TechFirst with John Koetsier
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Data is the nuclear waste of the Information Age
Data is the nuclear waste of the web and machine learning, Ghostery CEO Jean-Paul Schmetz tells me in the TechFirst podcast. And big tech is...
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Solving touch: the last mile of robotics
When will we solve the “last-mile” problem of robotics: robotic touch? We’ve made robots that can go to the bottom of the ocean, that can operate in...
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Google’s drone company Wing unveils ‘aircraft library’
Sometimes you need a big drone. Sometimes a small one will do. Some deliveries are urgent. Others are far away. For each, a slightly different drone...
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From smart soles to … human OS?
Plantiga makes sensor insoles for shoes that help people get better, faster, and healthier. They track how you run, walk, jump, and change direction...
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How MIT’s Cheetah robot teaches itself to walk in 3 hours
Programming robots is so 2010. Providing the AI framework within with they can teach themselves is accelerating training and development of new...
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