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Jan 14, 2016
Robot Wars returning to the BBC after 12-year absence
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
Get ready; Robot fans and Geeks around world! Robot Wars is coming back for a new season on the BBC.
Robot Wars, the competitive TV show about battling bots, is returning to UK screens with a new series and new, improved remote-controlled metallic monsters of mayhem.
The BBC has confirmed that it has commissioned one of the original production companies to resurrect the show in the form of six 60 minute episodes, with a new structure in place and more science facts and behind-the-scenes footage than before.
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Jan 14, 2016
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change War?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: drones, economics, military, robotics/AI
Davos, US military branches, Time Magazine, etc. are all talking about the Robotic Battlefield.
Automated systems have already reshaped modern warfare, most notably with the widespread use of drones in conflict. Now, experts predict that advances in artificial intelligence could further change how we fight battles.
The new frontiers of warfare are not without ethical questions. Many have already challenged whether the United States should use unmanned drones to kill terrorists.
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Jan 13, 2016
The US wants self-driving cars, and fast
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Just a day after a technology-heavy State of the Union comes news that the White House isn’t done pushing us into the future. Reuters believes that Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will head to Detroit tomorrow to talk about the administration’s efforts to accelerate the development of self-driving cars. It’s said that Google, which has been spearheading the project to build an autonomous vehicle, will also be in attendance at the event. The newswire mentions Mark Rosekind, head of the nation’s traffic safety bureau, who has asked for a “nimble, flexible” approach to writing new traffic regulations. Details are still thin on the ground, but it looks as if Obama’s “spirit of innovation” is alive and well.
[Image Credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty]
Jan 13, 2016
5 Predictions for Artificial Intelligence in 2016
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Jan 13, 2016
Tesla Car Can Be Summoned And Park Itself
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Jan 13, 2016
Artificial intelligence: Who’s regulating the robots?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, quantum physics, robotics/AI
Run away AI & Robots in particular do not worry me at this point. When we have Quantum based AI and Robots meaning they can fully operate themselves; that’s when we have to truly consider our real risks and ensure we have proper safe gaurds. The bigger issue with current AI and Robots that are not developed on a Quantum platform or technology is hacking. Hacking by others is the immediate threat for AI & Robots.
Jan 13, 2016
Watch Scientists Make These Microbots Move With A Magnetic Force Field
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, robotics/AI
Interesting and could change as well as acellerate our efforts around bot technology and humans as well as other areas of robotic technology.
Like Jedi Knights, researchers at Purdue University are using the force — force fields, that is. (Photo : Windell Oskay | Flickr)
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Jan 12, 2016
These Totally Mesmerizing Robots That Sort Batteries Are Just Awesome
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: employment, robotics/AI
Seeing this video; I already identified quickly where the US Government could truly cut it’s budget.
I legitimately have fun watching these robot arms sort out batteries because they are just so damn good at their jobs. A conveyor belt pushes out an endless stream of batteries that desperately need sorting and the robot arms somehow never fall behind. One robot arm grabs the batteries that are scattered all over the place and creates a set of 4 while the other robotic arm snatches those sets of batteries and puts them aside. It’s great because the whole sorting system isn’t totally uniform, the robot arms look like they’re frantically fighting against the clock.
Jan 12, 2016
Can artificial intelligence help fight addiction and improve medication adherence? AiCure nets $12M in Series A
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI
I could see the value of AI in helping with a whole host of addictions, compulsive disorders, etc. AI at the core is often looking at patterns and predicting outcomes, or the next steps to make, or predicting what you or I will want to do or react to something, etc. So, leveraging AI as a tool to help in finding or innovating new solutions for things like OCD or addictions does truly make sense.
New York-based AiCure, which holds 12 patents for artificially intelligent software platforms that aim to improve patient outcomes by targeting medication adherence, announced the closing of a $12.25 million funding round Monday.
The company’s software was built with help from $7 million in competitive grants from four National Institutes of Health organizations, awarded in order to spur tech developments that would have a significant impact on drug research and therapy. The National Institute of Drug Abuse awarded AiCure $1 million in 2014 to help launch a major study into the efficacy of using the company’s platform to monitor and intervene with patients receiving medication as maintenance therapy for addiction.
Adherence to such therapies is associated with improved recovery, but often patients take improper doses or sell the drugs to others. To address this, AiCure’s platform connects patients with artificial intelligence software via their devices that determines whether a medication is being taken as prescribed. The platform has shown to be feasible for use across various patient populations, including elderly patients and study participants in schizophrenia and HIV prevention trials, according to a news release.
