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Rodney Brooks exposes the fatal flaw in Musk’s robot dream

Is it possible to have a robot achieve human-level dexterity just by watching video tutorials? To answer these questions, I talked to Rodney Brooks, the co-founder of iRobot and one of the leading ...
For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with the resonant frequency of atoms, a method so accurate that it serves as the ...
Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...
Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to ...
A guide for engineers balancing performance, reliability, and manufacturability across today’s smart systems By Barry Brents, ...
Power remains the quiet obstacle slowing the global expansion of wearable and IoT devices. Despite rapid technological ...
This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.
This easy-to-build walking reindeer can be constructed with only a bow motor, battery, wires, and a few other parts.
Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...
Nature Sensors publishes fundamental, applied, and engineering research across the full spectrum of sensing technologies, spanning biological, computational, engineering, and systems domains. The ...