Cornell researchers taught a robot to take Airbnb photos
Humanity has taken its first tentative steps towards a future with robo-realtors.
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Hitting the Books: How Bitcoin is somehow worth more than the paper it's printed on
Economist Eswar Prasad argues the cryptocurrency's value is a matter of faith.
Why every robot needs a spiffy hat
If you thought the classic ‘pants on a dog’ problem was tricky, try doing it with treads!We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Researchers built an AI that plays chess like a person, not a super computer
They trained Maia on millions of online games played by humans.
Stretchable skin sensor could help you touch things in VR
It could also help robots interact with the outside world.
Cornell researchers created an earphone that can track facial expressions
The team says C-Face works even when the subject is wearing a mask.
Cornell's VibroSense makes appliances 'smart' by tracking their vibrations
It can identify up to 17 different household activities.
Cornell University's laser-activated robot is smaller than a paramecium
They could one day crawl through our bloodstreams.
Wrist-mounted wearable tracks your hand in 3D using thermal sensors
The device can make sense of the hand even when it's holding something.
Intel’s neuromorphic chip learns to ‘smell’ 10 hazardous chemicals
It could help ‘electronic noses’ detect weapons, narcotics and disease.
Researchers create bone-inspired 3D-printed building materials
The strong, lightweight polymers have an internal structure similar to bone.
Tipping point: The gig economy hits delivery drivers in their wallets
Great, now millennials are killing tips.
Scientists created a CRISPR tool that can wipe out longer pieces of DNA
It could allow researchers to delete long stretches of genetic code to better understand diseases.
Watson is helping heal America's broken criminal-sentencing system
Judges could soon be assisted by AI legal advisers
Ancient mega-tsunamis hint at cold Martian oceans
And where there were cold oceans, there could well have been life.
