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TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas
The Transportation Security Administration is launching the pilot phase of an autonomous self-screening checkpoint system. Unveiled earlier this week and scheduled to officially open on […]
Continue readingOh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now
Step aside, Atlas: A new bipedal bot reportedly laid claim to the world’s fastest full-sized humanoid machine. According to the Shanghai-based startup, Unitree Robotics, its […]
Continue readingAI promised humanlike machines–in 1958
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world […]
Continue readingWhat Boeing’s door-plug debacle says about the future of aviation safety
This article was originally featured on MIT Press. On January 6, as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, was climbing out of […]
Continue readingWhy scientists are tracking whale tails with AI
Researchers using an AI photo-scanning tool similar to facial recognition have learned that there’s been a 20% decline in North Pacific Ocean humpback whale populations […]
Continue readingOpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?
You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of WordPress, its content management systems host around 43 percent of […]
Continue readingOpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter
Just a few years ago, attempts at autonomous, human-shaped bipedal robots were laughable and far-fetched. Two-legged robots competing in high-profile Pentagon challenges famously stumbled and […]
Continue readingOdie the lunar lander is not dead yet
Despite landing on its side and struggling to maintain power, Odysseus, the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in over half a century, […]
Continue readingBharatRohan Partners with AgHub to Strengthen Agtech R&D
BharatRohan announced a co-innovation partnership with AgHub, the Agri-innovation hub of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU). This collaborative effort aims to promote a […]
Continue readingThe Apple Car is dead
It turns out that last month’s report on Apple kicking its tortured, multibillion dollar electric vehicle project down the road another few years was a […]
Continue readingUnifly Joins EUREKA Project for Advancing Urban Air Mobility in Europe
Unifly announces its pivotal role in the €12 million EUREKA project, initiated by the SESAR Joint Undertaking in June 2023. Led by EUROCONTROL, this groundbreaking […]
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