Philip E. Ross
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Pong-in-a-Dish
A mass of neurons act as a computer that mimics a human being playing the classic computer game Pong. The neurons, some taken from mouse embryos, others grown from human precursor cells, 800,000-cell mesh called a biological neural network, which lives in a giant petri dish called the DishBrain. → Read More
AI’s Grandmaster Status Overshadows Chess Scandal
What makes today’s accusations resonate is the pervasive role of chess computers. They give children around the world sparring partners that earlier generations couldn’t have dreamed of facing even if they’d lived next to the Moscow Central Chess Club. → Read More
Spin Me Up, Scotty—Up Into Orbit
SpinLaunch, a California company founded in 2015, proposes to sling a satellite from the end of of a carbon-fiber tether that spins around in a vacuum chamber for as long as an hour before reaching terminal speed. It lets go milliseconds before gates in the chamber open up to allow it out. → Read More
Spin Me Up, Scotty—Up Into Orbit
SpinLaunch, a California company founded in 2015, proposes to sling a satellite from the end of of a carbon-fiber tether that spins around in a vacuum chamber for as long as an hour before reaching terminal speed. It lets go milliseconds before gates in the chamber open up to allow it out. → Read More
Physicists Spin Up Micro-Sized Quantum Tornadoes
Now comes a report on a quantum gas, called a Bose-Einstein Condensate, which scientists at MIT first stretched into a skinny rod, then rotated in its own plane until it broke up. The result was a series of daughter vortices, each one a mini-me of the mother form. → Read More
Physicists Spin Up Quantum Tornadoes
Now comes a report on a quantum gas, called a Bose-Einstein Condensate, which scientists at MIT first stretched into a skinny rod, then rotated in its own plane until it broke up. The result was a series of daughter vortices, each one a mini-me of the mother form. → Read More
Schrödinger’s Tardigrade Claim Incites Pushback
A tardigrade is a good candidate for freezing down to zero in a near-total vacuum. It’s about as tough as an animalcule gets. → Read More
Schrödinger’s Tardigrade Claim Incites Pushback
A tardigrade is a good candidate for freezing down to zero in a near-total vacuum. It’s about as tough as an animalcule gets. → Read More
Sure, China’s Hypersonic Weapons May Have Had a “Sputnik Moment”
Could it be that the Pentagon wants a Sputnik-style stampede toward new spending? But a costly arms race might, in fact, ultimately serve China's interests. → Read More
A Radar to Watch You in Your Car
Vayyar says there are at least four good reasons to monitor passengers with radar instead of cameras → Read More
DeepMind Deploys Self-taught Agents To Beat Humans at Quake III
Without instructions, software agents learn how to crush human players at → Read More
Bosch to Sell Low-Cost Sensors for Flying Cars
Bosch expects the first flying taxi service to take off in a major city by 2023 → Read More
Quanergy's CEO: We Still Will Rule Lidar!
The pioneer of solid-state lidar wants to reclaim its glory → Read More
Sabrewing Plans a Cargo Drone That Can Detect and Avoid Obstacles
Avoiding obstacles is a must for flying without a remote operator → Read More
Lumotive Says It's Got a Solid-State Lidar That Really Works
Fine-tunable liquid crystals steer the beam electronically—with no moving parts → Read More
Waymo Will Sell Its Short-Range Lidar, Challenging Industry Leader Velodyne
In one fell swoop, Waymo places itself at the head of the pack of challengers to the industry leader → Read More
Volvo Sets a Top Speed for All its Cars
It's all part of the company's drive for zero fatalities by 2020 → Read More
A Self-Driving Car Company Bets on Mall Shuttles and Monster Trucks
Perrone Robotics began by automating consumer cars. Now it’s focusing on niche applications instead → Read More
Airbus: People Want and Will Use Urban Air Services
Airbus says air taxis could become a popular transportation option for urbanites → Read More
CES 2019: Toyota Lifts the Veil on Its Guardian Driver-Assist System
The driver-assist system will mimic a technique used in fighter jets to serve as a smart intermediary between driver and car → Read More