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Apr 26, 2016

Artificial Intelligence: China Accelerates Bid For Global Dominance In ‘Robotics’

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

China continues to accelerate its bid to grab the initiative in 21st-century robotics and artificial intelligence development as the next emerging global powerhouse. Small wonder that the world’s leading manufacturing giant has already raced past the rest of the world as a major user of robots.

According to the China Robot Industry Alliance, the country is already a flourishing hub for consumer robotics and is poised for a radical transition from its human-based workforce to an automated Artificial Intelligence or AI-based alternative. Its recent unveiling of the incredibly adept and efficient personal robot BIG-i is a pertinent example. Dubbed “butler,” this humanoid is primarily a service robot with the programmed ability to aid homeowners in the performance of a wide variety of household errands. It can easily track the location of various household appliances and transport items from one point to the next by employing its claw-like mechanical hands.

China Accelerates Bid For Global Dominance
[Image via Shutterstock]BIG-i was designed by Dr. Tin Lun Lam, a research fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who had previously designed the “Treebot,” the first biologically inspired tree-climbing robot equipped with a highly advanced maneuvering mechanism.

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Apr 26, 2016

Bots Vs Apps: The battle for your attention has begun!

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Artificial Intelligence powered Bots may soon replace apps to become the Next Big Disruptor in the tech industry. So, what are Bots and what can they do for you? Read on and find out.

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Apr 26, 2016

Europe’s billion Euro bet on quantum computing

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience, quantum physics, space travel

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Quantum computers have been hailed for their revolutionary potential in everything from space exploration to cancer treatment, so it might not come as a surprise that Europe is betting big on the ultra-powerful machines.

A new €1 billion ($1.13 billion) project has been announced by the European Commission aimed at developing quantum technologies over the next 10 years and placing Europe at the forefront of “the second quantum revolution.”

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Apr 26, 2016

Superfast light source made from artificial atom

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics

A new method to create light while retaining the energy using Q-Dot technology.


All light sources work by absorbing energy – for example, from an electric current – and emit energy as light. But the energy can also be lost as heat and it is therefore important that the light sources emit the light as quickly as possible, before the energy is lost as heat. Superfast light sources can be used, for example, in laser lights, LED lights and in single-photon light sources for quantum technology. New research results from the Niels Bohr Institute show that light sources can be made much faster by using a principle that was predicted theoretically in 1954. The results are published in the scientific journal, Physical Review Letters.

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute are working with quantum dots, which are a kind of artificial atom that can be incorporated into optical chips. In a quantum dot, an electron can be excited (i.e. jump up), for example, by shining a light on it with a laser and the electron leaves a ‘hole’. The stronger the interaction between light and matter, the faster the electron decays back into the hole and the faster the light is emitted.

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Apr 26, 2016

SpaceX Founding Team Launches Vector Space Systems to Redefine Space Commerce

Posted by in category: space travel

Space tourism … and much more.

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Apr 26, 2016

New Advancements in Optical and Quantum Computing

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Making Technology and Science Popular.

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Apr 26, 2016

What freaks out a lot of humans could make you rich

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Michio Kaku talks on the next wave of the wealth creation and merging with our technology.


Some people fear robotics, but this scientist says we could end up merging with our creations.

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Apr 26, 2016

Black holes created in LAB confirm Stephen Hawking’s radiation theory

Posted by in category: cosmology

Two separate groups of researchers, from Israel and Michigan State University, have discovered evidence to back up Professor Hawking’s claims from 1974.

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Apr 25, 2016

Humans Can’t Escape Killer Robots, but Humans Can Be Held Accountable for Them

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Instead of fighting an inevitable future full of autonomous systems, humans must ensure that even when machines perform tasks independently, there are always humans who are ultimately responsible.

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Apr 25, 2016

Shoot the Blighter! Anti-drone ‘death ray’ may be installed after Heathrow plane collision (VIDEO)

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI

A military-grade drone-killing ‘death ray’ that can reportedly destroy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from up to 6 miles away could soon be in use in UK airports following a suspected collision with a passenger jet at Heathrow last Thursday.

The collision, which led to a drone ban over London during US President Barrack Obama’s UK visit, has forced authorities to consider more aggressive countermeasures.

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