Mishtalk | Source URL UPS teamed up with TuSimple in May for autonomous delivery of cargo. Gizmodo reports UPS Has Been Delivering Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks for Months And No One Knew. UPS announced on Thursday that its venture capital arm has made a minority investment in TuSimple. The announcement […]
Sophie Curtis | The UK Sun | Source URL Six morbidly obese people have agreed to take part in a clinical trial of a brain chip that zaps them when they think about food. The chip, known as a responsive neurostimulation system (RNS), was originally developed by medical technology company […]
David Szondy | New Atlas | Source URL A new US Air Force kit that can turn a conventional aircraft into a robotic one has completed its maiden flight. Developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated as part of the Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program, […]
Q97.9 (WJBQ) | Source URL Have you visited any grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or New Jersey lately and noticed a tall, cartoon-eyed robot slowly following you up and down the aisles? Marty the Robot is Stop & Shop’s newest employee and is causing quite a stir. Since January, about 300 […]
Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive | Source URL There’s no mistaking the elaborate tattoos that cover Tyrone Lamont Allen’s forehead and right cheek. But when Portland police suspected Allen was involved in four bank and credit union heists, and none of the tellers reported seeing tattoos on the face of […]
David Rivers | The Daily Star | Source URL Deepfake material including fabricated evidence will become so realistic it will land innocent people in jail, an expert has warned. Shamir Allibhai, CEO of video verification company Amber, believes content including CCTV and voice recordings will be subject to gross manipulation. […]
C-DAEM will allow artillery units dozens of miles away to destroy moving tanks. Kyle Mizokami | Popular Mechanics | Source URL The U.S. Army is working on a new artillery shell capable of locating enemy targets, including moving tanks and armored vehicles. The shell, called Cannon-Delivered Area Effects Munition (C-DAEM), […]
John Murawski | The Wall Street Journal | Source URL U.S. retailers large and small are pressing ahead with testing the use of artificial intelligence to track what products shoppers pick up and automatically bill their accounts when they walk out the door, eliminating the need for a checkout line. […]
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Amy Plitt | Curbed | Source URL It’s official: Autonomous vehicles have arrived in New York City. But you won’t soon see self-driving cars on city streets; instead, the vehicles will be used for a shuttle service within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, intended to connect passengers from its NYC Ferry […]
Global Health Newswire | Source URL Brain imaging of 40 U.S. government personnel who experienced a host of neurological symptoms after possible exposure of an unknown source while serving in Cuba revealed significant differences in brain tissue and connectivity when compared to healthy individuals, according to a new report from […]
Cory Doctorow | Boing Boing | Source URL Jonathan Zittrain (previously) is consistently a source of interesting insights that often arrive years ahead of their wider acceptance in tech, law, ethics and culture (2008’s The Future of the Internet (and how to stop it) is surprisingly relevant 11 years later); […]
Unlike biotech tools adapted from nature, the invention was entirely conceived by humans and represents one of the few proteins made from scratch in the lab. Nicoletta Lanese | The Scientist | Source URL Scientists have invented a synthetic protein designed to control the inner workings of cells. In a […]
