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Oxford Prof. Nick Bostrom wants companies like Google and Facebook to help keep Artificial Intelligence friendly | MIT Technology Review
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
"Philosopher Nick Bostrom says major tech companies are listening to his warnings about investing in “AI safety” research. Over the past year, Oxford University philosophy professor&n...
Predicting oral bioavailability is better with AI says PharmaInformatic | in-Pharma Technologist
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
Artificial intelligence can aid lead optimisation according to the German firm behind a new structure-based drug oral bioavailability prediction technology. See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
AI is here, but is your business ready for it? | Forbes
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
Artificial intelligence isn't about humanoid robots. It's about better leveraging the technology around us to improve life and business.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Artificial Intelligence company Rainbird called to 10 Downing Street | Fridge Magazine
Hallie Siegel
09 Apr 2015
"We have followed Artificial Intelligence Company Rainbird through their Techstars exterpience over the past few months and now they have been called to 10 Downing Street. Rainbird has been ...
Community Notebook: Silicon Valley Robot Block Party features the latest in robotics
Andra Keay
08 Apr 2015
More than 1,000 people are expected to celebrate National Robotics Week at the 2015 Silicon Valley Robot Block Party, where the latest robotics technology and startups will be on display.Source: www.p...
Kate Darling on the downsides of Google’s robot personality patent | Automaton
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
Google’s patent for generating robot personalities from cloud data is superfluous, and could make it more difficult for companies social robotics companies to innovate.See it on Scoop.it, via Ro...
For hire: Uber staffing up Pittsburgh robotics center | Pittsburgh Business Times
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
The company is looking to fill 19 engineering positions.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Reimagining the boardroom for an age of Virtual Reality and AI
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
"Boards challenge their executives to get with the digital age — but many haven’t followed their own good advice.They’re starting to use more digital tools to gather inform...
What real engineers think about Artificial Intelligence | 33rd Square
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
What are the computer engineers and industry-related experts' opinion of artificial intelligence? Do the recent depictions in science fiction of the technology match up with reality?See it on Scoop.it...
Google patented building robots with personalities | Quartz
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
Robots get no respect.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Inkjet-printed liquid metal could bring wearable tech, soft robotics | Phys.org
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
New research shows how inkjet-printing technology can be used to mass-produce electronic circuits made of liquid-metal alloys for 'soft robots' and flexible electronics.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotic...
Ex Machina’s Director on why A.I. is humanity’s last hope | WIRED
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
"Humans are going die on this planet. What will survive on our behalf is AIs—if we manage to create them. That’s not problematic, it’s desirable."See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
mBot: $49 educational robot for each kid | Kickstarter
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
ONE ROBOT PER KID. mBot is the easiest educational robot for kids to learn programming, Arduino and robotics.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Manufacturing technology startup SoftWear Automation expands | Atlanta Business Chronicle
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
"Just as a CNC machine uses a coordinate system to cut a piece of metal, SoftWear's technology allows a sewing machine to cut apparel based on programmed coordinates. SoftWear is also developing a rob...
Ultra-realistic robot proves there’s more than one way to scare a fish | NYU Press Room
Hallie Siegel
08 Apr 2015
Researchers at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering have published the first study showing that, in a side-by-side comparison, a robotic predator can spook zebrafish just as well as the real thin...
Will the robots come and take our jobs?
Andra Keay
02 Apr 2015
McAfee and Erik BrynjolfssonSource: blogs.ft.comAgain a mixed positive study. But it's hard to predict accurately and there are really two issues - improving productivity and economic growth vs failin...
Watch this drone herd sheep like a sheepdog | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Emil Protalinski
Andra Keay
01 Apr 2015
Introducing Shep the Drone.Source: venturebeat.comSee on Scoop.it - The Robot Times...
Yep, that anti-robot protest at SXSW was a marketing stunt | io9.com
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
When a group of plucky students organized a protest at SXSW against the rising threat of artificial intelligence, they got a ton of attention. Including interviews on NPR and the BBC. A grassroots ant...
What it took these four women to get into robotics | ReadWrite
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
Insight from Melonie Wise, Tessa Lau, Cynthia Breazeal, and Louise PoubelSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Robotics key to competition in beef processing | North Queensland Register
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
THE only way for beef producers to get better farm-gate returns is to reverse the concentration of abattoirs, and robotics could be the key.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Intelligent process automation software unlocks business value | eWeek
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
About half the senior execs participating in a recent survey expect automation to significantly improve their business processes within three to five years.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Apple Co-Founder: Will AI Turn Us Into ‘Family Pets’? | NBCNews.com
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
"It looks like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking aren't the only people worried that artificial intelligence could spell doom for mankind."See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Top 10 differences between high school sports and robotics
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
At my first high school robotics competition last week I noticed 10 glaring differences with sports. I'll never think about either one the same way again.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Google takes on the challenge of making robot surgery safer | Wired
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
Google's Life Sciences division will partner with Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary to create the next generation of robotic surgery systems.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
mDrawBot : A 4-in-1 drawing robot | Waowtech.com
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
https://youtu.be/MHwm8jZwMlE "Users assemble the robot and use drawing software to control it."See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
The launch of robotic therapy cat JustoCat | RobotDalen
Hallie Siegel
01 Apr 2015
JustoCat, which is now being launched on the European market, is a robotic therapy cat developed and scientifically evaluated in cooperation between robotics researchers and health care researchers at...
The AI resurgence: Why now? | Wired
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
jeffedoe/Flickr Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been enjoying a major resurgence in recent months and for some seasoned professionals, who have been in the AI industry since the 1980s, it feels like ...
Festo eMotionButterflies | YouTube
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
With the bionic butterflies, for the first time Festo combines the ultralight construction of artificial insects with collision-free flying behaviour in a collective. For coordination purposes, the eM...
Apple co-founder on artificial intelligence: ‘The future is scary and very bad’ | Washington Post
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
Joining the likes of Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak has sounded the alarm on A.I.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
59% of B2B Fortune 500 companies use marketing automation
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
The world's biggest companies are beginning more and more to see the value of marketing automation systems. Why is the adoption rate growing so quickly?See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Google is going to make surgery robots | Business Insider
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
A partnership between the two companies will make automated medical equipment.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Google’s Deep Mind artificial intelligence unit joins cancer fight with nanotechnology | London Evening Standard
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
Deep Mind, the London-based artificial intelligence start-up bought for £400 million by Google last year, is working on technology to fight cancer, according to one of the search giant's top executiv...
Social robot pets: Your new best friend
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
Do you like cats or dogs? Would you love to have one as a pet? What if you do not have the time to care for him? Or maybe you are afraid that it will not listen to you and you will need to run w...
When It Comes To Jobs, Automation Can Be a Force For Good
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
Advances in automation will create an enormous increase in productivity and wealth, and potentially, a world where that wealth is unavailable to theSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Elon Musk claims artificial intelligence will treat humans like ‘labradors’ – Daily Mail
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
Elon Musk's comments were made in an interview with New York-based scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who added that computers could choose to breed docile humans and eradicate the violent ones.See it on ...
Qualcomm sees smartphone technology powering robotics – U-T San Diego
Hallie Siegel
30 Mar 2015
San Diego company trying to bring robots closer to mainstream consumersSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
