04/10/2016

Software

Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?

If you've ever put a phrase into an online translator and then laughed at the garbled results, your fun might be coming to an end. Google claimed last week to have eradicated 80% of the errors made by its translation software.

Engineering

3-D-printed robots with shock-absorbing skins

Anyone who's watched drone videos or an episode of "BattleBots" knows that robots can breakā€”and often it's because they don't have the proper padding to protect themselves.