News tagged with machine intelligence
GE investing $1B in Bay Area software hub
(AP) -- General Electric Co., a maker of power plants, jet engines and medical imaging equipment, said Thursday that it is investing $1 billion in a new software headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area with plans to hire ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly move
Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from their hospital beds or help them walk.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 01, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
2
Artificial Intelligence pioneer John McCarthy dies
John McCarthy, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, has died at the age of 84, the Stanford School of Engineering announced.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
6
Research could lead to wearable sensors for the blind
Wearable sensors that allow the blind to "see" with their hands, bodies or faces could be on the horizon, thanks to a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to researchers at The City College of New York ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
not rated yet |
1
Smart wheelchair soars in top innovations list
Aviator, the smart wheelchair technology developed in the UTS Centre for Health Technologies, has been awarded third place in the Anthill SMART 100 Index. ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 09, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Honing household helpers: Computer scientists improve robots' ability to plan, perform complex actions
Imagine a robot able to retrieve a pile of laundry from the back of a cluttered closet, deliver it to a washing machine, start the cycle and then zip off to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.
May 26, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
3
|
Team robot: Autonomous vehicles collaborate to explore, map buildings
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a project sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory, researchers are giving autonomous robots the ability to work together to explore and map the interiors of buildings. Beyond soldiers, ...
May 16, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Scientists map what factors influence the news agenda
Computer scientists have analysed over a million news articles in 22 languages to pinpoint what factors, such as the Eurovision song contest, influence and shape the news agenda in 27 EU countries. This is the first large-scale ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
2.6 / 5 (5) |
1
The ethical robot (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Philosopher Susan Anderson is teaching machines how to behave ethically.
Nov 09, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (15) |
10
|
Privacy concerns could limit benefits from real-time data analysis, researcher says
Society will be unable to take full advantage of real-time data analysis technologies that might improve health, reduce traffic congestion and give scientists new insights into human behavior until it resolves questions about ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Rethinking artificial intelligence: Researchers hope to produce 'co-processors' for the human mind
The field of artificial-intelligence research (AI), founded more than 50 years ago, seems to many researchers to have spent much of that time wandering in the wilderness, swapping hugely ambitious goals for ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (18) |
9
Machine Learning by Watching and Listening
(PhysOrg.com) -- To expand the boundaries of machine intelligence, Ben Taskar is using television shows with large fan bases like CSI, Alias, and Lost to teach computers how to be smarter about what they see, hear and read.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 05, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (8) |
0
Predictive powers: a robot that reads your intention? (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers in robotics, psychology and cognitive sciences have developed a robot that can predict the intentions of its human partner. This ability to anticipate (or question) actions ...
Jun 05, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (10) |
1
Robots are narrowing the gap with humans
Robots are gaining on us humans. Thanks to exponential increases in computer power -- which is roughly doubling every two years -- robots are getting smarter, more capable, more like flesh-and-blood people.
Apr 22, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (15) |
10
