When vehicles and power plants burn fossil fuels, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — trapping energy from the Sun and warming the planet.…
A ROBOT IS LEARNING TO COOK AND CLEAN IN AN IKEA KITCHEN
Dieter Fox thinks cobots, a portmanteau for “collaborative robots,” will be a fixture of our future. These bots will operate alongside people, acting as…
THIS DRONE TAKES OFF BY LEAPING WITH BIRD-INSPIRED LEGS
Most drones excel at one of two things. They can either take off and land without a runway, or they can quickly transport…
AMAZON AI CONFERENCE IS MEANT TO INSPIRE — AND BOOST ITS REPUTATION
Amazon is launching a event re:MARS, an AI-focused public conference featuring speakers, workshops, demonstrations, and roundtables. But while Bezos told attendees at…
SPACE HOTEL TO BE “LIKE A SMALL CRUISE SHIP” IN FUTURE
Frank Bunger really wants to launch a hotel in space that’s affordable to the masses. But a future stay at his proposed Aurora Space…
Google Assistant Can Now Translate 27 Languages In Real-Time
Google Assistant has learned a remarkable new skill. Google debuted a new “Interpreter Mode” for its AI-powered Assistant at the 2019 Consumer Electronics…
A PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH COULD LEAD TO A NEW GENERATION OF ADVANCED ELECTRONICS
Excitons are quirky quasiparticles that exist only in semiconducting and insulating materials. Recently, a team of researchers in Lausanne, Switzerland discovered a way to…
WATCH VIDEO OF HYUNDAI’S WALKING CAR CONCEPT IN ACTION
Hyundai released a teaser image of Elevate, an electric vehicle with four robotic legs designed to allow the car to walk or climb…
ROLLS ROYCE IS BUILDING THE WORLD’S FASTEST ELECTRIC AIRPLANE
The British industrial technology company announced plans to fly an in-development electric airplane over Great Britain in 2020, reaching a top speed of at…
MICROSOFT PATENTS “SILENT” VOICE COMMAND TECHNOLOGY
Voice assistants and voice command technology are both becoming increasingly popular. Amazon alone has already sold more than 100 million Alexa devices, clearly the…