健康与医疗系统
This ultra-thin material could help millions see again
Truly super.
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新兴技术
Say hello to Hollywood's newest film star: a robot
Uncanny Hollywood. In 1998, director Tony Kaye released “American History X,” an unsettling drama focused on neo-Nazis. His next project could leave viewers just as uneasy, but for a diff...
自然与生物多样性
An AI has uncovered coral reefs that are resistant to climate change
Underwater wasteland.
工作与未来
This robot could help children with autism with their social skills
On the spectrum.
This US state is trialling a blockchain voting app for soldiers serving overseas
Voting goes mobile
深度产业
This VR horror game is only as scary as your heart can handle
A horrifying experience On July 13, game developer Red Meat Games released its fifth virtual reality (VR) project, Bring to Light. It was particularly appropriate to release it on Friday ...
新兴技术
How machines could manipulate your emotions
Our robotic buddies.
新兴技术
This AI-operated robotic hand moves with “unprecedented dexterity”
Robotic high five
新兴技术
This AI judges you based on the biases we've instilled it with
First impressions
新兴技术
Rolls Royce wants to use tiny cockroach inspired robots to fix plane engines
DebuggingTypically, engineers want to get bugs out of their creations. Not so for the U.K. engineering firm (not the famed carmaker) Rolls-Royce — it’s looking for a way to get bugs into ...
新兴技术
DeepMind created an IQ test for AI, and it didn't do too well
General Intelligence AI has gotten pretty good at completing specific tasks, but it’s still a long way from having general intelligence, the kind of all around smarts that would let AI na...
自然与生物多样性
Seattle has become the first major US city to ban plastic straws
Strawless in Seattle. On Sunday, Seattle became the first major city in the U.S. to ban plastic straws and utensils. The ban is part of a 2008 ordinance that banned any one-time-use food-...
新兴技术
These five algorithms worked together to beat humans at a video game
On Monday, non-profit AI research company OpenAI published a blog post about OpenAI Five, a group of five neural networks designed to work as a team while playing the real-time computer s...
深度产业
Boeing’s new concept hypersonic jet could fly from New York to Tokyo in just a couple of hours
There's fast, and there's hypersonic. On Tuesday, Boeing unveiled its first concept design for a hypersonic passenger jet during the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AI...
健康与医疗系统
This electronic skin lets amputees feel pain through their prosthetics
Up until the 20th century, wearing a prosthetic limb wasn’t all that great. They were often unwieldy wooden contraptions with both form and function that fell far short of their natural c...