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Boston Dynamics Takes Alpha Dog Military Robot Out For Its First Walk
Written by: Peter Murray 13 hours ago
First there were porters, then beasts of burden, then mechanized vehicles. And now we’re back to beasts of burden – [...]
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Written by: Keith Kleiner 1 day ago
Did you know that Singularity Hub has a newsletter that sends SH stories and other great content straight to your [...]
Man Receives New Bionic Hand With Electronic Opposable Thumb
Written by: Peter Murray 2 days ago
On January 12 Matt Razink received a prosthetic hand equipped with an electric opposable thumb. The Michelangelo Hand has given [...]
High-Speed Photography Captures Art In Drops Of Water
Written by: Peter Murray 2 days ago
Jim Kramer is an amateur photographer, but his subjects aren’t waterfalls or cityscapes. He narrows his focus on a natural [...]
Another First For 3D Printing – Woman Receives Jaw Implant
Written by: Peter Murray 3 days ago
An 83-year-old woman suffering from a lower jaw infection became the first person to receive a jaw implant manufactured with [...]
Singularity Hub Membership Program Going Exponential! Join The Fun
Written by: Keith Kleiner 4 days ago
A few days ago we launched the Singularity Hub membership program, and I am pleased to announce we are off [...]
Kurzweil Featured In Superbowl Ad? Yes, It’s True!
Written by: Keith Kleiner 4 days ago
If you were watching the Superbowl yesterday then you were probably as stunned as I was to see none other [...]
Computer Algorithm Used To Make Movie For Sundance Film Festival
Written by: Peter Murray 6 days ago
Indie movie makers can be a strange bunch, pushing the envelope of their craft and often losing us along the [...]
Dropping the F-BOMB, A Disposable Spy Computer Funded by DARPA
Written by: Peter Murray 7 days ago
Attach a camera to a drone, fly the drone around the back of the house, locate the bad guys. Robotic [...]
A Look At BMW’s Semi-Autonomous Driving Car
Written by: Peter Murray 8 days ago
While robotic cars have a ways to go yet before rolling (themselves) out onto showroom floors, BMW is incorporating driver [...]
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Take A Look At Dropcam’s New High-Definition Surveillance Camera
Written by: Peter Murray 9 days ago
The dropcam surveillance camera was already about as user-friendly as could be, now it’s added high-definition video and two-way audio [...]
40 Years After Moon Mission Made it Famous, NASA Recreates Iconic Picture of Earth – Blue Marble 2012
Written by: Aaron Saenz 11 days ago
If you want to see a pretty part of Earth, step outside. If you want to see all the pretty [...]
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Kickstarter: We’re Succesful, We’re Growing, We’re Changing Whole Industries
Written by: Aaron Saenz 11 days ago
Five hundred years ago, most Western artists lived off the charity of wealthy patrons. Today, you are that patron, and [...]
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Hmmm.... *looks at Watson* *imagines 1000^2 times more powerful computer* *imagines Watson becomes as good as other things as he is with natural language* effectively this date gives computers after the [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
Seems quite possible. But will it be AI? Or will it be a well-programmed machine that understands native English? Still impressive, but there's a [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
How does the first question mostly made of 0's? There are clearly more 1's (especially if one distinguishes between o and 0)