Robotics
Companion robots enhanced with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate the loneliness epidemic, suggests a new report from researchers at Auckland, Duke, and Cornell Universities.
Jul 13, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Today, almost a quarter of Australians are digitally excluded. This means they miss out on the social, educational and economic benefits online connectivity provides.
Mar 19, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Using digital platforms is increasingly the only option to manage our daily lives, from filling out forms at the doctor's office or government offices to ordering food, booking a cab, paying taxes, banking, shopping or dating. ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the "Gran Turismo" racetrack on the PlayStation 5. It's how he's been playing for the past 23 years, after a car accident left him ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Robotics
The social separation imposed by the pandemic led us to rely on technology to an extent we might never have imagined—from Teams and Zoom to online banking and vaccine status apps.
Apr 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The aging energy grid is being pushed to the breaking point. Power outages from extreme weather alone cost anywhere from $2 billion to $77 billion per year. And some isolated communities still rely on diesel generators for ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
It takes seven months to get to Mars in an efficiently engineered spaceship, covering the distance of 480 million kilometers. On this journey, a crew would have to survive in a confined space with no opportunity to experience ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Internet
About a month ago, the internet started to list.
Apr 24, 2020
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Other
Widower Per Leif Rolid lives alone on his farm, a two-hour drive from Oslo. His sense of isolation has mounted with the COVID-19 pandemic, but a simple screen is helping him stay in touch—without requiring any computer ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
The dinner reservation platform OpenTable is launching a tool to help grocery stores and restaurants mitigate long lines and overcrowding in the age of coronavirus.
Mar 31, 2020
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