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We used to go to stores to buy it. Now software is so ubiquitous, we don’t even notice it

At the White House Frontiers Conference, Stanford's Li details three crucial reasons to increase diversity in AI

He also used a few cameras, which fit neatly into the car's ultrasound ports

Plasmonic nanostructures and electrochromic polymers combine to create a display medium that consumes one-tenth of the energy consumed by today's e-books

Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the workforce and how we can prepare

In new app for a Chinese city, package delivery would happen during taxi rides

Racing e-motorcycles with the pros provides the ultimate proving ground for engineering students

AI is going to make analog computing popular again

AI-powered traffic light coordination would cut time spent in the car, traffic congestion, and emissions

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Self-made DNA scaffold could make the production of single-electron devices far more scalable

Team Cleveland took home the gold medal at the world's first Cybathlon

The immediate cause may be a short circuit, but the underlying problem looks like a single-minded focus on price and performance

This year’s big company tech layoffs are just the beginning, the layoff tsunami is about to hit startups; says Trip Chowdhry

The latest discrimination lawsuits against Silicon Valley companies come from members of populations well-represented in the world of tech

AI has come far, but there are many challenges ahead, say expert panelists at the White House Frontiers Conference

A robot that uses artificial sweat can cool its motors without bulky radiators

Biologically engineered nanopore membrane offers cheap and accurate DNA sequencing

New brain implant allows man to feel touch

U.S. National Institutes of Health funds development of tools for electrically stimulating the nervous system

The cyborg Olympics showcased robotic exoskeletons, brain-computer interfaces, and more

The Deep Mind AI lab is giving deep learning a memory boost

XYZprinting hopes parents looking for a tech toy will reach for a $250 3D printer instead of a $300 video-game system

The newest version of the iconic ROS platform is designed to fit into your backpack

Startup Modal VR says it has built the closest thing yet to the holodeck—and wants to sell it to the business world

An all-electrical quantum emitter brings quantum computing one step closer

Engineers inch toward the goal of achieving efficient conversion of sunlight energy

A new microspine gripper can hold enough weight to allow JPL's quadruped to go rock climbing

Radiation exposure from long-haul space travel could lead to dementia, anxiety, and poor decision-making, according to study in mice and rats

Doctors outperform online apps at diagnosing symptoms

Need a yeast that spits out rose oil? The synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks is on it

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My TurtleBot doesn't do anything useful at all, but it deserves an upgrade

Two nanomaterials join forces to give a little reprieve from the 5-nanometer theoretical limit for transistor gate dimensions

Two nanomaterials join forces to give a little reprieve from the 5-nanometer theoretical limit for transistor gate dimensions

Engineers weigh in on the pitfalls of machine learning and autonomous driving

Early research from the 1970s improves the ability of superconductor designers to combat defects

What will it take to create a fully automated insulin delivery system?

Six key takeaways from a book about using your big data superpowers for good

Will a Nobel Prize for molecular machines open up funding for molecular nanotechnology?

It’s a lot harder for a hacker to eavesdrop on your extracellular fluids than it is to intercept airborne signals

Google is combining cloud robotics and deep neural networks to accelerate robot learning

Can a digital mammogram reveal the future? Can a wearable retrace your past on demand?

Bloch's theory of a terahertz oscillator just got a little closer with a novel new nanomaterials

Engineers find that memristors may help enable more low-power implants for prosthetic control

Jumping robots, walking robots, flying robots, and much more at IROS 2016

Fujitsu's memory tech squeezes more efficiency from deep learning algorithms running on GPUs

Self-driving cars require driver-monitoring capability to know when it is safe to hand over control

A revised draft of regulations proposes doing away with drivers during tests

The TeraRanger One range finder lets you make a musical instrument you can play with your whole body