Moravec‘s Paradox

Happiness. Weed. Robots. Water. Whatever the theme, there's probably an ETF promoting a basket of stocks related to it. Why it matters: Thematic ETFs are an investment mania side effect. There's newfound retail investor interest in narrow exposure to hot corners of the stock market. More are launching to meet…

There's a lot more Steamworld in the works. Today, developer Thunderful announced that it's developing a number of new entries in the post-apocalyptic robot steampunk series. Howdy! We’re thrilled to share that several new SteamWorld games are in the making! With this in mind, we'll dedicate this space to SteamWorld…

Cleaning performance and ease of use are the focus of this budget bot. Proscenic Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by TechHive's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Proscenic’s 850T robot vacuum is a bit of a departure from the M6 Pro and M7 Pro models we…

We’ve seen NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity sitting on the Red Planet’s surface. We’ve seen it fly and hover. We’ve even seen it kick up dust and travel horizontally in a demonstration of its usefulness. The only thing we haven’t done is hear what the helicopter sounds like on Mars. Now,…

The future of warfare might involve advanced artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that would have the ability and authority to assess situations and engage enemies without having a human in control of every robot or drone involved in the operation. It might sound like the kind of scenario that sci-fi movies…

Princeton researchers have created a new chip that speeds artificial intelligence systems called neural nets while slashing power use. The chips could help bring advanced applications to remote devices such as cars and smartphones. Credit: Hongyang Jia/Princeton University Responding to artificial intelligence’s exploding demands on computer networks, Princeton University researchers…

We haven’t had the opportunity to say this much so far in 2021, but this is a pretty exciting week for new releases on Netflix. Depending on your tastes, the highlight of the week will likely either be the fourth and final season of the streamer’s anime adaptation of Castlevania…

When sensors, communication, memory and computation are removed from a group of simple robots, certain sets of complex tasks can still be accomplished by leveraging the robots’ physical characteristics, a trait that a team of researchers led by Georgia Tech calls “task embodiment.” Credit: Shengkai Li, Georgia Tech Anyone with…

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