Moravec‘s Paradox

A straight, married, father-of-three who likes to wear skirts, dresses and heels has lashed out at the LGBTIQ+ community for making things 'worse' for him. Mark Bryan, a 62-year-old American robotic engineer who lives in Germany, is like any other bloke from Texas...except his wardrobe consists of sky-high stilettos and…

Writing working code can be a challenge. Even relatively easy languages like HTML require the coder to understand the specific syntax and available tools. Writing code to control robots is even more involved and often has multiple steps: There’s code to detect objects, code to trigger the actuators that move…

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said "an increased vaccination rate should make it possible to sustainably contain the pandemic" this year and "accelerate the economic recovery" - Copyright AFP/File Stefani Reynolds Scientists have demonstrated that pain experienced by patients during medical treatments can be reduced by holding and experiencing the…

Elon Musk had an interview today with Ron Baron. Here are some highlights: * Elon confirms that Tesla will make a lower priced car. Based on previous statements, this will likely be a China designed $20k-35k smaller EV vehicle. This would likely also be a human driven and robotaxi platform…

As Verne understood, the U.S. Civil War (during which 60,000 amputations were performed) inaugurated the modern prosthetics era in the United States, thanks to federal funding and a wave of design patents filed by entrepreneurial prosthetists. The two World Wars solidified the for-profit prosthetics industry in both the United States…

Story by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives. Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives. A robot fish that collects microplastics…

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Google's research arm on Wednesday showed off a whiz-bang assortment of artificial intelligence (AI) projects it's incubating, aimed at everything from mitigating climate change to helping novelists craft prose. Why it matters: AI has breathtaking potential to improve and enrich our lives — and comes with hugely…

AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SHANGHAI - China will seek high-tech solutions to resolve its complex environmental challenges and make use of innovations in big data, biotech and artificial intelligence to tackle…

At the US Patent & Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, artificial intelligence (AI) projects are expediting the patent classification process, helping detect fraud, and expanding examiners’ searches for similar patents, enabling them to search through more documents in the same amount of time. And every project started with a pilot…

Warp will reissue its landmark compilation Artificial Intelligence on December 9, putting the 1992 record on wax for the first time since its release. The album features early tracks by Aphex Twin (as the Dice Man), Autechre, and Richie Hawtin (as Up!), among others. The original sleeve was reconstructed for…