Year: 2017

Startup Luminar Claims Its Lidar – Autonomous Car’s Eyes – Sees Better

• Artificial Intelligence
• Startups
• Transportation

Startup Luminar Claims Its Lidar – Autonomous Car’s Eyes – Sees Better

Ellen Red April 14, 2017

Luminar Technologies, a startup based in Silicon Valley, announced that it has developed a lidar that is...

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DeepMind Releases Sonnet Library to Aid Developers to Quickly Create Neural Networks

• Artificial Intelligence
• Deep Learning
• Neural Networks
• Open Source

DeepMind Releases Sonnet Library to Aid Developers to Quickly Create Neural Networks

Ellen Red April 7, 2017

Google’s DeepMind announced that it has released and open sourced Sonnet – a new open source library...

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Locus Robotics Develops Warehouse Robots that Communicate with Each Other

• Retail
• Robots
• Startups

Locus Robotics Develops Warehouse Robots that Communicate with Each Other

Ellen Red April 5, 2017

Locus Robotics, an autonomous warehouse robotics company, announced that it has developed a system that allows warehouse...

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Paralyzed Man Moves His Arm Using His Brain

• Accessibility
• Brain
• Healthcare
• Neurotech

Paralyzed Man Moves His Arm Using His Brain

Ellen Red March 31, 2017

Researchers at Cleveland FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center...

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OpenAI Researchers Develop AI Bots that Talk to Each Other

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• Language

OpenAI Researchers Develop AI Bots that Talk to Each Other

Ellen Red March 26, 2017

Researchers at OpenAI – a non-profit organization founded by Elon Musk and president of Y Combinator Sam...

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NASA Develops a Tiny Robot that Could One Day Explore Mars

• Robots
• Space

NASA Develops a Tiny Robot that Could One Day Explore Mars

Ellen Red March 17, 2017

NASA announced that it has developed a tiny robot called “Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER)” that...

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Medical Industry Proposes Levels of Automation for Medical Solutions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Automation
• Healthcare
• Robots

Medical Industry Proposes Levels of Automation for Medical Solutions

Ellen Red March 14, 2017

The automotive industry has its own levels of automation for autonomous cars. This time around, it is...

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DeepMind Researchers Develop an AI that Does not Overwrite Past Knowledge

• Artificial Intelligence
• Behavior
• Deep Learning

DeepMind Researchers Develop an AI that Does not Overwrite Past Knowledge

Ellen Red March 13, 2017

Researchers at DeepMind announced that they have developed an AI called “ . In a blog post...

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Chinese Gov’t & Baidu Set to Establish China’s First National Laboratory for Deep Learning

• Artificial Intelligence
• Deep Learning
• Government
• Research

Chinese Gov’t & Baidu Set to Establish China’s First National Laboratory for Deep Learning

Ellen Red March 11, 2017

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China recently approved the establishment of the country’s first...

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Baidu Develops Text-To-Speech System that Synthesizes Audio in Real Time

• Audio
• Deep Learning

Baidu Develops Text-To-Speech System that Synthesizes Audio in Real Time

Ellen Red March 10, 2017

Baidu, China’s leading internet search company, announced that it has developed an AI called “Deep Voice” –...

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