Public Release: 1-Dec-2017 An interdisciplinary group of researchers interfaced individual bacteria with a computer to build a hybrid bio-digital circuit – Study published in Nature Communications Institute of Science and Technology Austria Caption Individual cells are digitally guided… Read More ›
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AI uses less than two minutes of videogame footage to recreate game engine
Public Release: 11-Sep-2017 Georgia Institute of Technology Game studios and enthusiasts may soon have a new tool at their disposal to speed up game development and experiment with different styles of play. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed… Read More ›
Empowering robots for ethical behavior
Public Release: 18-Jul-2017 Researchers have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots and humans to work and live side-by-side safely and effectively Frontiers Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK have developed a concept called Empowerment… Read More ›
Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do
Public Release: 5-Jul-2017 New study demonstrating that human ethical decisions can be implemented into machines has strong implications for managing the moral dilemmas autonomous cars may face on the road Frontiers Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like… Read More ›
Upgrading humans into GODS will be the next ‘billion dollar industry’ expert claims
Expert said today’s humans will become obsolete within the next 60 years Humans will transform themselves into ‘gods’ with technology upgrades But because the technology will be expensive, not everyone will be able to do so Will cause a… Read More ›
Machines will soon know how to make you cry
Public Release: 9-Mar-2017 Songs that make robots cry Osaka University IMAGE: This is a Brain Music EEG headset. Credit: Osaka University Music, more than any art, is a beautiful mix of science and emotion. It follows a set of… Read More ›
DeepMind’s AI can learn to act aggressively | WIRED UK
By MATT BURGESS Thursday 9 February 2017 Artificial intelligence changes the way it behaves based on the environment it is in, much like humans do, according to the latest research from DeepMind . Computer scientists from the Google-owned firm have… Read More ›
University of Minnesota research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds
Public Release: 14-Dec-2016 Groundbreaking study demonstrates potential to help millions of people with disabilities University of Minnesota IMAGE: Research subjects at the University of Minnesota fitted with a specialized noninvasive brain cap were able to move the robotic… Read More ›
Google says its artificial intelligence has taught itself to ‘translate between languages that it doesn’t even know’ | Daily Mail Online
‘Zero-shot translation’ can translate between languages it doesn’t know Deep-learning researchers developed Google Neural Machine Translation GNMT developed algorithm that ‘self-teaches’ it to translate languages By ARIEL ZILBER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 10:58 EST, 27 November 2016 | UPDATED: 14:11 EST,… Read More ›
Major breakthrough in Cyborg Technology
Public Release: 15-Nov-2016 Researchers create living bio-hybrid system Interdisciplinary approach makes linking biological materials and electronic devices possible American Institute of Physics These are immunofluorescence analysis of SH-SY5Y cells treated for 5 days with 10uM Retinoic Acid and 50ng/ml… Read More ›
Pro-Trump and pro- Clinton software robots produce 3.8 million tweets masquerading as humans
Public Release: 4-Nov-2016 Fake Tweets, real consequences for the election A USC Viterbi School of Engineering Computer Scientist worries that robot-generated tweets could compromise the presidential election University of Southern California Software robots masquerading as humans are influencing the political… Read More ›
Can a brain-computer interface convert your thoughts to text?
Public Release: 25-Oct-2016 Recent research shows brain-to-text device capable of decoding speech from brain signals Frontiers Ever wonder what it would be like if a device could decode your thoughts into actual speech or written words? While this… Read More ›
Artificial Intelligence may help in human rights trials
Public Release: 23-Oct-2016 AI predicts outcomes of human rights trials University College London The judicial decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have been predicted to 79% accuracy using an artificial intelligence (AI) method developed by researchers… Read More ›
Are we making AIs racist and sexist? Researchers warn machines are learning to have human biases | Daily Mail Online
When large data sets include social bias, machines learn that too, explains James Zou, Assistant Professor for Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. AI systems take as input large amounts of raw data and extract patterns When these large… Read More ›
Your body may soon be inhabited by swarms of microrobots
The microdoctors in our bodies Date: September 21, 2016 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Researchers are developing tiny, sophisticated technological and biological machines enabling non-invasive, selective therapies. Their creations include genetically modified cells that can be activated via brain waves, and… Read More ›
Researchers discover machines can learn by simply observing
Public Release: 30-Aug-2016 Researchers working with swarm robots make major breakthrough University of Sheffield It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look… Read More ›
New artificial intelligence beats tactical experts in combat simulation
Public Release: 27-Jun-2016 University of Cincinnati Retired United States Air Force Colonel Gene Lee, in a flight simulator, takes part in simulated air combat versus artificial intelligence technology developed by a team comprised of industry, US Air Force and… Read More ›
Artificial intelligence replaces physicists
Public Release: 16-May-2016 Physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using artificial intelligence to run a complex experiment Australian National University Physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using artificial intelligence to run a complex experiment. The… Read More ›
Building living, breathing supercomputers
Public Release: 26-Feb-2016 Discovery opens doors to creation of biological supercomputers that are about the size of a book McGill University IMAGE: Protein molecules travel around the circuit, forced in certain directions in directed ways, a bit like cars… Read More ›
When machines can do any job, what will humans do?
Public Release: 13-Feb-2016 Human labor may be obsolete by 2045 Rice computer scientist Moshe Vardi: Human labor may be obsolete by 2045 Rice University HOUSTON — (Feb. 13, 2016) — Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30… Read More ›
Senior citizens may accept robot helpers, but fear robot masters
Public Release: 1-Feb-2016 Penn State Senior citizens would likely accept robots as helpers and entertainment providers, but are leery of giving up too much control to the machines, according to researchers. Based on a study of senior citizens, the researchers… Read More ›
Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?
Public Release: 11-Jan-2016 Brain scans during communication game pinpoint areas where minds meet University of California – Berkeley From Apple’s Siri to Honda’s robot Asimo, machines seem to be getting better and better at communicating with humans. But some… Read More ›
U mad bro? Computers now know when you’re angry
“Websites can go beyond just presenting information, but they can sense you. They can understand not just what you’re providing, but what you’re feeling.” Public Release: 14-Dec-2015 The way you move a computer mouse reveals negative emotions Brigham Young… Read More ›
UW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies
Public Release: 1-Dec-2015 Collaboration combines child development research with machine learning approaches University of Washington A collaboration between UW developmental psychologists and computer scientists aims to enable robots to learn in the same way that children naturally do. The team… Read More ›
Secret to ‘living’ forever? Tech company reveal way to bring you back after death
UPDATED 16:44, 26 NOV 2015 BY KIRSTIE MCCRUM Humai are hopeful that their science fiction work may become science fact in just 30 years from now A technology company says it’s working on a project which would allow a human’s… Read More ›
A network of artificial neurons learns to use human language
PUBLIC RELEASE: 11-NOV-2015 A computer simulation of a cognitive model entirely made up of artificial neurons learns to communicate through dialogue starting from a state of tabula rasa UNIVERSIT?I SASSARI A group of researchers from the University of Sassari… Read More ›
Virginia Tech scientist develops model for robots with bacteria-controlled brains
Public Release: 16-Jul-2015 Understanding the biochemical sensing between organisms could have far reaching implications in ecology, biology, and robotics Virginia Tech Forget the Vulcan mind-meld of the Star Trek generation — as far as mind control techniques go, bacteria is… Read More ›
Do insect societies share brain power?
Public Release: 16-Jun-2015 Social brains may have evolved very differently in insects than in vertebrates Drexel University PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2015) – The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain–and it does so differently for social… Read More ›
Artificial intelligence discovers planarian regeneration model
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 PLOS An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria–the small worms whose extraordinary power to regrow body parts has made them a research model in human regenerative medicine. The discovery… Read More ›
Combining computer vision and brain computer interface for faster mine detection
Public Release: 4-May-2015 University of California – San Diego IMAGE: Subjects in the study viewed images while wearing an EEG headset. Credit: Neuromatters Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have combined sophisticated computer vision algorithms and a… Read More ›
Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools
Findings could lead to assistive technologies benefitting the disabled University of Missouri-Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. – Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas… Read More ›
‘Radiogenetics’ seeks to remotely control cells and genes
It’s the most basic of ways to find out what something does, whether it’s an unmarked circuit breaker or an unidentified gene — flip its switch and see what happens. New remote-control technology may offer biologists a powerful way to… Read More ›
Scientists in China, US, Israel review the worldwide rise of the ‘network of networks’
Interdependence of Different Infrastructure Sectors The interdisciplinary field of network science has attracted enormous attention in the past 10 years, although most results have been obtained by analyzing isolated networks. However many real-world networks interact with and depend on… Read More ›
Cockroach Cyborgs Use Microphones to Detect, Trace Sounds
November 6, 2014 North Carolina State University researchers have developed technology that allows cyborg cockroaches, or biobots, to pick up sounds with small microphones and seek out the source of the sound. The technology is designed to help emergency personnel… Read More ›
Knowledge transfer: Computers teach each other Pac-Man
March 27, 2014 Matthew Haugen PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers in Washington State University’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have developed a method to allow a computer to give advice and teach skills to another computer in a way that… Read More ›
Rise of robot reporters: when software writes the news
17:00 21 March 2014 by Aviva Rutkin Just three minutes after an earthquake hit California on Monday, the Los Angeles Times broke the story on its website. The short article seemed fairly ordinary. It covered all the major details –… Read More ›
Russian Military to Deploy Security Bots at Missile Bases
Russian Military to Deploy Security Bots at Missile Bases © RIA Novosti. Sergei Pyatakov 04:48 13/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 12 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is planning to deploy mobile security robots in 2014 to protect its strategic missile facilities, the Defense… Read More ›
2029: the year when robots will have the power to outsmart their makers
Ray Kurzweil, Google expert in artificial intelligence, predicts that by 2029 robots will make jokes and flirt Nadia Khomani The Observer, Saturday 22 February 2014 16.00 EST Computers will be cleverer than humans by 2029, according to Ray Kurzweil, Google’s director… Read More ›
Termite robots build castles with no human help
Video: Termite robots build castles with no human help A shoe-sized robot, shaped like a VW Beetle and built by a 3D printer, scuttles in circles on a Harvard lab bench. Its hooked wheels, good for climbing and grasping,… Read More ›
10 Technologies That Could Enslave Humanity
Terminator is a true story. Find out how we’re all doomed in 10 technologies that could enslave humanity.
New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate
A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other ‘multiagent systems’ — to collaborate in unprecedented ways Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication… Read More ›
The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Press Release 003/2014 Interfaces of Technical Devices with Organisms for Medical Applications – KIT Scientists Report in “Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed.” Communication between man and machine – a fascinating area at the interface of chemistry, biomedicine, and engineering. (Figure: KIT/S…. Read More ›
Is it OK to torture or murder a robot?
Richard Fisher is the deputy editor of BBC Future. We form such strong emotional bonds with machines that people can’t be cruel to them even though they know they are not alive. So should robots have rights? Kate Darling likes… Read More ›
Neuro-enhancement in the military: far-fetched or an inevitable future?
As the science of brain stimulation forges ahead, neuroscientists and psychologists face tough ethical decisions The military has a genuine interest in brain stimulation research. Photograph: Alamy About five years ago, not long after I started up my research group… Read More ›
New Terminator-style ‘bots can self-assemble, leap, climb and SWARM
Creepy, limbless – MIT roboticists flywheel paves way for tiny, cube-shaped overlords By Brid-Aine Parnell, 7th October 2013 Rise of The Machines Roboticists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a range of self-assembling cube robots, which have no external… Read More ›
Artificial intelligence ‘will take the place of humans within five years’
Salespeople, call centre staff and customer service personnel could all be replaced by computers within the next few years, claims one technology entrepreneur. Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film Artificial Intelligence (AI) depicts a future where robots have become eerily human…. Read More ›
Brain-to-brain breakthrough in mind control experiment
Two minds with but a single thought as University of Washington researcher controls colleague’s hand movements LAST UPDATED AT 13:48 ON Wed 28 Aug 2013 SCIENTISTS have achieved human mind control for the first time in an experiment at… Read More ›
Chips that mimic the brain
Contact: Giacomo Indiveri giacomo.indiveri@ini.phys.ethz.ch 41-446-353-024 University of Zurich No computer works as efficiently as the human brain – so much so that building an artificial brain is the goal of many scientists. Neuroinformatics researchers from the University of Zurich and… Read More ›
We’ll be uploading our entire MINDS to computers by 2045 and our bodies will be replaced by machines within 90 years, Google expert claims
Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, believes we will be able to upload our entire brains to computers within the next 32 years – an event known as singularity Our ‘fragile’ human body parts will be replaced by machines… Read More ›
Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware
Mobe manufacturer playing long game for end times By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 31st May 2013 19:26 GMT Regcast training : Hyper-V 3.0, VM high availability and disaster recovery Motorola has shown off an electronic authentication… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 