From INAMI JIZAI BODY PROJECT: Half a century since the concept of a cyborg was introduced, JIZAI-Bodies (digital cyborgs), enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research in recent times. JIZAI ARMS is a supernumerary robotic limb system consisting of a wearable base unit with six terminals and detachable robot […]
Who’s in control? John Lund/Stone via Getty Images Molly Jackson, The Conversation If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months trying to figure out what this AI thing is all about. Large-language models, generative AI, algorithmic bias – it’s a lot for the less tech-savvy of us to […]
The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology team based in Socorro is repurposing taxidermied birds as drones to study the mechanism of flight. Yes, I know, this is really creepy, and wait to see how these things fly. From Reuters: Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor who is leading the project, had found […]
Zipline is an autonomous delivery drone company that not only can silently deliver goods to you, but some of its drones deliver life-saving medications and blood products to remote hospitals around the world. The whole thing works in pretty much any weather because there’s no human steering it. It has no issues flying at night […]
Cloning someone’s voice is easier than ever. D-Keine/iStock via Getty Images Matthew Wright, Rochester Institute of Technology and Christopher Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology You have just returned home after a long day at work and are about to sit down for dinner when suddenly your phone starts buzzing. On the other end is a […]
Chuan Chuan/Shutterstock Mackenzie Graham, University of Oxford “ChatGPT is a natural language generation platform based on the OpenAI GPT-3 language model.” Why did you believe the above statement? A simple answer is that you trust the author of this article (or perhaps the editor). We cannot verify everything we are told, so we regularly trust […]
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A robot from SOMATIC that can clean a bathroom all by itself. I want one, but I doubt it’ll fit in my rather small bathroom. [Via Technabob]