1476 Results From "automation"

A man from Scandinavia says he was paired with his younger self doing explicit sexual acts when he recently logged back on to Omegle.
Future Society

Guy Logs Onto Omegle and Gets Matched With Himself, Doing Explicit Acts

Killer drones are already making airstrikes without any humans involved in the decision making, according to a recent UN report. 
Robots and Machines

Academics: Ban the Killer “Slaughterbots” Before We All Die

The first livable 3D-printed house in the U.S. is on sale in Long Island for $300,000, considerably cheaper than its neighbors.
Science & Energy

First 3D Printed House Goes on Sale in United States

Walmart thought building robots to track stores' inventories would make things easier, but the project ultirmately fell short.
Robotics

Walmart Is Giving Up on Its Inventory Robots

Andrew Yang is officially running for mayor of New York City on a campaign that promises to bring universal basic income to the city.
Universal Basic Income

Andrew Yang Proposes Basic Income For New York City

A congressional advisory panel concluded that the U.S. shouldn't ban killer robots or AI because for all the military knows they could be a good thing.
Artificial Intelligence

Congressional Panel: Please, Let Us Build Killer Robots

NASA launched a new citizen science project called Planet Patrol that asks for the public to help identify new exoplanets.
Science & Energy

New Website Lets You Help NASA Find Alien Worlds

A new vertical farm opening on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, is set to start producing 1,000 metric tons of greens a year.
Science & Energy

This Massive New Vertical Farm Can Produce 1,000 Tons of Produce a Year

Consumer Reports has determined that Tesla's Autopilot driving assistance feature is "a distant second" to General Motors' Super Cruise.
Tesla

Consumer Reports: Tesla Autopilot “Distant Second” to GM’s Driver Assistance

Toyota has patented an autonomous refueling system that could allow for cars to top up their gasoline tanks, hydrogen fuel cells or batteries on the go.
Drones

Toyota Patents Autonomous Battery Drone That Recharges Your Car

A top British general speculated that in the 2030s, robot soldiers could make up as much as a quarter of the British army.
Robotics

Top General Says “Robot Soldiers” Could Make Up 25 Percent of British Army

Using a new toolkit that scientists are calling a "robot hotel," a robot just scanned the outside of the International Space Station for coolant leaks.
Robotics

NASA Is Using a Robot to Search for Leaks Outside the Space Station

AI legal expert Frank Pasquale says that Asimov's laws of robotics are outdated, and he has some ideas for new ones to supplement them.
Robots and Machines

Professor: Asimov’s Laws Are Outdated and It’s Time to Write More

To Our Readers: On the Future of Futurism
Future Society

To Our Readers: On the Future of Futurism

A seed company uploaded a picture of onions to market its seeds on Facebook. The algorithm flagged it for being "overtly sexualized."
Meta

Facebook Algorithm Flags Onions as “Overtly Sexualized”

A new medical robot built by Korean engineers automates the process of jabbing patients' noses with a swab to test for COVID-19.
Medical

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

It may be many years away — but the Space Force is already considering the possibility of putting the first troops into space and establish a base there.
Moon

US General: Space Force May Build a Moon Base

The in-development science-fiction movie "b" will be the first feature-length ilm to feature a robot as the lead performer.
Robotics

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

Over the weekend, Microsoft laid off some 77 journalists and editors who helped curate the news and replaced them with an AI algorithm.
Artificial Intelligence

MSN Fires Journalists, Replaces Them With AI

WRAL reports that a Raleigh driver was watching a movie on his phone while his Tesla was on Autopilot slammed into two police cars.
Tesla

Tesla Driver, Watching Movie on Autopilot, Slams Into Police Cars