Those who routinely have nightmares about robots taking over the world may want to move on to a different article. But for those who don’t mind the idea of Japan potentially creating an entire army of terrifying robot animals, keep reading. Last week, the Japanese firm Softbank agreed to purchase two companies from Google’s Alphabet […]

A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology have programmed an algorithm that was based on the brain’s ability to quickly recognize faces. The algorithm, used on macaque monkeys, was able to recreate the animal’s perception of human faces in fine detail. In order to come up with the algorithm, the research team […]

Police officials in Durham, U.K. are slated to roll out an artificial intelligence system designed to help the authorities determine whether or not a suspect should be kept in police custody.The system, known as the Harm Assessment Risk Tool (HART) will classify suspects as low, medium, or high risk offenders. The system has been previously tested by […]

How many years are we from governments and their corporate partners monitoring, in real time, our every move on America’s city streets?  Not as long as you might think. While the plans for man’s total surveillance and subjugation have obviously been in the works for quite some time, the technological advances, and the accompanying loss of privacy, […]

The construction industry workforce is poised to face potential job losses in the near future as researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a robotic system designed to 3D-print basic structures of an entire building in less than 14 hours. The prototype system, called Digital Construction Platform, was able to produce a dome-like structure measuring 50 feet wide […]

A report by investment advisory firm Cornerstone Capital Group revealed that nearly half of all retail workers in the U.S. face job insecurity as use of automation technology continues to rise across the country. According to the report, around 16 million people in the U.S. work in the retail industry. This equates to about one […]

While economic growth in the U.S. remains stagnant, one sector has been performing remarkably well: Technology. Big tech stocks like Apple and Amazon have noted incredible gains, prompting one popular strategist to take a cue from the Occupy Wall Street movement and create a report called “Occupy Silicon Valley.” According to Bank of America Merrill […]

A new payment system, which seems like something right out of a science fiction movie, has officially launched at a 7-Eleven in Seoul’s Lotte Tower – the tallest building in Korea, and one of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world. The newly launched “smart store” will use a system called BioPay to allow […]

A recent report by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) revealed that current developments designed to make robots smaller and cheaper has led to a significant increase in their sales over the previous year. According to the report, this is due in part to an increasing number of North American countries, such as U.S., Mexico and Canada, that […]

Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and the South Texas College of Law are attempting to make the case that computers are better than people when it comes to handling legal matters. New data they recently put forth suggests that robots may have the ability to outperform actual human beings at accurately […]

Artificial intelligence is set to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next 10 years, renowned technologist Kai-Fu Lee predicted. In a report published last year, Lee highlighted how artificial intelligence is starting to shape the world’s landscape. “AI is really changing every profession and every industry. There’s almost nothing that won’t be touched by AI. You could easily imagine education […]

An artificial intelligence system designed to render pictures into the styles of famous children’s book illustrators did not turn out quite well, a recent report revealed. According to the report, the resulting images were a far cry from child-friendly pictures, but instead showed “apocalyptic nightmare” and “hellish” versions of children’s books. The AI’s concept was based on a […]

If there is alien life out there, it might be anything but organic. According to one prominent astrophysicist, aliens could very well be machines. “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity,” Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and […]

If you’ve got an itch you can’t scratch, then maybe a trip to the U.K. is in order. A “sex robot brothel” could be opening up on British shores in the near future. LumiDolls, Spain’s premier sex doll agency, has confirmed that it is currently looking for an investor in the U.K. to help finance […]

Toyota recently unveiled its Welwalk WW-1000 system designed to assist partially-paralyzed patients in walking. The robotic leg, developed in collaboration with the Fujita Health University Hospital in Japan, featured a motorized mechanical frame that fitted a patient’s leg from the knee down. The patients practiced walking using the robotic leg on a special treadmill that supported their weight. The […]