Technology

Killer Robots: Debating The Future Of Autonomous Weapons

flight MH17, after all, appears to have been shot down by “meaningful human control”. Only five nations ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 13 2015 - 7:30am

Robot Tongue Identifies The Correct Beer Every Time

signals register in the brain as flavors. All receptors respond every time we take a bite — we don't ...

Article - Lisa Marie Potter - May 25 2015 - 10:54am

Kenya Example: How Re-Analyzing Scientific Research Data Can Change The Findings

after first being contacted, and how good those measurements are. Bias can creep in at all stages of the ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 26 2015 - 2:45pm

Hand And Arm Movement To Quadriplegic Patients Restored

the lowest bones in the neck. It typically does not help patients who have lost all arm function due ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 8:30am

The Doctor-Less Hospital Future

for them to be tested enough to satisfy us all that they can be used safely. There are programs to ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 9 2016 - 7:30am

Artificial Intelligence May Tell Us What's Going To Be Big In Science This Year

reference to all other activity during that period. Each term was assigned a "prominence score’, which, ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2016 - 12:04pm

How To Get Good At Games, Without Practicing For 10,000 Hours

commands to individual units with a mouse. But all elite players made copious use of hotkeys, using them to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2017 - 1:26pm

Is Your Cell Phone More Powerful Than NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer?

moon since 1972. This seems surprising. After all, when we reflect on this historic event, it is often ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 5 2019 - 5:00am

Telepathic Gaming: Co-Op With Friends Using Only Your Minds

For each group, all three participants were in different rooms and couldn't see, hear or speak to ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2019 - 7:00am

Omnicide, Accelerating Modernity- How Preventing Disaster Using Scientific Progress Puts Us At Risk

out. In one last expression of technological might, civilization stockpiles all its weapons and ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 18 2019 - 4:20pm