Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) developed the CoWriter system whereby children improve their writing skills by showing a robot how to write letters. EPFL Brad Nelson, […]
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, the very first Muslim quarterly of North America: The Muslim Sunrise, Spring 2018 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The […]
By Simon Bradley JUN 8, 2017 – The robot Sophia, which integrates the latest technologies and artificial intelligence, was showcased at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva from June 7-9, 2017 (ITU) Beyond self-driving cars and Google Translate software, there is much talk about […]
“Compromised robots can be used to physically damage something or even kill someone,” say researchers exposing the flaws. BY ANTHONY CUTHBERTSON ON 3/1/17 Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics’ new ‘nightmare inducing’ wheeled robot Robots built by leading manufacturers are at “critical risk” of being hacked and posing a serious threat […]
AUTOMATED PRODUCTION Robots promise cure for Swiss manufacturing blues By Matthew Allen OCT 12, 2016 – 11:00 ABB’s YuMi robot can work, uncaged, alongside humans (AFP) It is hoped that robots can stem, or even reverse creeping deindustrialisation. An automated future is already becoming a reality in Switzerland. Squeezed by […]
Published: Oct 5, 2016 DAVID WALDMAN WASHINGTON — Technology will fuel an increase of up to 3% in the gross domestic product of every country over the next decade, the executive chairman of Cisco Systems said at an International Monetary Fund panel Wednesday. “If you look at what is […]
EMPLOYMENT 4.0 The mutation of the workforce has already begun By Duc-Quang Nguyen and Samuel Jaberg MAY 20, 2016 – 11:00 (swissinfo.ch) The fourth industrial revolution – the digitalisation of the economy – is set to radically transform or render obsolete half of all jobs in industrialised countries. As a […]
Source: Pew Research Center A majority of Americans predict that within 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans – but few workers expect their own jobs or professions to experience substantial impacts BY AARON SMITH From self-driving vehicles and semi-autonomous robots to […]
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KLAUS SCHWAB Of the myriad challenges the world faces today, perhaps the most overwhelming is how to shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution that began at the turn of the century. New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways […]