Workers at Ford Motor Company may have noticed a couple of “dogs” roaming the factory floor recently. The automaker has enlisted the help of some four-legged robots to map the factory floor. Able to climb stairs, open doors and get into tight spots, these robo-dogs are ultimately saving their human colleagues time and money
With the coronavirus outbreak, people worldwide have become preoccupied with a threat so physically small that it can’t be seen. The invisible world of viruses has long fascinated multi-media artist Laura Splan, who is artist in residence at a biotech lab researching Covid-19
The advent of the smartphone has changed human behavior. Will smart glasses be the next big intelligent technology? Google tried it more than six years ago with the Google Glass. It did not take off, largely because of privacy concerns. But companies big and small in several countries are still working on smart glasses, including …
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If you’ve ever dreamed of having a digital clone do your work, a San Francisco tech firm may be able to help. The AI Foundation’s mission is to help us each create our own digital replica
One hundred meters beneath the borders of France and Switzerland, near the city of Geneva, there is a tunnel, 27 kilometers around, called the Large Hadron Collider. That is where scientists are working to answer one of life’s biggest riddles: What is the universe made of?
A new type of doctor’s office claims to use the latest tech and wearables to provide cutting-edge preventative health
After President Trump signed into law to ban network infrastructure from blacklisted Chinese manufacturers, dozens of American rural carriers will have to “rip and replace” their Huawei and ZTE equipment
When it comes to security devices for the home, the Ring Video Doorbell has gained much attention. It allows the homeowner to see who or what is at the front door and records video of it. In addition to human visitors, what’s caught on camera on the other side of the door surprised many homeowners
Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, are developing new technology for health care workers on the front lines of fighting the spread of COVID-19. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports from Chicago, an unexpected benefit of the current pandemic is technological innovation that could have a lasting impact
Twitter currently uses an AI technique called deep learning to recommend tweets to its users and also uses AI to identify racist content and hate speech, or content from extremist groups.