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Looking for a Violin Teacher? Take a Couple of Lessons from this AI

news | Apr 04, 2019 | Tech & Security | 89

Spanish scientists from Pompeu Fabra University have created artificial intelligence that can play the violin. The developers have not yet decided whether the programme should teach music or engage in concert activity.

Boston Dynamics will equip robots with 3D vision

news | Apr 03, 2019 | Tech & Security | 87

Boston Dynamics robots are famously high-tech, but most of them still have a long way to go before they can be integrated into the economy. The company has recently purchased a startup called Kinema Systems, which might completely change the current situation.

Autonomous cars take to the racetrack

news | Apr 03, 2019 | Tech & Security | 38

Autonomous cars are known for being slow, but certain situations on the road require the ability to quickly react and perform intricate maneuvers. How can self-driving cars pass these tests? Scientists from Stanford University decided to find an answer for this question.

Bill Gates explains why we should all be optimists

interviews | Mar 27, 2019 | Tech & Security | 63

Each year, MIT Technology Review selects the top 10 breakthrough technologies of the moment. In 2019, the magazine’s editors invited Bill Gates to put together this list. After retiring from Microsoft, Gates...

Excavators to be controlled by the joystick

news | Mar 26, 2019 | Tech & Security | 163

Baltimore is an industrial city in the east of the United States. Local researchers have recently created an excavator control system using Stanley Black & Decker’s gaming joystick.

“Marker” Platform: Russia prepares an army of robots

news | Mar 25, 2019 | Tech & Security | 475

The Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects posted a video clip demonstrating the truly amazing g capabilities of the "Marker" experimental platform.\n

HELIOS laser weapon to be in service by 2021

news | Mar 25, 2019 | Tech & Security | 1540

The U.S. Navy Command spokespersons shared plans to install the system on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, which will serve in the Pacific Ocean.

What’s wrong with Facebook’s new strategy?

columns | Mar 22, 2019 | Tech & Security | 62

2018 was the most difficult year for Facebook. Now, the company has announced a complete overhaul of its confidentiality and safety policies. This is not about customer experience - it’s a last-ditch effort to save the company

VR will help train soldiers

news | Mar 21, 2019 | Tech & Security | 41

Virtual reality is most often associated with computer games, which is a shame, because this technology has some very important applications. For example, VR can be used to prepare military personnel for combat.

World’s Tallest Wooden Skyscraper Built in Norway

news | Mar 20, 2019 | Tech & Security | 234

It seems that timber, as a construction material, has become a thing of the distant past. Norwegians, however, obviously do not think so, and to prove it, they have built the tallest wooden building in the world.

GauGAN neural network will transform your bad drawings into masterpieces

news | Mar 19, 2019 | Tech & Security | 417

This isn’t the first time scientists are exploring artificial intelligence for improving photographs or creating portraits and still life paintings, but the GauGAN neural network is much more advanced than the others. This development offers startling possibilities.

Scientists have created a security system for pacemakers

news | Mar 14, 2019 | Tech & Security | 29

Hackers can break into any device, including a pacemaker. The scientists at Purdue University have developed a device to avert any potential danger from patients.

Neural network creates work of art, to be sold at auction

news | Mar 06, 2019 | Tech & Security | 1 | 229

A particularly curious lot will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in London today: an artwork created by artificial intelligence. The estimated price of the exhibit makes it competitive with the finest paintings created by history’s greatest artists.

The Darknet

articles | Mar 01, 2019 | Tech & Security | 280

The Darknet is a part of the Internet that is not accessible to regular users. Essentially, it is a hidden network established by trusted peers (participants) using unconventional ports and protocols, thus...

A horizontal skyscraper is nearing completing in China

news | Feb 28, 2019 | Tech & Security | 948

The building designed by outstanding architect Moshe Safdie, will be located near the confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers. Since ancient times, they have been used by merchant ships, so the complex will symbolise ships’ sails.\n