At the edge of Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, a giant guitar has taken up residence at 125 State St. – a 24-foot-long, 8-foot-tall guitar to be exact. The display is a hands-on approach to the science behind musical instruments, and part of more than 70 exhibits at MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation .
Category: Robots
Fear is the real problem with artificial intelligence
The fast development of robotics has raised public concern about robots replacing workers not only on factory floors but also in offices, and causing a global unemployment crisis. To an extent, people’s concern seems justified.
Austria’s Kern Targets Rise of Robots to Blunt Populist Surge
Austria’s Chancellor Christian Kern said rapid advances in automation will threaten half of the world’s jobs as he backed calls by Bill Gates to fight inequality with measures such as a tax on robots. Disruption “starts at a slow pace and then comes a big step change.
Robot adept in interpreting sign language developed in C China
Song Jiyuan poses with a robot adept in interpreting sign language at a makerspace of the National University Science Park of Henan Province in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 23, 2017. The robot, developed by Song Jiyuan, a student from mechanical engineering department of Zhengzhou University, and his classmates, can quickly interpret sign language as well as translating voice into sign language.
New Alien movie features gay couple repopulating planet
If you’re a fan of the Alien movies, which of the following do you recognize as being in the contemporary standard formula of Alien films? B) A large crew, warned of hostile aliens, breaks down into small numbers and goes to dark, isolated places to see what happens next. If you answered “E,” you are correct! The new Aliens: Covenant film features a ship of colonists going to populate a new planet.
Google-bred company accuses Uber of self-driving car theft
A self-driving car company founded by Google is colliding with ride-haling service Uber in a court battle revolving around allegations of betrayal, high-tech espionage and greed. The brewing showdown emerged late Thursday in a lawsuit filed in a San Francisco federal court by Waymo, a once-secretive self-driving company hatched by Google eight years ago.
Silicon Valley celebrates National Engineers Week
Photograph by George Sakkestad The Stratford School in Los Gatos teaches basic coding principles starting in preschool. Teacher Sonya Shatsman uses a “Bee Bot” during a science and technology lesson on forests.
Xenex Secures $38 Million In Funding Led By & Company??’s…
February 24, 2017 – Xenex Disinfection Services, the manufacturer of LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robotsa , today announced the investment of $38 million in a funding round led by Essex Woodlands , one of the country’s leading healthcare private equity firms. The financing, which includes new participation from Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking and continued investment from existing investors Malin Corporation and Tectonic Ventures, will be used for growing its sales force, product development, scientific research and international expansion.
Global Industrial Welding Robots Market Driven by the Emergence of Advanced Technologies: Technavio
This research report titled ‘ Global Industrial Welding Robots Market 2017-2021 ‘ provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends. This market research report also includes up to date analysis and forecasts for various market segments and all geographical regions.
SpaceX makes good on space station delivery a little late
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. >> SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at the International Space Station on Thursday, after fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day.
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SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at the International Space Station on Thursday, after fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day. Everything went smoothly the second time around as the station astronauts captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship as the two craft sailed over Australia.
Robots are poised to take over wide range of military jobs
The wave of automation that swept away tens of thousands of American manufacturing and office jobs during the past two decades is now washing over the armed forces, putting both rear-echelon and front-line positions in jeopardy. “Just as in the civilian economy, automation will likely have a big impact on military organizations in logistics and manufacturing,” said Michael Horowitz, a University of Pennsylvania professor and one of the globe’s foremost experts on weaponized robots.
Neato Botvac D5 Connected review: A Dyson 360 Eye competitor?
Good design, great cleaning abilities for a robot vacuum, good battery life and auto-recharge docking station, smartphone notifications and control, easy-to-use and schedule via the app Some connectivity issues, gets stuck every now and then, no manual control, no turbo or eco mode, expensive given Botvac Connected price Robot vacuum cleaners are becoming more popular with several big players now in the market, including Dyson . Some are great, others not so much, but all of them are pricey, typically costing upwards of A 600.
SpaceX, Russian cargo ships heading for space station
As a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Wednesday, a Russian Soyuz-U rocket making the venerable booster’s final flight successfully lifted a Progress supply ship into orbit, three months after an upper stage failure destroyed another station-bound freighter. Mounted atop a snow-covered launch pad — the same pad used by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the dawn of the Space Age — the Soyuz-U rocket carrying the Progress MS-05/66P cargo ship thundered to life at 12:58 a.m. EST and climbed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Pharmacy goes high tech | PHOTOS, VIDEO
The pharmacy on Smith St started using the Rowa Smart System on Tuesday and staff have quickly noticed the difference. The Rowa Smart System can hold up to 8000 units of stock and can dispense items in about seven seconds.
Chris Wilson, director of Racks Industries, with the robotic welding technology.
AN industrial storage firm has looked to the future to boost its productivity with a A 87,000 investment in a robot. Racks Industries, based in Castlefields Industrial Estate, Bingley , has spent the cash on state-of-the-art robotic welding technology.
Individual Control of Magnetic Micromachines Within The Body
Magnetic micromachines can be delivered into the body and then controlled externally using a magnetic field. Such micromachines could be used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a specific location in a minimally invasive manner or control adaptive implants.
We Need to Prepare for the 5G Jobs Apocalypse
My taxi driver in San Diego had a plan. He was moving to Laredo to get back into long-distance trucking.
ITL Group celebrates 40 years of medical device manufacturing
Founded on 25th February 1977, the design and manufacturing partner for leading life-saving medical technology has enjoyed success on a global scale. As the “go-to” contract design, development, manufacturing and consultancy partner for some of the biggest names in MedTech, the ITL Group has established operations in Shanghai, China and Richmond, Virginia, USA, in addition to their headquarters in Ashford, Kent, UK.
When Apps Get Too Human, They Tumble into the Uncanny Valley
I recently returned from a vacation to find that Google’s algorithms had created a customized slide show of my trip. I hadn’t asked for one.
Virtual assistants battling for top spot
The Amazon Echo is a homebased digital assistant that can, among other things, play music, control smart-home devices, adjust the climate, order a pizza and arrange for an Uber ride. It’s no wonder titans of tech are locked in an epic battle of the robots, racing furiously to produce the best virtual assistant.
LG starts trial service of intelligent robots at Incheon airport
LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has launched a trial service of its two intelligent robots at the Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea. LG unveiled the new line-up of robots featuring artificial intelligence technologies and voice recognition technology from Amazon’s Alexa at the annual Consumer Electronics Show last month.
Atlanta and other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.
SK Telecom’s Travelling ICT Experience Center ‘T.um Mobile’ Goes to Barcelona
T.um Mobile will be opened as part of the Youth Mobile Festival disciplines. T.um Mobile is the world’s first portable ICT museum, which SK Telecom has been operating in Korea since 2014 with the aim to bridge digital divide by providing children in rural and remote areas with the opportunity to experience and learn cutting-edge ICT.
Former Anki Executive Blake Hennon Joins Learn and Play Leader Osmo to Grow New Play Movement –
Leader in children’s education and entertainment hires Blake Hennon as VP of Distribution to oversee the company’s strategic product expansion that bridges physical and digital worlds Osmo , the award-winning company changing the way children play and learn, today announces the addition of Blake Hennon as Vice President of Distribution. The expansion of Osmo’s leadership team follows a recent $24 million in funding from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Shea Ventures and existing investors Accel, Upfront Ventures and K9 Ventures.
Lego robots help teach kids about engineering, math
Gears whirred as the Lego robot car raced towards the wall, its impact looming imminent in the eyes of Keira Rico. Just before the moment of impact the car stopped and turned around, and what seemed like an unstoppable force avoided the immovable object.
Is AI the new spokesperson for your business?
AI has been named as one of the most important emerging trends in business technology for 2017 in a report by Accenture, but are we ready for it? The report, Technology Vision, is a yearly look at the biggest trends in business for the coming year. The 2017 iteration has named AI as one of the principle changes that will shape the landscape in business for years to come.
Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.
A robot healed this 9/11 hero 0:0
Bill Butler was a first responder on Sept. 11, 2001 and suffered debilitating pain for years after.
Apple’s Upcoming iPhone Helps Foxconn’s Gravity-Defying Act
Growing optimism about the next iPhone has propelled Apple Inc. to record highs. Halfway around the globe, a lesser-known Taiwanese company is riding that same wave of euphoria.
Want to Be More Productive? Start By Scrapping Your To-Do List.
That is the question that Ari Meisel faced after being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic condition that affects the digestive tract and causes severe pain and fatigue. Because of his illness, Meisel would sometimes be limited to one hour of work per day.
Brothers add robotic system to dairy south of Carthage
But it is a robot, not a farmer, that will do the milking as the cows crunch on feed pellets. But it is a robot, not a farmer, that will do the milking as the cows crunch on feed pellets.
Scientists develop humanlike biological robots
New York, Feb 19 – A team of scientists has developed small, soft biological robots — bio-bots — that can walk and swim on their own or when triggered by electrical or light signals. These tiny muscle-powered robots were first 3-D printed and then seeded with muscle cells.
Bill Gates says robots that take your job should pay taxes
Just because a worker isn’t technically “alive” doesn’t mean it can make money for nothing, according to Bill Gates. In a recent interview with Quartz editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney, the billionaire philanthropist explained that robot labor should get taxed just like human labor – primarily as a way to maintain funding for society’s many social services, reports Business Insider .
Bill Gates thinks we might have to start taxing robots in the future
The increasing automation of production lines has been the subject of much debate and controversy in recent years, as many jobs that we previously performed by humans can now be done more efficiently and at a lower cost by robots. In some cases, these have been replaced by new jobs in the design and maintenance of said machines but, overall, the higher skill cap for such jobs, alongside the increasing pace at which robots are taking over more repetitive tasks is expected to leave many unemployed.
Bill Gates: Robots Should Pay Taxes
Is Bill onto something, or does he deserve to be pied again? The billionaire philanthropist believes that robots should get taxed like human workers as a means of slowing the spread of automation and funding. While he isn’t sure how the tax would be measured, he does urge that government should play an active role in the process.
17 retails trends for 2017: from robots, to virtual reality, to drones
A distribution centre, where robots manage clients’ orders, is seen at a clothing factory of Spanish textile retailer Mango in an industrial town near Barcelona. Retail NZ spokesman Greg Harford said the trends – with a couple of exceptions – were “fairly applicable” to New Zealand this year.
London’s Got A New Zoo… And It’s Full Of Robot Animals
How does a fly suck up food? How does a squid propel itself along in water? Wouldn’t it be great if we could answer these questions using robots. This is how we imagine the conversation went when designing this show – and we sure are glad that it came to fruition.
Review: New generation personal robot useful – but with limitations
A new generation of personal robots and devices is in the works. Among the more notable is Kuri, a robot developed by Redwood City, Calif., start-up Mayfield Robotics, which is controlled by Bosch.
CUBAN: Don’t go to school for finance – liberal arts is the…
Registration will allow you to post comments on ctpost.com and create a ctpost.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban offered a perhaps bleak prediction on the future of jobs in an interview Friday with Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in New Orleans.