Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Google Starts Drone Deliveries in Christiansburg, Virginia
October 18th, 2019Via: VentureBeat: As of this afternoon, select residents of Christiansburg, Virginia can tap drones operated by Google parent company Alphabet’s Wing for quick and fee-free deliveries of packages, over-the-counter medications, snacks, and gifts. The company today revealed that it’s become the first to operate a commercial air delivery service directly to homes in the U.S., […]
Argonne Team Looks to Insect Brains as Models for Computer Chips
October 18th, 2019NextGov wins the Pun-Of-The-Day award for this one: “It’s the latest buzz in artificial intelligence.” Via: NextGov: Scientists at the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory have pioneered a cutting-edge neuromorphic computer chip—modeled off the brains of bees, fruit flies and other insects—that can rapidly learn, adapt and use substantially less power than its conventional computer […]
Are Secret Human Experiments Advancing Brain Chip Tech?
October 17th, 2019Via: Old-Thinker News: A doctor from Peru claims that recent advancements in brain chip technology could be due to “secret, forced, and illicit human experimentation” by a consortium of transnational tech companies and governments operating outside of the law. A 2016 paper published in the Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine warned that “secret, forced, and […]
“The Digital Poorhouse”
October 15th, 2019Via: Guardian: The Guardian has spent the past three months investigating how billions are being poured into AI innovations that are explosively recasting how low-income people interact with the state. Together, our reporters in the US, Britain, India and Australia have explored what amounts to the birth of the digital welfare state. Their dispatches reveal […]
The Biggest Lie Tech People Tell Themselves – And The Rest Of Us
October 9th, 2019Via: Vox: Imagine you’re taking an online business class — the kind where you watch video lectures and then answer questions at the end. But this isn’t a normal class, and you’re not just watching the lectures: They’re watching you back. Every time the facial recognition system decides that you look bored, distracted, or tuned […]
JFK Airport’s Terminal 1 Launches Facial Recognition Boarding
October 8th, 2019Via: New York Times: A biometric self-boarding gate has officially been launched at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1, officials said Tuesday. Lufthansa has deployed the paperless, high-tech boarding process – which uses facial recognition technology to verify travelers with a photo capture — at its largest US gateway at the Queens airport. Air […]
Paralyzed Man Controls Exoskeleton Through Brain Computer Interface
October 4th, 2019Via: BBC: A man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs with a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, French researchers report. Thibault, 30, said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the “first man on the Moon”. His movements, particularly walking, are far from perfect and the robo-suit is being […]
Woman Pushed Emergency Alert Button On Police Robot, It Told Her To Step Out Of The Way
October 4th, 2019An absolute classic. Via: NBC: When a fight broke out recently in the parking lot of Salt Lake Park, a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Cogo Guebara did what seemed the most practical thing at the time: she ran over to the park’s police robot to push its emergency alert button. “I was […]
How the Taycan is Made
October 3rd, 2019Via: Porsche:
Boeing ‘Whistleblower’ Says Company Focused On Profit Over Safety Of Doomed 737 Max
October 2nd, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: The New York Times has published a bombshell report about a new complaint filed against Boeing by a senior engineer, alleging the aircraft maker concentrated on prioritizing profits over the safety of the 737 Max airliner. The Times learned about the new development from a source who requested anonymity, said the Boeing engineer […]
