Science fiction likes to depict robots as autonomous machines, capable of making their own decisions and often expressing their own personalities.
Continue reading Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a ‘person’?
Science fiction likes to depict robots as autonomous machines, capable of making their own decisions and often expressing their own personalities.
Continue reading Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a ‘person’?
A healthy baby boy has been born from an embryo frozen 16 years ago, a hospital in south China announced on Monday. Continue reading Baby born from 16-year-old frozen embryo in China
Nearly 250,000 jobs in Britain’s public sector could be replaced by websites and artificially intelligent “chat bots” in the near future, leading to higher efficiency in the sector, a new report said. Continue reading Robots could replace 250,000 British public jobs soon: Report
Next time you eat an apple, you can know its specific constituents by looking directly inside it using your smartphone, thanks to the engineers who developed an app that can ‘scan’ an object and reveal the information about it. Continue reading This smartphone app reveals what is inside objects
3D printed guns are back in the news after Queensland set a legal precedent for giving Kyle Wirth a six-month suspended sentence for fabricating a number of gun parts. Continue reading The legal minefield of 3D printed guns
With stem cell treatment effective in several health conditions, including spinal problems, doctors say the medical procedure can also help in speedy recovery of anterior cruciate ligament tear – a common chronic sports injury. Continue reading Stem cell treatment effective in anterior cruciate ligament tear
A hotel in Japan is defying the digital books trend and appealing to guests who prefer to curl up with a traditional paper book. Continue reading A Tokyo hotel for bookworms
A mobile app helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where child trafficking is rampant. Continue reading Mobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children
As India gears up for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, Facebook on Thursday introduced two new tools to help encourage civic participation. Continue reading Facebook launches tools to encourage voting in India
A controversial project to cover the Verona Arena has nudged forward with the announcement that a German proposal has won a competition for the best proposal to shield the ancient Roman amphitheater from rain.
Continue reading German proposal wins for best idea to cover Verona Arena