Tag: Robots

This Inspiring Teen Uses her Terminal Illness to Change the Way We Look at Death

"The people who have been through the most are the people with the most to give" - Claire Wineland. At birth, 19-year-old Claire Wineland was diagnosed with a chronic and terminal disease called Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CF causes excess mucus buildup in her organs, causing infections, extensive damage and eventually total shut down. Going through over 30 surgeries, lung failure, and spending a third of her life...

ACLU & Famous Startup Accelerator Team Up Against Trump in Unlikely Partnership

Y Combinator is a big name in Silicon Valley, known as the venture capital company with a hand in helping ambitious startups like Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, and Twitch.tv get off the ground. Twice a year, they choose a new batch of companies to throw their formidable resources behind, offering an average of $120,000 in seed money, practical guidance, and industry connections in exchange for...
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Inside OpenAI: Elon Musk’s Billion Dollar Project to Build AI for Everyone

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, one player is fielding an uncommon strategy. OpenAI, an initiative launched last December, sets itself apart from...

This Uncrushable Cockroach Robot Wants to Rescue You

It’s been said that if there was ever a nuclear apocalypse, the only living creature likely to remain will be a cockroach. Why? Because...

This Robot Might Be the Future of DIY Surgery

In the 2013 Matt Damon sci-fi movie Elysium, the rich live on a space station where every home is equipped with a medical device...

Robot Journalists Are Taking Over the Associated Press Newsroom

Those news articles that pop up in your Facebook feed about Coca-Cola's new business venture or the latest development in Middle East oil politics,...

A Robot Is About To Hitchhike Across Canada

There was a time in America's past where hitchhiking was a common thing. People in need of a ride and short on cash thought...

Engineers In Florida Have Just Created A Working RoboCop

Crime in the future is going to be a lot more difficult. Between flying police drones and a new RoboCop prototype created at Florida...

AI Tried to Create Inspirational Quotes, and it Went Hilariously Wrong

AI is a concept that both excites and terrifies us. Machine learning systems are set to revolutionize and streamline the way we live, work,...

Inside the Life of People Married to Robots

Zheng Jiajia is an engineer and a graduate of Zhejiang University. He is 31 years old and married to a beautiful young woman named...

Physicist Believes These Computers Could Make Immortality Possible

The famous Professor of Particle Physics, Brian Cox, is one of many scientists who believe we will soon be able to completely merge our...

Revolutionary Synthetic Muscle Brings Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have just taken a big step towards making the movie Terminator a reality. They’ve made a breakthrough in the field...