Artificial intelligence Sundar Pichai is Surrounded by Google Brain Researchers | Artificial intelligence Sep 4, 2018 At Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters, the chief executive, Sundar Pichai, now shares a floor with Google Brain, a research lab dedicated to…
Tech News update How researchers are designing smart desks of the future | Industry Sep 4, 2018 Around 81 million office workers spend about 11.6 hours per day in sedentary activities in the U.S. That’s not healthy for anyone, as it leads to…
Tech and Gadget Facebook needs ‘safe harbor’ for public interest journalism, say researchers | Social Sep 3, 2018 Researchers want Facebook to change its rules, making it easier for journalists and academics to undertake investigations and studies on the social…
Innovation Researchers 3D-print a prototype bionic eyeball | Innovation Sep 2, 2018 Engineers from the University of Minnesota have 3D-printed a prototype for a bionic eyeball, which could one day change the lives of people with…
Robotics Researchers develop virtual-reality testing ground for drones | Robotics Aug 31, 2018 Training drones to fly fast, around even the simplest obstacles, is a crash-prone exercise that can have engineers repairing or replacing vehicles…
Robotics Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers | Robotics Aug 23, 2018 A small unmanned Clearpath Husky robot, which was used by ARL researchers to develop a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal…
Tech News update Researchers use bacteria to cure fungal infections | Digital Science Aug 20, 2018 Candida albicans. Credit: Wikipedia. Researchers in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering…
Artificial intelligence Johns Hopkins researchers use deep learning to combat pancreatic cancer | AI Aug 17, 2018 Only 7 percent of patients live five years after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the lowest rate for any cancer, according to the American Cancer…
Social Media Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director’s Awards | Social Aug 13, 2018 The High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund, has awarded 86 grants to…
Social Media Small European nation becomes a “living lab” for urban innovation researchers | Social Aug 13, 2018 When you think of innovation hubs around the world, Andorra, a tiny country tucked between Spain and France, may not come to mind. But, for several…