomous robots are playing a larger role in every aspect of warfare than ever before, and soldiers are developing some unorthodox relationships with their machines.
Just ask Danielle.
