A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Pushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation
Systems “learn” from novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, to improve their physical interactions with new objects. MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically…
IDC Addresses the Digital Economy and Its Impact…
Over the past five years, International Data Corporation (IDC) has been documenting the rise of the digital economy and the digital transformation that organizations must undergo to compete and survive in this economy. As the…
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level…
Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically Antarctica’s ice sheet spans close to twice the area of the contiguous United States, and its land boundary is…
“Electroadhesive” stamp picks up and puts down microscopic…
New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute components If you were to pry open your smartphone, you would see an array of electronic chips and components laid out across…