Moravec‘s Paradox

Announced earlier this year, Dustborn is an upcoming game by Dreamfall Chapters developer Red Thread Games that's said to be "about hope, love, friendship, robots--and the power of words." Now, Red Thread has announced that Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream will be publishing the dystopian road trip game.As reported…

Shanghai smart city management has improved in 2020 with wider coverage and improved e-governance service, as districts and organizations continue adopting advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, city officials said yesterday. Shanghai’s smart city index rose to 109.77 points in 2020, 3.91 points higher than last year,…

Skincare is huge. Even if we ignored the expected growth in the global market – $185.5 billion by 2027 – it is still a phenomenon in its own right.  With every sun-kissed picture or video across social media, there’s the expectation that someone in the replies or comments will ask…

The News/FilesAmerican media giant Forbes has included four Pakistani individuals in its "30 Under 30" list for the North American region for 2021, which featured some 600 trailblazers.According to Forbes, there were "bright spots on the horizon" as the North American region "settles in for a long pandemic winter"."Hundreds of…

Chang’e 5’s ascender spacecraft approaches the mission’s return vehicle in lunar orbit. Credit: CNSAThe Chinese Chang’e 5 mission accomplished the first robotic docking between two spacecraft orbiting the moon Saturday, when a lunar ascent spacecraft linked up with an Earth return vehicle and transferred a container of moon rocks to…

by Marino - Brad Lynch on December 5, 2020You can never have too many pieces of flair on your dashboard. Many thanks to the random Reddit user who made this nightmarish creation. Check the second housekeeping link if you want the source/context.Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the…

Wireless power transfer has proven to be quite useful in electronic devices such as medical implants and smartphones. In most cases, this is done by aligning or "coupling" two separate coils of wire (transmitter Tx and receiver Rx). The electrical current circulating in the Tx coil then creates a magnetic…

LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) — A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioid addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine's first-ever “Kid of the Year."Gitanjali Rao, a sophomore at STEM School…

A group of international researchers at The University of Manchester have revealed a novel method that could fine tune the angle -- "twist" -- between atom-thin layers that form exotic human-made nanodevices called van der Waals heterostructures -- and help accelerate the next generation of electronics. The new technique can…

Deep learning is great, but no, it won't be able to do everything. The only way to make progress in AI is to put together building blocks that are there already, but no current AI system combines. Adding knowledge to the mix, getting over prejudice against "good old AI", and…