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  Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 Artificial intelligence and automation will lead to job losses in "virtually all occupational groups" over the coming decades in the United States, but the overall impact on employment will be "muted," a prominent think tank study said Thursday. "Almost no occupation will be unaffected by the adoption of currently available technologies," said the Brookings Institution study. The researchers, examining some 800 occupations, concluded that roughly 25 percent of US employment, or 36 million jobs i ... read more |
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The first tendril-like soft robot able to climbRome, Italy (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia obtained the first soft robot mimicking plant tendrils: it is able to curl and climb, using the same physical principles determining water transpor ... more 
Paw patrol: Sony offers robocop dog at homeTokyo (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Sony's puppy-sized robot dog aibo, equipped with cameras, artificial intelligence and internet capability, can now remotely check up on family members, children or even pets, the Japanese electronics giant said Wednesday. ... more 
Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robotsSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Amazon on Wednesday began putting cooler-sized robots to work delivering packages to customers in a neighborhood outside Seattle. ... more 
Information theory holds surprises for machine learningSanta Fe NM (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 New research challenges a popular conception of how machine learning algorithms "think" about certain tasks. The conception goes something like this: because of their ability to discard useles ... more |
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WSU smart home tests first elder care robotPullman WA (SPX) Jan 15, 2019 A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes. The Robot Activity Support System ... more
Amazon sets conference on robotics, artificial intelligenceNew York (AFP) Jan 17, 2019 Amazon announced plans Thursday to hold a conference open to the public on robotics, space and artificial intelligence, as well as to discuss future applications of emerging technologies. ... more  
US in criminal probe of China's Huawei: reportWashington (AFP) Jan 17, 2019 US authorities are in the "advanced" stages of a criminal probe that could result in an indictment of Chinese technology giant Huawei, a report said Wednesday. ... more  
Retailers eye new tech, data to revive fortunesLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 With robots, augmented reality displays and other advanced technologies, traditional retailers are taking a cue from the online world to find new ways to connect and keep customers. ... more 
How game theory can bring humans and robots closer togetherSussex UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 Researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a saf ... more |
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 New app gives throat cancer patients their voice back 
Artificial bug eyesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light sensit ... more  |
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Facial recognition: Coming to a gadget near youLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 Imagine walking into a store where a robot greets you by name, lets you know that your online order is ready, and then suggests other products you might want pick up. ... more 
Deere puts spotlight on high-tech farmingLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 It has GPS, lasers, computer vision, and uses machine learning and sensors to be more efficient. This is the new high-tech farm equipment from John Deere, which made its first Consumer Electronics Show appearance this week to highlight the importance of tech in farming. ... more  
Hyundai shows off walking car projectLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 South Korean car maker Hyundai on Monday gave a look at work it is doing on a vehicle with robotic legs to let it walk or crawl over treacherous terrain. ... more 
Breadmaking robot startup eyes fresh connectionsLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 7, 2019 The robot breadmaker came to Las Vegas this week, aiming to bring some freshness to a sector that may be ready for disruption. ... more  
UK tests self driving robots for MarsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 As far as we know, Mars is the only planet populated entirely by robots! Due to the time taken for commands to travel to Mars (eight minutes each way), hand guided robots are limited to travelling o ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 21, 2019 
Chinese drone maker DJI has placed 45 employees under investigation for alleged fraud that could cost the company more than one billion yuan ($150 million) in losses, the firm said Monday.
The world's top civilian drone maker said in an internal memo that most of the employees involved in the fraud worked in the supply chain, and 29 were fired while 16 were reported to the police.
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes unstable when it is reduced to one-atom thickness. Published in Nature Communications, these ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 
A significant advance in the photocatalytic activity of conventional materials is demonstrated by a two-dimensional heterostructure comprising nanolayers of two semiconductors: black phosphorus and bismuth tungstate.
As researchers have reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this catalyst harnesses the energy of visible light to split water and produce hydrogen, and to break down nitro ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Hitachi's frozen nuclear power project in Britain can only be revived if it is nationalised, the Nikkei business paper reported the company's chairman as saying on Wednesday.
"Nationalisation is the only path," Hiroaki Nakanishi was quoted as saying at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
But he added that legal changes would be required for the British government to take a majority stake ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 17, 2019 
A heavily-armed man seen working with Kenyan forces and helping victims during the Nairobi attack this week was a member of Britain's special forces, British media reported on Thursday, citing officials.
"Without this British special forces soldier, many more lives would have been lost," the Daily Mirror quoted a senior British military source as saying.
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
The US Justice Department announced Friday the arrest of a Chinese national who allegedly stole trade secrets from a US oil company he worked for.
Tan Hongjin, 35, was arrested on Thursday in Oklahoma where he lived as a permanent resident.
The Justice Department said he stole trade secrets "related to a product worth more than $1 billion."
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 
Scientists seeking to capture and control on Earth fusion energy, the process that powers the sun and stars, face the risk of disruptions - sudden events that can halt fusion reactions and damage facilities called tokamaks that house them.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and the University of Washington have developed a novel ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019 
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown.
China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019 
First UAE astronaut's length of stay on board the International Space Station has been reduced from 10 to eight days, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik.
"According to the new schedule, the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft has been moved to September 25, which means that the duration of the Arab astronaut's mission, with the landing date for the Soyuz MS-12 remaining unchange ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2019 
NASA's Opportunity rover begins its 16th year on the surface of Mars today. The rover landed in a region of the Red Planet called Meridiani Planum on Jan. 24, 2004, sending its first signal back to Earth from the surface at 9:05 p.m. PST (Jan. 25, 2004, at 12:05 a.m. EST). The golf-cart-sized rover was designed to travel 1,100 yards (1,006 meters) and operate on the Red Planet for 90 Martian day ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 
With an eye to launching the first tourists to space by year's end, Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, blasted off the 10th test flight of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday.
The rocket, carrying no people on board but eight science experiments for NASA, soared skyward from a launchpad in west Texas at 1508 GMT against a clear blue sky.
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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 25, 2019 
Seoul on Friday sent aircraft over the Yellow Sea to carry out cloud-seeding experiments in an effort to tackle air pollution many South Koreans blame on China.
Air quality in South Korea is generally better than in its giant neighbour, the world's biggest polluter, which is periodically affected by choking bouts of filthy air and according to the International Energy Agency uses coal to gen ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Apple acknowledged Thursday that it has trimmed its team devoted to self-driving car technology but stressed that its still in the race.
Apple's comment came in response to a CNBC report that the staff of a secretive Project Titan was reduced this week by more than 200 people, some of whom were transferred to jobs elsewhere at the California-based technology group.
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 Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties ... more |
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Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes unstable when it is reduced to one-atom thickness. Published in Nature Communications, these ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
Plants don't need noses to smell. The ability is in their genes. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered the first steps of how information from odor molecules changes gene expression in plants. Manipulating plants' odor detection systems may lead to new ways of influencing plant behavior.
The discovery is the first to reveal the molecular basis of odor detection in plants a ... more |
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