WATCH: Hitachi’s New Humanoid Robot That Speaks
Hitachi has introduced the third generation of its humanoid robot. Meet EMIEW3. The first EMIEW came into the world back in 2005, with its...
How Do Neural Networks See?
Vision and understanding images is no longer the purview of biological creatures only. In recent years, computers have become astonishingly good at understanding what...
Sweep: A $250 LIDAR With 40m Range
If you’re building a drone or robot you’re gonna need it to know where it’s at and where it’s going. For that, you’ll need...
Crewless Drone Ships Will Ply The Seas By 2020
Rolls-Royce is predicting that in just four years, crewless “drone ships” will be sailing the seas with no crew on board. The aircraft engine...
DARPA’s Plan To Counter Radar With AI
China and Russia are hard at work to develop ever more capable radar systems, but the Pentagon has a plan to counter them with...
Graphene Filter Could Speed Up Wireless Communication x10
Researchers at the University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland may have found a way to make wireless communications 10...
WATCH: This Armour Disintegrates Bullets
Since bullets appeared on the scene a few hundred years ago, nothing has been the same. If once some chainmail or plate armour was...
26 Year Old Hacker Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses
You may not know who George Hotz (aka geohot) is, but many have enjoyed the fruits of his labours. In fact, he is something...
Researchers Create Nanobots That Can Fix Electronics
The next big thing in science may be very small indeed. A new study in the journal Nano Letters presents revolutionary tiny robots that...
WATCH: This Tiny Robot Could Save Hostages
The Picobug, as its name implies, is small. It weighs just 30 grammes, but it can do a whole lot: fly, walk, and (very...
Watch: Startup Uses Drones To Deliver Medicine In Rwanda
A Silicon Valley startup is using drones to deliver medicine and blood to patients in Rwanda, and it plans to expand to other countries...
In The Future, Police Could Control Your Driverless Car
Autonomous cars may not be that common yet, but isn’t too early to be thinking about the future - a time when driverless cars...
Meet DARPA’s Flying Gremlins
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a project that aims to launch volley of small drones from military aircraft...
China To Set Up Its Own “DARPA”
China is no small fish in the weapons exports pool, but its military technology is still lagging behind its competitors. To overcome this, China...
Watch: This Driverless Bus System Will Hit The Road This May
Autonomous vehicles aren’t quite here yet, but they’re getting closer each day. For proof, look to one small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands....
Could DARPA Have Invented The Ultimate Cyber Security?
When the internet first started coming into being, security wasn’t really an issue, not even as an afterthought. This is was more than half...
This Is How Your Smart Home Might Look In 2030
How cool is it when you can turn on your coffee machine using a smartphone app when you’re still nodding off in bed? Or...
Researchers Create Insect-Computer Hybrid
Scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have made a new robotic creation using what they describe as “nature’s ready-made robot platforms” - insects. They...
WATCH: DARPA’s Submarine Hunter In Action
We’ve written about it before, but the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on something truly spectacular: an autonomous ship that...
Watch: Boeing’s Underwater Monster
The bottom of the ocean is a dark and menacing place. Anyone or anything venturing the depths has to contend with the immense pressure...
Boom – The Startup That Wants To Go Supersonic
Concorde is dead in the water, but the dream of supersonic passenger flight is most certainly not. Boom is relatively fresh startup that is...
Watch This Industrial Robot Teach Itself
The world’s leading industrial robot maker, Fanuc, is working on an incredibly clever robot. The Japanese company has created a robot that learns how...
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Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...
