Artificial Intelligence

Car-Free Cities Are the Future, Biometrics Reveal

Advanced tools for tracking people’s eye movements and facial expressions can be used to design better places

Justin B. Hollander, Johanna Riddle, Eliandro Tavares, Jenna Van Holten and Jenna Whitney | Opinion

Engineering

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2023

Computer chess master; private bathing for birds

Mark Fischetti

Biotech

Bionic Finger ‘Sees’ Inside Objects by Poking Them

A robotic finger’s supersensitive touches could probe inside body parts and circuits

Simon Makin

Mental Health

Social Media Can Harm Kids. Could New Regulations Help?

As more researchers document the potential harms of social media use, especially for youngsters, both Republicans and Democrats are pushing legislation to rein in platforms

Jesse Greenspan

Artificial Intelligence

Why We Need to See Inside AI’s Black Box

A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

Saurabh Bagchi and The Conversation US