Moravec‘s Paradox

Technology 1 February 2021 By David Hambling This small drone is learning to fly and land like a honeybeeCC BY-SA 4.0 license Honeybees move quickly from flower to flower, landing easily on each one in turn – but a study involving small drones suggests that the undertaking is more difficult…

British scribe Joe Barton has been hired to pen the script for another entry on the monster-fuelled “Cloverfield” film franchise for Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot. While it’s the fourth film overall set in this universe, this will serve as much more of a direct follow-up to the original J.J.…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists have given a fascinating new insight into the next steps to develop fast, energy-efficient, future computing systems that use light instead of electrons to process and store information—incorporating hardware inspired directly by the functioning of the human brain. A team of scientists, including Professor C.…

While I keep changing my mind about how much I personally enjoy Dyson Sphere Program, there’s one thing I can say without hesitation: this is a bloody impressive piece of work. Despite being new into early access, it’s got a honkingly broad feature set already, and the sort of wildly…

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This story is part of a weekend column featuring translations from respected Chinese media outlets, as selected and edited by Sixth Tone. All are reproduced with the outlets’ permission. A version of this article was first published in Caijing ELaw. SHANGHAI — As the evening’s frigid winds force pedestrians to…

Disney XD’s “Big Hero 6: The Series” will conclude with the currently airing third season, the network announced Thursday. The final run of episodes will begin airing Monday, Feb. 1, with the series finale set to air on Feb. 15. The finale, titled “Krei-oke Night / The Mascot Upshot,” will…

NewsWritten by Song Jingli Published on 28 Jan 2021 The city says it hasn’t issued an appropriate license yet. AutoX announced on Thursday that its driverless robotaxis are now available to the public in Shenzhen, one of the largest cities in China, on a trial basis. Individuals need to sign up for…

AutoX will start offering rides in its commercial RoboTaxis with no human attendant on board in a pilot program in Shenzhen. (Source: AutoX) Commuters in Shenzhen will now be able to test out AutoX’s fleet of fully driverless vehicles in a robotaxi pilot program, marking another milestone for the autonomous…

One million served — Low speeds enabled Starship to launch its service safely and quickly. Timothy B. Lee - Jan 27, 2021 9:20 pm UTC Enlarge / Annika Keeton. Last March, just as the Washington, DC, area was locking down for COVID-19, I traveled to George Mason University in Fairfax,…