A new silicon chip created by Kareem Zaghloul at the University of Pennsylvania, US will be an eye implant to let the blind see (no longer will external cameras be needed). It’s said that around 700,000 people are diagnosed with macular degeneration each year and 1.5 million suffer from retinitis pigmentosa. The new […]
November 11th, 2006
Categories: Cyborg . Author: rock808 . Comments: No Comments
NewScientistTech has an article about new artificial intelligence software called “News at Seven” which can dynamically create a video news presentation based on real news it finds on the internet. (Watch A Sample Video Here). It can read over news stories, collect video clips and still images related to the story or topics in […]
November 8th, 2006
Categories: RobotsAndAI, VirtualReality . Author: rock808 . Comments: No Comments
By 2015, the U.S. plans on one third of its fighting strength will be robots. A project known as Future Combat Systems (FCS). The year 2015 sounds like a long way off, but actually it’s only 8 years down the road.
In 2001, armed Talon reconnaissance drones were sent in to caves in Afghanistan clearing […]
November 4th, 2006
Categories: RobotsAndAI . Author: rock808 . Comments: No Comments