Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think
New research seeks to improve the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue operations
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Simulating Evolution to Determine the Fastest Wing
Researchers combined laboratory and simulated experiments on 3-D-printed wings to find the ideal wing shape
An AI System Spontaneously Develops Baby-Like Ability to Gauge Big and Small
On its own, the neural network seems to recap a process experienced by human infants
Can Robots Help Pick Up after the Recycling Crisis?
They will have to overcome the challenges of America’s convenient single-stream recycling system
Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks
Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports.
Machine Learning Gets a Bit More Humanlike
How machines could learn creativity and common sense, among other human qualities
Doglike Robots Learn New Tricks
Quadruped robots simulate their skills before going out in the real world
How the Black Hole Said Cheese
Scientific American 's chief features editor Seth Fletcher talks about his book Einstein's Shadow, an account of the long effort to image a black hole that recently came to fruition...
Tech Offers a Virtual Window into Future Climate Change Risk
AI and supercomputing are rapidly shifting the way disaster planners, regulators and insurers gauge climate hazards
Environmental Thinker Bill McKibben Sounds Warning on Technology
Known for climate change work, the pioneer says global warming, AI and genetic engineering are self-inflicted threats to humanity
The Mathematics of (Hacking) Passwords
The science and art of password setting and cracking continues to evolve, as does the war between password users and abusers
Environment Watchdogs Harness AI to Track Overflowing Factory-Farm Waste
Floods dump tons of pathogen-laden manure into U.S. waterways, often from hard-to-identify farms
Computers Turn an Ear on New York City
NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the soundscape. Jim Daley reports. ...
Machines That Read Your Brain Waves
How to make sure noninvasive neural interfaces stay that way
Tech's Brain Effect: It's Complicated
We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex.
How 3-D Printing Could Break into the Building Industry
Imagine a single trained operator making a bridge, home or barracks
YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side
It leads users down rabbit holes
Sing Solo for Higher Fidelity
By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports.
The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology
Baseball Commish Talks Big Data
At a sports technology conference, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed issues including an automated strike zone and advanced analytics.
