"It’s a new way of controlling the robot that I actually like to think of as being natural, in the sense that we aim to have the robot adapt to what the human would like to do,” says MIT roboticist Daniela Rus, a co-author on the study

"It’s a new way of controlling the robot that I actually like to think of as being natural, in the sense that we aim to have the robot adapt to what the human would like to do,” says MIT roboticist Daniela Rus, a co-author on the study

Very interesting the communication mechanism used.

#ai

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Baxter the Robot Fixes Its Mistakes by Reading Your Mind

The underlying technology is shiny and new and complex, but the idea is straightforward. When you notice a mistake, your brain emits a faint type of signal, known in neuroscience as an error-related potential. But that’s among all the other electrical chaos coursing through your brain that an EEG picks up, so machine learning algorithms sniff out the signal. When Baxter is about to make a mistake, the system translates the error-related potentials in the woman’s brain into code a robot understands. The human and machine are communicating at the most basic of levels—not speech but the electrical signals that prelude speech. “The paper shows an interesting capability in terms of doing this in real time,” says Carnegie Mellon roboticist Aaron Steinfeld. The researchers’ machine learning algorithms are so powerful, they can sort the error-related potentials from the other electrical noise to immediately create something the robot can comprehend.
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/baxter-robot-fixes-mistakes-reading-mind/

The 5 Jobs Robots Will Take First

The 5 Jobs Robots Will Take First
Interesting article. I would add lawyers to the list.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-jobs-robots-take-first-shelly-palmer

#ai #robots
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-jobs-robots-take-first-shelly-palmer

Great design. Inside and outside.

Great design. Inside and outside.

http://cnet.co/2loSBOd
http://cnet.co/2loSBOd

"Over the past years, intelligent technologies, peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies and the Internet have laid the foundation for a very small size and a very low-cost enterprise with the potential for managing very large numbers of business relationships."

"Over the past years, intelligent technologies, peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies and the Internet have laid the foundation for a very small size and a very low-cost enterprise with the potential for managing very large numbers of business relationships."
Interesting article on the impact of technology on the way people create value.

https://shift.newco.co/the-programmable-enterprise-274167dead0d#.dotx3hr2u

Interesting article on AI behaviour based on the ammount of available resources and objectives.

Interesting article on AI behaviour based on the ammount of available resources and objectives.

#AI

Originally shared by João Soares

Late last year, famed physicist Stephen Hawking issued a warning that the continued advancement of artificial intelligence will either be "the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity".
We've all seen the Terminator movies, and the apocalyptic nightmare that the self-aware AI system, Skynet, wrought upon humanity, and now results from recent behaviour tests of Google's new DeepMind AI system are making it clear just how careful we need to be when building the robots of the future.
http://www.sciencealert.com/google-s-new-ai-has-learned-to-become-highly-aggressive-in-stressful-situations

Very interesting description on how energy is produced, transported and consumed.

Very interesting description on how energy is produced, transported and consumed.
Easy reading.

#energy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/10/nyregion/how-new-york-city-gets-its-electricity-power-grid.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Interesting presentation with future trends in terms of technology. Download the presentation.

Interesting presentation with future trends in terms of technology. Download the presentation.

#robotics

Originally shared by The Futurist

13 Future Technology trends that will Shape Business and Society #future #business #innovation
http://www.thefuturist.co/13-future-technology-trends-that-will-shape-business-and-society/

Android Wear is getting better all the time :-)

Android Wear is getting better all the time :-)
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/tips-and-tricks-for-android-wear-2-0/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=589fd591a167da0007af55a5&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Interesting. Some countries in the list surprised me.

Interesting. Some countries in the list surprised me.
http://www.businessinsider.com/ranked-pwc-predicts-the-most-powerful-economies-in-2030-2017-2

Blockchain could enable a peer to peer energy market

Blockchain could enable a peer to peer energy market

#energy
https://opencio.org/2017/01/31/blockchain-what-is-it-and-why-should-the-energy-sector-care/

Excellent article on Converged Field Area Networks. Telecommunications is an importante piece of the smart grids framework

Excellent article on Converged Field Area Networks. Telecommunications is an importante piece of the smart grids framework

#FAM #smartgrids
https://blog.networks.nokia.com/mobile-broadband/2017/01/26/big-power-shift-converged-field-area-networks-fans-changing-game-power-utilities/

Clearly, nuclear power is not a safe bet for the future. Bad newsfrom Fukushima.

Clearly, nuclear power is not a safe bet for the future. Bad newsfrom Fukushima.

#nuclear
https://www.cnet.com/news/deathly-high-radiation-levels-at-fukushima-nuclear-reactor-is-bad-bad-news/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5899c14f04d30170adeec845&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Well, it seems that Tanzania is a place to be if you are a power equipment provider or an EPC contractor. But if also you have a vendor financing package it will help a lot...

Well, it seems that Tanzania is a place to be if you are a power equipment provider or an EPC contractor. But if also you have a vendor financing package it will help a lot...
https://www.esi-africa.com/news/tanzania-energy-ministry-issues-its-power-system-master-plan/