[ad_1] The awards will be relatively modest at $15,000 to $50,000, but NASA stressed that this doesn’t necessarily involve tangible products. It can also involve research that fills “knowledge gaps” or reduces risks, for instance. Proposals are due by April 24th. The competition may not lead to a major breakthrough in NASA’s Moon and Mars […]
Category: Robots
IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI
[ad_1] The pledge, presented to Pope Francis today, calls for AI that safeguards the rights of all humans, especially the underprivileged, and for new regulations in areas like facial recognition. It asks tech leaders to “humanise technology and not ‘technologise’ humanity,” Novena News reports. “The Vatican is not an expert on the technology but on […]
MIT helps self-driving cars ‘see’ through snow and fog
[ad_1] Most autonomous vehicles use LIDAR sensors and/or cameras to figure out where they are on the road, but cameras can be thrown off by lighting conditions or snow-covered signs and lane markings, and LIDAR often becomes less accurate in inclement weather. GPR, on the other hand, sends electromagnetic pulses into the ground to measure […]
Spin Master’s new NinjaBots are cute little killers
[ad_1] Unlike the Foot Clan, NinjaBots aren’t human shaped; they’re more like little red, blue or black stubby bottles on wheels… with nunchucks. But the NinjaBots are packed with plenty of human emotions. They’ll make wisecracks, smack talk their opponents and do a little victory dance when they’ve triumphed. So really not like real ninjas, […]
The Morning After: Hasbro’s $60 ‘Baby Yoda’ toy is coming this fall
[ad_1] Outside the park.‘Westworld’ season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle The latest Westworld trailer shows Dolores, Maeve and Westworld’s other characters leaving the confines of the park that defined so much of the show’s past two seasons. Additionally, there’s more of the futuristic city we saw glimpses of in the first […]
Alphabet quits work on its energy-generating kites
[ad_1] As Makani’s Fort Felker said, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Makani is shutting down. Its recent investor Shell is “exploring options” to continue work on wind kite technology, although Felker didn’t elaborate on what that meant. The team did make some progress while under Alphabet’s wing, launching a 20kW demo project, and growing it […]
The Morning After: The rotary cellphone DIY kit you’ve been waiting for
[ad_1] The Bezos Earth Fund will start giving out grants this summer.Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to combat climate change Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced he plans to contribute $10 billion toward fighting climate change through the creation of a new philanthropic project called the Bezos Earth Fund. “Climate change is the biggest […]
Adam Savage turned Spot the robodog into a creepy rickshaw driver
[ad_1] Like almost everyone who has encounted Spot, his first thought was “can I ride it?” Unfortunately not, given the amount of weight the machine can handle — so for Savage, combining its capabilities with his apparent love for rickshaws was the obvious second choice. Obviously. And getting Spot geared up for the task appears […]
How AI is stopping the next great flu before it starts
[ad_1] Immune systems across the globe have been working overtime this winter as a devastating flu season has taken hold. More than 180,000 Americans have been hospitalized and 10,000 more have died in recent months, according to the CDC, while the coronavi… [ad_2] Source link
New music label says it can use AI to find the next big artist
[ad_1] Snafu claims its the first “full-service, AI-enabled record label.” Each week, it uses an algorithm to scrape approximately 150,000 tracks on places like Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud and Tiktok. By taking into account blog posts, tweets and playlist additions, Snafu claims its software can identify “undervalued” artists within days of them releasing their first song […]