Scientists are using AI to map out every tree on earth
For the first time ever, 1.8 billion individual tree canopies have been mapped out by scientists, across millions of kilometres of the Sahel and Sahara regions of West Africa. Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers analysed a huge database of satellite images,
Brain-based computing is on the rise thanks to graphene-based memory resistors
A team of engineers at Pennsylvania State University is attempting to develop a type of computing with the purpose of mimicking the efficiency of the brain’s neural networks while exploiting the brain’s analogue nature. New forms of computing are progressively coming
Jack Ma’s Ant Group set to raise over $34bn in record stock market debut
Chinese financial tech giant, Ant Group, is set to sell shares with a value of about $34.4bn (£26.5bn) on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets. Ant, backed by Jack Ma, billionaire founder of e-commerce platform Alibaba, were sent the share
New AI from Microsoft will auto-caption images for the visually impaired
Microsoft has created a new artificial intelligence (AI) that will automatically caption images in emails and documents for the visually impaired. Using VIsual VOcabulary (VIVO), the machine learns a visual vocabulary by controlling large amounts of paired image-tag data. The AI
Scientists have given robots a ‘brain’ so they can self-repair when they detect pain
Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have developed a way for robots to recognise pain and to self-repair when damaged. The scientists adopted a brain-inspired approach when creating the system and as a result, the robot
The Kraken Project at Spain’s Aitiip Technology improves hybrid 3D printer robots
2020 has seen Aitiip’s European scientists hugely improving the efficiency of Kraken “the all-in-one fully integrated machine for multi-material hybrid manufacturing”. Funded by the EU and based in Zaragoza, Spain, the Kraken Project’s hybrid 3D printer robots have improved productivity and
Could this be China’s new face of self-driving taxis?
Leading Chinese internet-giant Baidu has recently gained acceleration in the automotive industry with their newly rolled out autonomous taxi service, “Apollo Go”. The fleet of 40 Robotaxis provides reservation-free rides to passengers in the Chinese capital – the first in
Norway begins construction of worlds largest floating offshore windfarm
Norway has begun its ambitious plans to construct the worlds largest floating offshore wind farm, which they aim to have completed by 2022. This will involve building 11 floating concrete hulls for the Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines on the
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Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin
The prototype developed by researchers at RMIT in Australia is capable of electronically replicating the way human skin senses pain such as touch, pain and heat. It would also provide “near-instant” feedback if pressure and temperatures hit levels that would