Tech
Virtual Reality Comes to the Web—Maybe for Real This Time
Backed by Google and Mozilla, VR-enabled browsers and gear could soon immerse Web users in 3-D worlds
Stories by Susan Kuchinskas
Mind
Software Firm Claims Breakthrough in Computer Vision Will Lead to Better AI
New brain-mimicking artificial intelligence software can read security images called CAPTCHAS as well as people do, its developer says--but scientists are skeptical
Tech
Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car
Truly autonomous automobiles do not exist. Will things change once cars can think like people?
Tech
Look Out!: Ann Arbor Cars to Communicate with One Another to Avoid Crashes [Slide Show]
Michigan is pilot testing vehicle-to-vehicle signals that lets cars, trucks and buses alert drivers to danger
Tech
Automatic Auto: A Car That Drives Itself
Audi is sending a robotic version of its TTS sports car to navigate to the top of Pikes Peak only guided by computers and GPS
Tech
Microsoft's Hands-Free Answer to the Nintendo Wii
Good-bye, controller: an Xbox upgrade reads natural gestures
Computing
Binary Body Double: Microsoft Reveals the Science Behind Project Natal for Xbox 360
The software company studied the human body to train its latest motion-tracking gaming technology to work without the need for controllers
