The launch of the first British Robotics Seed Fund is indicative of the role that robotics and automation are going to play in providing huge productivity benefits to economies on a macro level. However, for all its benefits, this news will undoubtedly
2018-09-12
AI has begun to take hold in the everyday, in the form of Siri, Alexa and autonomous vehicles. But if identifying the nearest Korean BBQ and driving me there is all that the future of AI promises, well that’s a damn shame. It’s time that we become a lot
2018-09-12
After two press days, the 87thGeneva Motor Showofficially opens up to the public today and runs until Mar. 19. One of the biggest events in the European automotive calendar, the Geneva Motor Show is attended by the biggest manufacturers to showcase their
2018-09-12
Yann LeCun says the next frontier in machine vision is software that learns just by observing the world. Five years ago, researchers made a sudden leap in the accuracy of software that can interpret images. The technology behind it, artificial neural
2018-09-12
Nvidia unveiled its Jetson TX2 platform to power drones with good artificial intelligence. The platform includes the Jetson TX2 “embedded AI supercomputer,” a chip and its surruonding hardware that can power 4K video drones that consume only about 7.5
2018-09-11
A picture is worth a thousand words…that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d still lose the subtleties of sarcasm or sincerity. To express the full range of emotion, messaging apps must put us
2018-09-11
Consumer drones conquered the sky. Now they look to the sea. Drones capable of underwater operation are little more than novelties at the moment, but the technology could advance marine research, revolutionize undersea cinematography, and let anyone explore
2018-09-11
The Chinese search giant’s Deep Voice system learns to talk in just a few hours with little or no human interference. In the battle to apply deep-learning techniques to the real world, one company stands head and shoulders above the competition. Google’s
2018-09-11
Back in the day, Bebo, MySpace and then Facebook were fun tools to find events, share photos and chat with friends, but communicating with brands required picking up the phone, sending emails or visiting the company website to get the information you
2018-09-10
