Tech billionaire Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence could be catastrophic for humanity who are set to become a cyborg race which will have to grapple with 15 percent of the global workforce being without a job. The creative genius added a “universal income” would have to be introduced for the global population because robots will do everything.
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10 years later, the sequel to Planet Earth offers a new perspective on the planet
When the BBC’s Planet Earth was released a decade ago , it was notable in part for being the first nature series to be in high definition. Since 2007, the bar set by Planet Earth and lowered by technology has given us more and more stunning nature photography on television, from Frozen Planet to emotionally manipulative robot animals .
Toy Fair New York 2017 – Booth #3035
“We are thrilled to incorporate some of the latest new tech elements we have been working with lately into this exciting line up here at Toy Fair in New York City?there is truly something for everyone in the family!” said Davin Sufer, Chief Tech Officer at WowWee. Fingerlings Friendship at your fingertips! Fingerlings baby monkeys come to life with endless ways of play and realistic sounds to let you know how they are feeling.
European Commission: ‘Attempting to regulate AI as portrayed in…
Politicians should not attempt to regulate the kinds of artificial intelligence that are portrayed in Hollywood movies like “Ex Machina,” according to the head of a technology-focused department at the European Commission. Roberto Viola, director general of DG Connect, the European Commission department that regulates communications networks, content, and technology, put forward his views on AI regulation in a blog post on Thursday.
Irish HR forum examines future of Robots and AI in the workplace
Over 20% of jobs may be performed by machines in 20 years time. This is according to a paper written by the Future of Work Institute, in association with Cpl through its research team and in collaboration with clients and candidates, to identify future work trends and support companies in future proofing their workplaces.
The big Engine that very well might
Venture capitalist Katie Rae next month starts her job as head of MIT’s “The Engine,” whch will fund entrepreneurs’ big ideas. The 155-year-old university has helped pioneer water treatment, the radar systems key to the Allies’ victory in World War II, cybersecurity, speech recognition, navigation systems that helped Apollo astronauts reach the moon, genomics, the Scratch programming language for kids, and robots for the home and factory.
Google CEO responds to 7-year-old who wants job
Aside from working with computers, Chloe’s interest in a job with Google peaked after she saw a picture on the internet that showed Google employees sitting on bean bags, going down slides, and riding on go-karts. Having learnt from her father Andy Bridgewater about the lovely and creative work executed at Google, the 7-year old daughter eventually made a decision to write a letter to Sundar Pinchai without expecting any reply from him.
Why one senator is quizzing Yellen about robots taking U.S. jobs
To say Sen. Heidi Heitkamp didn’t like the answer she received from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on the issue of automation taking away jobs is a bit of an understatement. Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, asked Yellen at a hearing Tuesday about whether the central bank has studied the issue – she referenced a Bank of England study that showed up to 80 million U.S. jobs at risk – and how to draw attention to it.
How robots could help chronically ill kids attend school
Over the past century, American schools have integrated an ever-more-diverse group of students. Racial integration is most prominent, but it’s not just Native Americans, blacks and Latinos who have been brought into public education.
Melted Nuclear Fuel Search Proceeds One Dead Robot at a Time
The latest robot seeking to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six year ago in Japan’s wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant met its end in less than a day. The scorpion-shaped machine, built by Toshiba Corp., entered the No.
China plans smart health and elderly care
China plans to develop the smart health and elderly care industry in the next four years to grants universal access to health management services and home-based elderly care, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday. According to an action plan jointly made by the MIIT, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Health and Family Planning Commission, China will build a smart health and elderly care industry with more than 100 industrial leading enterprises and a number of brands by 2020.
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A seven-year-old girl who loves robots and computers got something of a shock when Google chief Sundar Pichai responded personally to her job application. Chloe Bridgewater, from Hereford, sent the letter to the technology giant’s head offices in Silicon Valley in the US last Monday, saying: “My dad said I can sit on bean bags and go down slides and ride go karts in a job in .”
Desert ants: Same behavior outdoors and in the lab
These desert ants live in salt pans and are ideal models for navigation research. When they set out in search of food in their flat, bare, hostile environment, they are nevertheless always able to find their way back to their nest on the shortest route possible.
U.S. auto workers hate NAFTA … but love robots
Sal Moceri gets visibly agitated at the very mention of the word “NAFTA.” He think the trade deal killed the American Dream.
Do Robots and AI Deserve Rights?
When it comes to robot-human relations, the conversation typically centers on the welfare of the sentient. Science fiction paints us as petrified by our own creations; fears of a bot planet have influenced everything from Asimov’s “Laws of Robotics” to HAL 9000’s homicidal impulses to Skynet’s global genocide.
Girl, 7, ‘over the moon’ as Google chief replies to job application
A seven-year-old girl who loves robots and computers got something of a shock when Google chief Sundar Pichai responded personally to her job application. Chloe Bridgewater, from Hereford, sent the letter to the technology giant’s head offices in Silicon Valley in the US last Monday, saying: “My dad said I can sit on bean bags and go down slides and ride go karts in a job in .”
Undersea Robot to Hunt for Strange Life of Deep Pacific: Watch Online
Armchair oceanographers, take note: This week, the research ship Okeanos Explorer will send a remotely operated vehicle into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, seeking out exotic sea animals like the “walking” fish called a sea toad and other curiosities. And, you can have a front-row seat.
NASA Is Looking At Three Spots For the Mars 2020 Rover To Explore
As NASA continues to build the Mars 2020 rover and plan for the robot’s mission to the Red Planet, government scientists are also tackling the quandary of what part of the planet the rover will explore.
Always ‘Just Around the Corner,’ AI Finally Arrives
After years of being on the verge of arriving, the AI revolution is here, says Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Steve Bell. “There’s a saying that AI is going to be big in the next ten years, but they’ve been saying that for the last 20 years,” the Heavy Reading man said in a wide-ranging interview with Light Reading.
Chinese Smart Robot Maker CloudMinds Creates CI-based Robots by Upgrading from AI to CI
SoftBank has completed a series A investment in CloudMinds and appointed CloudMinds CEO CloudMinds, the world’s first CI-based robot operator, is committed to the exploration of how to move from Artificial intelligence to CI. difference between AI and machine intelligence is that AI combines machines with human beings rather than treating them as wholly separate entities.
Robots’ influence growing in the food, packaging industries
Customization and variability are at an all-time high and food producers must keep up with the trends while trying to anticipate the future and robotics’ ability to provide flexible automation will be key in making the industry grow. The global food industry represents nearly $8 trillion of the world’s GDP, according to Plunket Research.
Event to showcase robotics expertise
THE BUSINESS events arm of tourism organisation VisitScotland is looking to position Scotland at the forefront of the robotics industry with an event that will examine the future of the computer-human interaction. InnovateRobotics, which will take place in St Andrews tomorrow, comes a month before 600 engineers and business people from around the globe will congregate in Edinburgh for the European Robotics Forum.
a Humansa Gemma Chan explores the humanity of robots
What: Season 2 premiere of series about domestic helper robots becoming conscious, starring Gemma Chan, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sam Padillo. Anyone who caught the first season of “Humans” on AMC was undoubtedly struck by the performance of Gemma Chan.
Documentary at Cosmosphere touts importance of engineering
Tapping into the creative possibilities of the STEM initiative, the film by MacGillivray Freeman shows how engineers push the limits of innovation to change everyday life and even entire societies.
Robotic Flight Simulator Surgery Market Analysis 2016-2027: Key…
Market Scenario: Robotic Flight Simulator Surgery is such a surgical system which is like an aircraft, it is reflected to be only as good as the preliminary , and the current training required for expertise in robot-assisted surgery is inappropriately less than ideal. The Robotic flight simulator surgery system is addressing the quickly growing demand for the surgical practice to be made perfect without endangering the safety of the patient.
Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Applications Enable Organizations to…
Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Applications Enable Organizations to Optimize the Digital Supply Chain with Improved Visibility and Predictive Insights /PRNewswire/ — Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience – Oracle announced that it is expanding its Internet of Things portfolio with four new cloud solutions to help businesses fully utilize the benefits of digital supply chains. These solutions enable businesses to detect, analyze, and respond to IoT signals and incorporate these insights into existing and rapidly evolving market capabilities.
Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Applications Enable Organizations to…
Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Applications Enable Organizations to Optimize the Digital Supply Chain with Improved Visibility and Predictive Insights /PRNewswire/ — Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience – Oracle announced that it is expanding its Internet of Things portfolio with four new cloud solutions to help businesses fully utilize the benefits of digital supply chains. These solutions enable businesses to detect, analyze, and respond to IoT signals and incorporate these insights into existing and rapidly evolving market capabilities.
Firm Automates Mundane Tasks With ‘Software Robots’
The firm will put the robots to work managing client information, reviewing contracts and other tasks as fast as they can get trained. That, by the way, is the key to machine learning.
DARPA: We’re on cusp of merging human and machine
We are at the point where computers and machines are no longer going to be simply tools. Computers are becoming, literally, part of us.
The robot helping children to code and other tech toys
From the drone you can fly with a glove to the robot that teaches children how to code, BBC Click’s Lara Lewington looks at some of the latest gadgets at London’s Toy Fair.
Face to face: Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
PROFESSOR Sethu Vijayakumar is giving a whistle stop tour of the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University. It is a hive of activity with equations scribbled on whiteboards, complex coding being tapped into computers and the constant hum of machinery in the background.
Tying Knots with Industrial Robots
We’re not ashamed to admit that we desperately want a pair of high-end industrial robot arms to play around with. We don’t know where we’d put them – maybe the living room? – but we know that we’d figure something out.
Maven Expands Car-Sharing Services To Atlanta
Aimed at those searching for the latest automotive news delivered in a timely manner, the news category reports about new car releases and brings exclusive stories from the automotive niche. Car news are delivered every day and focused on those in need of the newest from the automotive world.
DARPA sued as competition to build space robots heats up
Orbital ATK, a Dulles-based aerospace manufacturer, is suing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency over plans to award a Canadian firm a $15 million contract to build a fleet of space-faring robots capable of repairing government and commercial satellites. Satellites are often declared obsolete because of problems that could be fixed easily if the objects were accessible, and the satellites’ owners are saddled with the extra costs of sending replacements into orbit.
With eyes on Venus and Mars, ISRO attempts mega world record
Buried and hidden in the hundreds of pages of the new format electronic budget documents, is the first formal acknowledgement by the government about these two new bold inter-planetary sojourns to Earth’s immediate neighbours. This uplifting news comes ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation attempting to undertake its mega launch where it will drop off into space not one, two or three but a full load of 104 satellites in space in a single mission.
Students get ‘little taste’ of robotics, STEAM hands-on…
Olivia Yetter and Pailee Wilson each enjoyed the interactive robot named Naw the most of the hands-on activities in the traveling children’s museum. “It can do what we do,” said Yetter, who was most impressed with seeing Naw dance.
Pinterest’s visual search, WhatsApp’s new security: all the app news you need to know
With even more iPhone rumors and more bizarre robots than we can keep track of, you may have lost track of some of the best new apps. Luckily, we’re keeping score for you for you.
‘The Space Between Us’ – Movie Review
The young adult romance genre has been places and chalked up a number of thrilling adventures but never has it breached the final frontier — even with its widened net of time travel, futuristic dystopia or animalistic humanity. This one does.
robotpy-cscore 2017.0.0rc3
These are python bindings for the cscore library, which is a high performance library used in the FIRST Robotics competition to serve video to/from robots. However, the core library is suitable for use in other applications, and is comparable to something like mjpg-streamer.
Literally Brilliant “Lighting Robot” Brings Sunlight To Parts of Your Home That Can’t Get Any
At certain times of year, the sun bounces off of a glass skyscraper outside my window and illuminates my apartment from an unusual angle. And the room then looks dramatically different.