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Self-Driving Taxis Could Be the Key to Greenhouse Gas Reduction
We have heard a lot of news about self-driving cars, mostly from Google, in the past years and they have already come a long way. The main focus in this area has been on reduction of accident rates, general safety, as well as freeing up your time. We’ve also seen…
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Google Files Patents for Artificial Intelligence
Google has filed six patents for artificial intelligence and neural networks, it has been revealed. It’s the first time that the tech giant has attempted to protect its AI research, some of which could be spurious, while as a whole could be seriously detrimental to any future AI research and…
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Musk Donates $7 Million to Future of Life Institute for AI Risk Research
It is no secret that Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, PayPal and SpaceX, as well as other people, is concerned where the current unsupervised and at times reckless efforts in AI will lead us. Maybe we won’t see an evil Google robot army, by choice or accident, but there is a…
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US Army Developing Robotic Exoskeletons?
Whenever I hear a new piece of tech which is being developed with the aim of blurring the lines of real life and science fiction, I am curious, but it’s then sometimes followed by a groan when you realize it’s for the purposes of war, destruction and general super power…
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CodePhage Fixes Software Bugs With Patches from Different Programs
A whole new level can be explored of what could be achievable when both Science and Tech meet; this time around the geniuses at MIT have developed a way to fix bugs in source code by using a system to import functionally from other programs. The system is called CodePhage…
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Google’s Search Practices go Under the Microscope
Do you find that when you use a search engine that all of the results come from a single source or are favoured from a particular review site? Well, that’s what Tim Wu, Columbia Law School Professor, has set to prove in his latest research paper. What Wu has aimed…
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Samsung’s Cutting Edge Research Could Theoretically Double Battery Capacity
Samsung’s Institute of Research and Technology has developed an innovative production process based on a new silicon cathode covered in high-crystalline graphite to double the battery life compared to existing products. This results in a huge density increase without any concessions being made in terms of battery size. In Hyuk Son,…
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When Two Robot Cars Meet On A Street
When a car driver pulls out in front of a fellow motorist, you will more often than not be called a variation of the word banker, although to be fair most bankers are called, well as this is eTeknix there described as individuals with little intelligence of risk taking, as…
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Wood Might Be the Next Resource Needed to Make Computer Chips
All this technology might be great to some extent, allowing you to tweet, text, chat or even order your pizza on your mobile device. But what happens when you want to upgrade your tech? Well, you generate e-waste. This is why there have been a lot of researchers thinking of…
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New Rootkit Uses Your Graphics Card as Blind Spot
Viruses, Trojans and Malware all have one thing in common, they try to stay hidden and move around so they won’t be detected before the job is done and the user discovers the unwanted piece of software. As the anti-virus tools become better, researchers are looking for new areas where…
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Microsoft Study Shows Intensive Tech Usage Can Mentally Affect us
We’ve been hearing stories like this for years, ‘don’t sit to close to the screen, you’ll get square eyes’, ‘if the wind changes, you’ll be stuck with that face’; now it seems Microsoft has actually conducted a study to find out how well we fare with intensive technology use. The overall…
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Disney Fabric 3D Printer – Creations You’ll Want to Cuddle
3D printing isn’t known for creating soft toys that you would want to pick up and hug, nor that you would want to put into the hands of young children. They’re often made from hard plastics that can be quite brittle and they’re certainly not suitable for all kinds of…
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Startphones May Be Able to Predict When the next Earthquake Will Be
The common smartphone can do more than track movement, personal health or geographical position. The gadgets nowadays can also warn users of potential earthquakes thanks to advancements in GPS technology. A team of researchers from the United States reveal how a crowdsourced early warning system can look like. They say…
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A Next-Gen Battery for Mobile Devices Is in the Works at Google X Labs
Reports have indicated that a four person team inside Google X labs have switched from testing batteries back in 2013 to actually looking into technology for creating a new and improved version. The group is said to be led by former Apple battery expert, Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj, and formed back…
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Internet Access Makes You Think You Are Smarter than You Actually Are
Yale University has made a study regarding the psychological impact of searching for answers on the internet, having some interesting results regarding people and how well prepared they believe to be. “The internet is such a powerful environment, where you can enter any question, and you basically have access to…
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