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AI: More Than Human

25/04/2019 Naila Scargill

A major new exhibition is an unprecedented survey of creative and scientific developments in artificial intelligence, and explores the evolution of the relationship between humans and technology. (read more)

Slave to the circadian rhythm: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018

TRA: Slave to the Circadian Rhythm

10/11/2018 Alex Brenchley

Slave to the circadian rhythm: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018 (read more)

Existential Sci-fi: I Feel Machine

19/09/2018 Andrew Quirk

If you enjoy a splash of life and warmth in your darkness, I Feel Machine might just be the collection of stories you’ve been waiting for.
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He’ll Be Back: Skynet One Step Closer to Reality…

13/06/2018 Naila Scargill

X–ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but an MIT team has gotten us closer to seeing through walls. (read more)

Good Boy: Fido Comes to the Rescue

16/05/2018 Naila Scargill

ETH Zurich scientists have developed the smallest ever equipment for detecting people by smell, which could be used to create electronic rescue dogs. (read more)

Armageddon: two daft leaders may find it difficult to push the button

29/03/2018 Edward Winters

eremy Corbyn, in a sensible moment, commented that he would not be willing to press the button that would unleash Britain’s nuclear forces – called a deterrent, so as not to upset the children. That (read more)

‘Deep Mind’ AI As Advanced as a 4yr old!

02/03/2018 Trebuchet News

The ‘Deep Mind’ team have developed an AI that can think ‘like a four year old’ will this be our making or undoing? (read more)

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

04/01/2018 Trebuchet News

New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats (read more)

Could Robotic Arms Become Thought-Controlled Limbs?

01/12/2017 Trebuchet News

Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds (read more)

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

30/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers (read more)

Electric Cars, Perpetual Motion and the Home Energy Mobius Strip

29/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Energy from electric cars could power our lives – but only if we improve the system (read more)

Don’t Throw Stones! Inside the Smart Solar Greenhouse

09/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Solar greenhouses generate electricity and grow healthy crops (read more)

Self-Crashing Cars: Tweaking the Glitches on Transport’s Future

30/10/2017 Trebuchet News

First white-box testing model finds thousands of errors in self-driving cars (read more)

Sculpting Noise for Better Electronics

28/09/2017 Trebuchet News

Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement (read more)

Can a Tablet Teach Kids to Juggle?

25/09/2017 Trebuchet News

Tablets can teach kids to solve physical puzzles (read more)

Faster Video, An End To Buffering, More Cats!

16/08/2017 Trebuchet News

CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions. (read more)

3D Movies at Home, Without Glasses!

13/07/2017 Trebuchet News

CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format (read more)

Drones, or a Big Dumb Wall? Autonomous Border-Surveillance

07/07/2017 Trebuchet News

ngineers at the University of Arizona are designing an autonomous border-surveillance system that can collect, assess and act on data in real time (read more)