New I-Skin forms healing bruises
Researchers have developed an artificial skin that sense force through ionic signals. This allows it to change colour from yellow to bruise-like purple and represents visual damage. This medical innovation will help us protect robots from damaging themselves through injury
Chinese military use AI to track unidentified hovering objects
What do you call a UFO? The public liberation army calls them “unidentified air conditions” which almost mirrors the US military's definition, “unidentified aerial phenomena”. A high number of sightings from numerous locations around the world has left some people feeling
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What if we told you, a robotic head could match your expressions in real-time?
Blue-faced and flexible like a genie in a lamp…Scientists at Columbia University, New York have developed Eva, the autonomous bot that uses deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to 'read' and then mirror the expressions on human faces,
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How Deepfake Lips is a Game Changer for Dubbing
When watching foreign films there is a certain feeling of detachment between the audience and the actor that has been dubbed over. This mismatch can be distracting as an actor’s mouth movements are completely out of sync with what they
‘Right to repair’ law in UK and EU means Electrical appliances will be cheaper and last longer
Appliances such as fridges, washing machines, and TVs should last longer and be cheaper to run under new rules. The European Union took ambitious steps to address the environmental harm caused by electronic waste. Companies that sell consumer electronics such as
AI Tech to Give Robotic Exoskeletons the Ability to Think
A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada is developing an integrated AI technology that enables exoskeletons and prosthetic legs to make independent decisions. The sophisticated tech involves using computer vision and deep-learning AI to mimic and
Microsoft Teams AI Feature Tells You Who is Enjoying The Call the Most
Microsoft has created a new artificial intelligence tool that will inform Teams users if participants are involved with meeting. The AI, dubbed AffectiveSpotlight, can identify participants in a video call and uses a neural network to detect emotions such as sadness,
Scientists have created AI technology that can detect how someone is feeling
A team of scientists, led by Yang Hao at Queen Mary University, has developed an AI called neural network to detect human emotions. According to the paper published in the online journal PLOSE ONE, the tech uses radio waves to pick