The DeLorean name is iconic thanks largely to Back to the Future, in which one of the original automaker’s cars was turned into a time machine by ‘Doc’ Emmett Brown.
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Decision systems that respect privacy, fairness
Increasingly, decisions and actions affecting people’s lives are determined by automated systems processing personal data. Excitement about these systems has been accompanied by serious concerns about their opacity and threats they
AI, crowdsourcing combine to close ‘analogy gap’
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem devised a method enabling computers to mine databases of patents, inventions and research papers, identifying ideas that can be
Computer ‘anthropologists’ study global fashion
Cornell researchers using AI to Develop Cultural Anthropology Tools. Credit: Cornell University Each day billions of photographs are uploaded to photo-sharing services and social media platforms, and Cornell computer science
Can AI prevent the spread of HIV in homeless youth?
There are nearly 2 million youth who spend at least one night homeless each year in the United States. An estimated 7 percent of homeless youth are likely to be
Faraday Future signs lease on new turn-key manufacturing facility
Faraday Future recently abandoned plans to build its own tailor-made factory from scratch in Nevada, and now it’s signed a lease on a new ready-made production facility in Hanford, Calif.
Bioengineers developing better models of the bone, muscles and nerves
A virtual skeleton that has learned to walk from scratch, using only a machine-learning algorithm submitted to the “Learning to Run” competition. Credit: crowdAI.org At this moment, computer-generated skeletons are
Toyota takes stake in Mazda, invests more in self-driving and AI
Toyota has agreed to purchase a five percent stake in Mazda, and will build a joint plant in the U.S. worth $1.6 billion, the automaker revealed today. Toyota also said
Interview: Vodafone CTO juggles bequest network and cutting-edge technology
Change for a digital world Besides network performance, one of a biggest pressures on Vodafone’s teams is a ongoing sustenance of fast and predicted systems to conduct mission-critical billing and
Creature-cataloging contest for computers
Algorithms developed for a contest held by Caltech and Cornell Tech can identify species that appear in photos. Credit: Clockwise from top left-Jana Ohrner, Thomas Barbin, Clayton Orsay, Caltech, Steve
The future of search engines: Researchers combine artificial intelligence, crowdsourcing and supercomputers
WordNet is a lexical database for the English language. It groups English words into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides short definitions and usage examples, and records a number of
Tesloop does emission-free electric freight shipping – with a Tesla Model X
Tesloop is a company that saw great potential in the Model X from Tesla – not as a consumer vehicle, but as a means of providing city to city fleet
Solar cell lenses give these shades a charge
Over the years I’ve seen concepts of solar-powered sunglasses come and go, but the dream of for some reason wearing solar panels on my face has remained elusive — until
Tesla has completed its first ever Solar Roof product installations
Tesla has already completed the first installations of its Solar Roof products, which use integrated solar panels to gather energy. The solar tiles were first introduced last year, and are
Meadow is the Amazon of weed
Marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation, and The Green Rush is upon us. As pot sellers scramble to comply with complex regulations, one startup has built the full-stack of specialized