The Plan to Build a Massive Online Brain for All The World’s Robots
Today, backed by funding from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, roboticist Ashutosh Saxena and his team unveiled what they call “RoboBrain,” a kind of online service packed with information and artificial intelligence software that any robot could tap into.
August 25, 2014 at 5:05PM
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How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
The National Security Agency is secretly providing data to nearly two dozen U.S. government agencies with a “Google-like” search engine built to share more than 850 billion records about phone calls, emails, cellphone locations, and internet chats, according to classified documents obtained by The Intercept.
August 25, 2014 at 1:54PM
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Amazon-not Google-reportedly buying Twitch for $1 billion
Well-sourced site The Information (subscription required) is claiming that Amazon is in “late stage talks” to purchase Twitch.tv, the video game streaming site, for $1 billion.
August 25, 2014 at 1:07PM
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Virtual Reality
In the wake of Facebook’s purchase of Oculus VR, can this revolutionary technology triumph anew?
August 25, 2014 at 12:34PM
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Robots As Bosses – Business Insider
Research coming out of MIT confirms that in a two-human, one-robot team working toward a common goal, the humans would rather the robot be in charge.
August 25, 2014 at 11:29AM
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Cyborg Moths, Wired From Birth, Could Serve as Living Drones
In a lab at North Carolina State University, researchers have created moths that are a blend of wires and tissue. The eventual plan: to control a cyborg moth army.
August 25, 2014 at 10:23AM
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For sale: Systems that can secretly track where cellphone users go around the globe
Makers of surveillance systems are offering governments across the world the ability to track the movements of almost anybody who carries a cellphone, whether they are blocks away or on another continent.
August 25, 2014 at 7:27AM
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Laserlight, the bright idea of a student behind a lifesaver for cyclists
Emily Brooke has created a virtual cyclist, seen by drivers if there is a rider in their blind spot – with 3,000 sold at $200 each.
August 24, 2014 at 5:07PM
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Is This ‘Stupendous’ Butter Knife a Work of Genius or Just Plain Dumb?
We’ve gone this long without needing this butter knife. So why did everyone suddenly decide they couldn’t live without it?
August 24, 2014 at 3:35PM
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The New Editors of the Internet
In a small number of Silicon Valley conference rooms, decisions are being made about what people should and shouldn’t see online — without the accountability or culture that has long accompanied that responsibility.
August 24, 2014 at 2:22PM
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