Intelligent Machines

The last decade or so has seen a rapid increase in drone technology, both in terms of hardware and software. With stiff competition and the pressure to keep pace with development, professionals in various fields are looking to employ these aero-bots for reasons ranging from leisure and photography to law enforcement and search-and-rescue operations. This demand naturally warrants innovation.

Each year, it’s estimated that nearly 800,000 people commit suicide. The World Health Organization suggest that for every person who died of suicide, there may well be 20 others attempting suicide. The reasons behind suicide attempts are complex, but effective intervention can certainly help reduce the current rate.

It has been established that robots can easily perform tasks that we give them. But, it was noticed that the digits of their robotic arms were missing a certain dexterity when the bots held or picked up objects with odd structures and those of smaller configurations, sometimes squashing or destroying them.

Next time you watch a flock, or mummuration of starlings swoop high and low in perfect unison, or a flock of geese migrating to new feeding grounds, imagine a similar scene but with drones instead of birds. It might sound far-fetched but it’s likely to be a reality in the not-too-distant future, as scientists have been working on developing software inspired by nature in order to allow a swarm of unmanned drones to carry out aerial surveys.

Google’s project, Magenta, uses artificial intelligence to create great compositions. Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines. So, with the appropriate scientific and technological innovation, we can have an extended evolution in the field of music.

In recent years, researchers have created automatic planners. The International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling hosts a competition, in which machines try to give the best solutions for planning problems. Now, we can have scheduled a flight, taken a drive or coordinated tasks for teams of autonomous satellites, which is so important for the automated process of machines.

Cancer is a highly prevalent disease of the 21st century, for which no cure has yet been found. It is characterized by out-of-control growth by abnormal cells, which multiply fast and crowd out the normal cells. Although cancer starts in one organ of our body (breast, blood, brain, lungs, colon, etc.) which defines its type, it can spread to other body organs through a process called metastasis.

Numerous autonomous vehicles are being developed in the automotive and technology industries but none of them had ever been used in public roads, under challenging, real life conditions. After all, a vehicle capable of navigating without human input is a rather hard concept to achieve. The industry has been testing autonomous public transportation vehicles for years, but they were only able to use special single trajectory lanes.

Robotic hands were first introduced as a technological aid for upper limb amputation (hand prosthesis), and were further developed for the latest generations of humanoid robots [Evolving Science: SurenaIII reference]. A robotic hand can be described as a mechatronic, powered device designed to either replace physically and functionally a missing limb, or provide human-like functionality to humanoid robots.

Computers have been instrumental at automating repetitive or mundane processes. Scanning and digitizing whole books have gone down from hours to minutes. For us, it is unfathomable to live in a time without computers and a lot of effort is put forth to extend their utility into every aspect of work and play.

Google Glass debuted on April 4, 2012, with a warm reception that slowly waned by January 2015. The project did not shut down altogether, but was moved to its own department and is still available through the Glass at Work program. So why did Google Glass do so poorly?

Scott Holland of Manaunk, Philadelphia made a promise to walk his daughter down the aisle for her wedding. In his youth, Mr. Holland was an avid runner and cyclist, but when his daughter was age two, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. His mobility declined and by the time the wedding arrived, he hadn’t walked in over 20 years.