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Dec 31, 2016

NASA R5: Valkyrie

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI

There are robotic arms for amputees, robotic legs for the paralyzed. Duchenne is a disease that could be changed fundamentally by this technology.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DuchenneExoskeleton/

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Dec 31, 2016

Insurance firm to replace human workers with AI system

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is planning to slash nearly 30 percent of its payment assessment department’s human staff after it introduces an artificial intelligence (AI) system in January 2017 to improve operating efficiency.

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Dec 31, 2016

A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A nice roadmap of Ai Cham http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2016/12/30/a-very-short…1264d4188d


Key milestones in the evolution of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.

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Dec 31, 2016

Thousands of jobs lost as Apple supplier Foxconn fully automates its factories

Posted by in categories: employment, robotics/AI

Apple supplier Foxconn is moving away from human labor and toward full automation — and it’s doing so in three phases. The move is controversial, as the company has already eliminated thousands of jobs.

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Dec 30, 2016

Humans will soon control SWARMS of robots using their MIND

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

HUMANS can now control swarms of robots using just their thoughts and eye movements.

In an incredible feat for science, a human has successfully guided a collection of robots using just their brain power.

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Dec 30, 2016

Banks are using mind reading technology to interview graduates

Posted by in categories: business, finance, neuroscience

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every business is becoming a technology business and nowhere is that truer than in the financial services industry, now as banks try to compete with start ups and established technology companies for tech talent they could find themselves getting into warm water…

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Dec 30, 2016

A Robotic Suit to Update Your Granny

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Cannot wait to get one especially when I need to move my household again.


The elderly may toss their walkers for this robotic suit.

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Dec 30, 2016

World’s highest bridge opens in China

Posted by in category: transportation

I must see this. Wonder if anyone will try glide off the bridge with a wingsuit?


The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters, local authorities said Friday.

The Beipanjiang Bridge soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement on its official website.

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Dec 30, 2016

The Machines are Coming: China’s role in the future of artificial intelligence

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

They certainly are off to a great start with the QC satellite communications and their net infrastructure. So, could China indeed dominate AI as the leader of the most advance AI in the world? Maybe as they are on a great start to do so.


After a year of breakthroughs, experts believe they are on the brink of revolutionising our daily lives through artificial intelligence – and Asia can play a leading role in this brave new world.

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Dec 30, 2016

Israel, China Inaugurate Joint Robotics Institute

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government, habitats, robotics/AI

The Sino-Israeli Robotics Institute (SIRI) was inaugurated in mid-December when a delegation of nine Israeli companies — led by Ariel University Prof. Zvi Shiller, chair of the Israeli Robotics Association, and Technion Prof. Moshe Shoham, founder of Mazor Robotics and a world leader in medical robotics — participated in the second Sino-Israeli Robotics Innovation Conference in Guangzhou, China.

Intended as “home base” for Israeli robotics companies entering the Chinese market, SIRI is located at the Guangzhou International Robotics Center (ROBOHUB), a government-supported, 4,800-square-meter robotics incubator and demonstration center including a large exhibition and demo area, innovation lab, training center, and corporate offices.

“This is an exciting time for the Israeli robotics industry,” Shiller said. “We are committed to establishing a true partnership with SIRI and ROBOHUB, and we look forward to broadening this strategic cooperation, which will serve as a fast track for transforming ideas into products and for moving products into the Chinese market.”

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