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Moravec‘s Paradox

MIT’s RoboRaise bot will mimic your bicep curls

Robots are pretty good at carrying out specific actions, provided we give them specific instructions first. But could robots and humans work together more seamlessly if the machines were able to take their cues from human movement, say like a furniture remova…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Electric Car

Preorders are open in Europe for the Honda E city car, not that we’re jealous or anything – Roadshow

This thing is like weaponized cuteness, and it's rear-wheel drive. Andrew Hoyle/Roadshow It's no secret that we're very excited about the forthcoming Honda E electric car. It's retro and fun-looking without being twee, and we're betting it will be a hoot to…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Little Italy

San Diego Tech Hub Plans To Transform Horton Plaza

The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve Campus At Horton on Monday. It's a redevelopment plan that would turn Horton Plaza into a tech hub. Stockdale Capital Partners, an LA-based real estate firm, bought Horton Plaza from Westfield back in …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Palestine

Trump Doesn’t Want Peace. He Wants Palestinian Surrender.

The Trump administration says it has a peace plan for the Middle East. Those behind it claim that they are offering a new approach to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one focused on an economic vision, and that it deserves a chance. Yet none of what has …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Global Warming

Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978

What's Going On? Atmospheric CO2 measurements at the Mauna Loa observatory (where CO2 concentration has been measured since the 1950s) topped 415 ppm last week, and levels continue to rise steadily. The last time Earth's atmosphere had this much carbon, mast…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Scotland

Netball counts down to World Cup ‘summer of excitement’

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The Commonwealth Games netball final had a dramatic conclusion Netball burst dramatically into the UK sporting consciousness last year, when England stunned huge favourites Australia to grab the Commonwealth Games g…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Yemen Civil War

Overnight Defense: Iran concerns continue to dominate foreign policy talk | Democrats warn Trump may soon act on Saudi arms sale | Senate panel finishes work on defense bill | Top Armed Services members blast new Pentagon policy

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Rebecca Kheel, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: A day after briefings on Capi…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming to Netflix in June 2019

You know the drill: new month, new movies. June is coming, and bringing it with it a whole new slew of titles you’ll be able to stream on Netflix. Check out the best new TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in June 2019. Movies Coming to Netflix in June…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Virtual Reality

Samsung’s AI animates paintings and photos without 3D modeling

Engineers and researchers from Samsung’s AI Center in Moscow and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have created a model that can generate realistic animated talking heads from images without traditional methods like 3D modeling. Samsung opened AI …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

VR

Assassin’s Creed VR ‘Escape Room’ Is More Spectacle Than Puzzle

Ubisoft has a new VR escape room set in the world of Assassins Creed that you can play at over 100 different locations around the world. Its fun, but despite its stated ties to escape rooms, Beyond Medusas Gate is more of an hourlong VR action game than a coo…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

MIT’s RoboRaise bot will mimic your bicep curls

Preorders are open in Europe for the Honda E city car, not that we’re jealous or anything – Roadshow

San Diego Tech Hub Plans To Transform Horton Plaza

Trump Doesn’t Want Peace. He Wants Palestinian Surrender.

Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978

Netball counts down to World Cup ‘summer of excitement’

Overnight Defense: Iran concerns continue to dominate foreign policy talk | Democrats warn Trump may soon act on Saudi arms sale | Senate panel finishes work on defense bill | Top Armed Services members blast new Pentagon policy

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming to Netflix in June 2019

Samsung’s AI animates paintings and photos without 3D modeling

Assassin’s Creed VR ‘Escape Room’ Is More Spectacle Than Puzzle

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