May 3, 2016 Korean robot takes home $2M prize in DARPA challenge A robotics team from South Korea took home the $2 million first-place prize in a competition this weekend to design robots that could aid humans in a natural or man-made disaster.
May 3, 2016 Robot Showdown: Droids to Face Off in DARPA Robotics Challenge Make way for robots! This weekend, some of the world's most sophisticated robots will go head-to-head in a competition that tests their ability to assist humans in a natural or man-made disaster
May 3, 2016 How robots are helping Marines save lives on battlefield Marines are known for risking their lives on the battlefield, but more and more, robot technology is helping to avoid those dangers and save lives.
May 3, 2016 Want to control a swarm of robots? Georgia Tech has the answer Researchers at Georgia Tech have built a tablet-based system that lets people control a fleet of robots with just the swipe of a finger.
May 3, 2016 Movie director Alex Garland weighs the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence It’s no easy task helming an Artificial Intelligence sci-fi flick but it’s worked out so far for writer-director Alex Garland. His indie “Ex Machina” has already banked over $12 million and expands to more theaters this week.
May 3, 2016 Robot takes on ancient ritual of Torah writing in museum installation It’s a complicated process that requires meticulous attention to detail – Torah writing is an activity that has traditionally been performed by a Sofer, a specially trained scribe over the centuries. Considered a highly sacred act, Torah writing has now come into contact with the mechanized 21st century thanks to “bios [torah]” an installation that just ran at the Jewish Museum in Berlin from artist group robotlab.
May 3, 2016 Techie spring gear for outdoor adventures Goodbye, winter. Hello, serious outdoor activities! This gear is designed to help you explore the wild frontier (or your front yard) now that the weather is finally getting warmer. Go skyward with the new the DJI Phantom 3 that records in 4K or paddle around in the pool with a speaker that floats.
May 3, 2016 The real 'Terminator?' Chinese scientists create liquid metal machine It’s the rise of the machines – a Chinese research team has developed shape-shifting, liquid metal machines. No, this isn’t the idea for a new “Terminator” sequel. Scientists from both the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University’s medical school discovered that their liquid metal is able to “eat” materials and use energy from that to propel itself forward.
May 3, 2016 Amazon's FAA approval may not give commercial drones a lift After threatening to take its drone development abroad, Amazon got approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week to test its much-hyped Prime Air delivery drones on private property in the United States
May 3, 2016 Amazon gets FAA approval for drone testing Amazon, which one day hopes to make deliveries via drone, has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to perform testing of its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) technology.
