Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Tap Google to Power In-Car Systems
September 18th, 2018What’s next? New homes with Google hardware and software embedded in the walls? Via: Engadget: This week, the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, the world’s largest maker of cars, signed a deal with Alphabet’s Google to be able to use Google Maps, Google Assistant and the Android OS in its vehicles. The new systems will debut […]
Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow
September 18th, 2018Via: Bloomberg: As things stand today, the driverless car of the future can’t handle more than a dusting of snow. It’s a known problem in the field, and vaguely embarrassing when the end result is supposed to be robots sophisticated enough to navigate the uncertainties of traffic and improve on lackluster human perception. In Boston, […]
Volvo Unveils All-Electric and Autonomous Truck Without a Cab
September 13th, 2018Via: Electrek: If your truck is completely autonomous, why would you need a cab? Volvo Trucks believes that you don’t and that’s why they built a new all-electric and autonomous truck without a cab called Vera.
Pentagon Will Spend $2 Billion Developing Next-Generation AI
September 8th, 2018Via: Nextgov: The Pentagon on Friday announced it would spend more than $2 billion over the next five years to advance the foundations of artificial intelligence technology. Through the AI Next initiative, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to bring about so-called “third wave” AI, tools capable of human-like communication and contextual reasoning that […]
The U.S. Army Wants to Transmit Power to Drones with Lasers
September 8th, 2018Via: Defense Systems: Even as drone technology advances, power constraints limit the amount of equipment unmanned systems can carry as well as the time they can stay in the air. Some drone systems, like the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications drone from CyPhy Works, deliver power through a tether to keep a small drone aloft […]
Why Your Next Job Interview Could be with a Machine
September 6th, 2018Via: CBC: Your next job interview may feel a lot like an audition tape. On a screen, a manager pops up in a recorded video and asks a question like: “Why do you want a career in this field?” You have 10 seconds to think, and just a minute and a half to record your […]
Robot Boat Sails Into History by Finishing Atlantic Crossing
September 4th, 2018Via: ABC: All summer, the small boat drifted steadily eastward across the churning North Atlantic until it neared the Irish coast, where it made history by becoming the first unmanned sailboat to cross the Atlantic. The SB Met, built by Norwegian company Offshore Sensing AS, reached the finish line of the Microtransat Challenge for robotic […]
Japan Wants Flying Cars Within a Decade
August 26th, 2018Via: Bloomberg: Japan is making a push to develop flying cars, enlisting companies including Uber Technologies Inc. and Boeing Co. in a government-led group to bring airborne vehicles to the country in the next decade. The group will initially comprise 21 businesses and organizations, including Airbus SE, NEC Corp., a Toyota Motor Corp.-backed startup called […]
Japan: Drones Helping Aging Rice Farmers
August 23rd, 2018Via: Reuters: The next generation farmhand in Japan’s aging rural heartland may be a drone. For several months, developers and farmers in northeast Japan have been testing a new drone that can hover above paddy fields and perform backbreaking tasks in a fraction of the time it takes for elderly farmers. “This is unprecedented high […]
Bank of England Chief Economist Warns on AI Jobs Threat
August 22nd, 2018Via: BBC: The chief economist of the Bank of England has warned that the UK will need a skills revolution to avoid “large swathes” of people becoming “technologically unemployed” as artificial intelligence makes many jobs obsolete. Andy Haldane said the possible disruption of what is known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution could be “on a […]
