Facebook finds itself in hot water once again as it owns up to mistakenly inserting a variety of bizarre messages into the Oculus Touch virtual reality controller, including “Big Brother is Watching,” and “We see you!”
Thanks to a breakthrough in robotic technology, surgeons performing delicate operations via computer will now have the sense of touch.
Two Microsoft employees have developed the LoveBot, a chatbot that will convey your feelings to a loved one for you.
Using an “artificial brain,” Google DeepMind researchers have developed a new voice synthesizing technique they claim is at least 50% closer to real human speech than current text-to-speech (TTS) systems in both US English and Mandarin Chinese.
In response to the New York Times op-ed “Emoji Feminism,” Google has proposed 13 new emoji designs “highlighting the diversity of women’s careers and empowering girls everywhere.”
Two collaborating biotech companies have been given permission to execute a groundbreaking and highly controversial brain reanimation project.
Touted as a potential method of correcting poor vision, Google has filed a patent for an electronic lens implanted directly into a human eye.
Thanks to a joint venture between a university in Saudi Arabia and Stanford University, scientists have used a robotic mermaid to successfully plunder an untouched 17th century shipwreck off the coast of France.
Researchers at UCLA have invented a method using a microscope augmented by artifical intelligence to detect cancer cells quicker and more accurately than current techniques.
New research among 18-34 year olds reveals that a quarter of young people in the UK would happily date a robot.
Two University of Washington undergraduates have been awarded $10,000 for inventing “SignAloud,” a pair of gloves capable of translating American Sign Language into English in real time.
Scientists at the Fusion Technology Lab at UW-Wisconsin have developed miniaturized bomb-sniffing technology that can be fitted to drones.
A Buddhist temple in Beijing is embracing technological advancement, using a robotic monk to further promote the “wisdom” of Buddhism in a contemporary way.
While lawsuits pile up for ride-sharing companies, a Singapore-based joint venture plans to roll out 24-passenger driverless pods by the end of 2016.
Claiming equal protection under the law as same-sex couples, a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School has sued the state of Texas for the right to wed his porn-laden Macbook laptop.
Nearly a century after its conception, Afsaneh Rabiei, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering out of North Carolina State University, has developed a composite metal foam capable of turning armor-piercing bullets into dust upon impact.
While claiming to be a more sanitary option in public bathrooms, a recent study shows that drying your hands with a Dyson Airblade jet air hand dryer can spread 1,300 times more bacteria than paper towels.
After playing the role of personal companion, salesbot, as well as a student and English teacher, Pepper, the humanoid robot, can officially add “seafaring concierge” to its resume.
As robotic technology rapidly advances, scientists look to improve synthetic smart skins that help make robotics more human-like and are essential in giving them touch-sensitivity.
Hoping to normalize the presence of robots in classrooms, the highly popular Japanese humanoid robot Pepper, developed as a customer service assistant, has enrolled at Hisashi High School in Waseda, Fukushima Prefecture.
Hitachi has introduced EMIEW3, a robot with “remote brain” technology designed to function in real world environments and situations, such as retail stores, public facilities, and tourist areas.
Experts in both Japan and the U.S. anticipate half of Japan’s workforce to be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2035.
