…within 15 years robots will have overtaken us, having fulfilled the so-called Turing test where computers can exhibit intelligent behaviour equal to that of a human.
Click the link to see more: Robots will be smarter than us all by 2029, warns AI expert Ray Kurzweil - News - Gadgets & Tech - The Independent
The Mx3D-Metal robot is part printer, part welder. It can sculpt remarkable, gravity-defying designs using a variety of metals, including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, bronze and copper, without the need for any other means of support. "By adding small amounts of molten metal at a time, we are able to print lines in mid air," explains Laarman on his website.
Click the link to see more: 3D-printing robot creates freestanding metal structures
Click the link to see more: 3D Printed Exoskeleton Helps Amanda Boxtel Walk Again | 3D Printer3D Printer
It might sound difficult to define what makes a smart company, but you know one when you see it. When such a company commercializes a truly innovative technology, things happen: leadership in a market is bolstered or thrown up for grabs. Competitors have to refine or rethink their strategies.
Click the link to see more: MIT Technology Review's List of 50 Smartest Companies for 2014 | MIT Technology Review
The latest batch of Pharaoh’s magicians.
The engineers do things that the shamans and wizards of previous eras only promised, and they do them so well, and so reliably, that their reward is to be taken for granted. So here's my request: every once in a while, stop and think about the miracles inherent in everyday devices, and send a silent prayer of thanks to the engineers who made them possible.
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Improves Lives - TCS Daily
If you’ve been tracking the posts on this blog, you already know technology is magical. The question is how we understand it and articulate that understanding.
32-year-old Timo Boll is Germany's table tennis champion, currently ranked number eight in the world. He is also a new "brand ambassador" for KUKA Robotics in China.
The company's "Agilus" robot is the fastest robot in the world, and it appears to play a pretty mean game of ping pong itself.
Click the link to see more: Timo Boll Playing Ping Pong Against A Robot - Business Insider
Techno-Immanuel: Robots with advanced capabilities will soon dwell among us.
Via Instapundit and Penn State News:
…a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State has placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically.
Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells | Penn State University
