DUBAI: Self-driving cars and delivery robots have huge potential to reshape last-mile mobility, but artificial intelligence (AI) needs to learn to interact with humans and develop a level of social awareness if they are to operate safely and efficiently. Autonomous […]
A massive asteroid, almost the size of the tallest building on Earth, is heading for the planet in mid-December, as per NASA’s asteroid tracker. Designated 163899 (2003 SD220), the massive asteroid has a diameter of approximately 791 meters, nearly the […]
In an attempt to bring mobile internet network to the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar and Pemba creators hope that this test will not just transform lives there, but probably across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. At the moment only about 20% […]
In the summer of 2021, Allen Roach saw something that really upset him: His then-11-year-old son, Peyton, used a sword to slice off the characters legs as well as arms in a virtual reality medieval fantasy game which he then […]
The BMW Flow electric SUV concept can transform hues at the click of a button, going from white to grey or black and back again in a matter of moments. Although it cannot go beyond shades of grey, even at […]
Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their heads. They listened as a female voice recited a famous line from a cherished children’s book, “The Little Prince.” “It is only […]
Scientists are now able to collect and analyze DNA pulled from thin air, and the groundbreaking new techniques used to do it could transform the way endangered animals and natural ecosystems are studied and protected. Two groups of researchers working […]
Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And […]
Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth, scientists have determined that the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu is a pristine remnant from the formation of our solar system. This was the […]
In 2021, the grand celestial event Geminid meteor shower will put on a fantastic show! Mark your calendars for the night of December 13, when the bright Geminids peak with over more than a meteor a minute! The Geminids occur […]
When it comes to prominent sales campaigns around the globe such as White Friday and Cyber Monday, these have always been significant for retailers and are often large contributors to annual sales results. And while shoppers have always flocked to […]