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Church installs AI confession room
A church in Switzerland has set up an AI-powered version of its confessional to chat with visitors, attracting quite a few curious onlookers.
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Former Apple Designer Launches AI Device: A Lapel Pin Aims to Overturn the Smartphone World
Can the $699 product from former Apple employees fulfill this ambition?
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China discovers unprecedented water and salt separation technology with purity up to 99.9%
According to Interesting Engineering, researchers in China have revealed a new, extremely efficient technology for separating oil and water mixtures.
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Smart glasses enable fast delivery to 'every corner'
The new glasses can show shippers exactly where to go in a building, such as turning directions, and take photos of packages after they've been delivered.
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NASA funds $11.5 million in research on future aircraft
NASA funds five organizations researching new commercial aircraft with lower emissions and more efficiency.
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NASA engineer surprised by 'alien' shape of AI-made spacecraft components
According to NASA engineers, the unusual appearance does not affect their performance. On the contrary, it is more efficient than man-made designs.
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First robot-created artwork sells for $1.32 million
A portrait of British mathematician Alan Turing has become the first work of art created by a robot to be sold at auction, selling for $1.32 million on November 7.
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AI system helps aircraft 'cope' with turbulence
Turbulence that affects planes could become a thing of the past thanks to a new AI system that helps flying vehicles learn to adjust to turbulence in just minutes.
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AI restores Qing Dynasty magician's top performance: Even David Copperfield must be impressed!
At a time when technology was not yet developed, the performance of the Qing Dynasty magician was truly eye-catching.
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Robots can now learn to perform surgery just by watching videos
Robots with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology are learning to perform surgical tasks just by watching videos, ushering in a promising era of automated sur…
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7 Strange Prophecies of Nostradamus AI about the World: Cancer, Mars Are Also Named
What if we let artificial intelligence (AI) predict possible future events in the style of the legendary 16th-century French astrologer Nostradamus?
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Soft Robot Arms - Breakthrough Inventions for Delicate Tasks
Flexible robotic arms not only blur the line between robots and living creatures, but also promise a new future for scientific and technological applications.
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Surprise 24-page pocket calendar but can be viewed up to 2 billion years in the future
This infinite calendar can help us read the date of any day in the future.
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How were barcodes invented?
Barcode technology was first patented in 1949, but engineers came up with the UPC code in the 1970s to meet the need for better efficiency in grocery stores.