We've really trashed the place.

The nose knows.

NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.

NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.

From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.

Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.

Powerful algorithms can 'predict' the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists have found. Big data produced during decades of research was fed into a computer language model to see if artificial intelligence can make more advanced discoveries than humans.

A new context-aware system for robots is ready for implementation on the factory floor. A recent study shows the system is more efficient because it can recognize co-workers and their body shapes, and even predict their movements.

A biomedical engineer is reporting a new deep neural network architecture - to be used on a standard laptop - that provides early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), a rare autoimmune disease marked by hardened or fibrous skin and internal organs.

A study proves that AI systems might reach higher levels of performance if they are programmed with sound files of human language rather than with numerical data labels. The researchers discovered that in a side-by-side comparison, a neural network whose 'training labels' consisted of sound files reached higher levels of performance in identifying objects in […]

RF Grasp is a picking robot that combines vision with radio frequency (RF) sensing to find and grasps objects, even if they're hidden from view. The technology could aid fulfillment in e-commerce warehouses.

This 'metal-eating' robot can follow a metal path without using a computer or needing a battery. By wiring the power-supplying units to the wheels on the opposite side, the robot autonomously navigates towards aluminum surfaces and away from hazards that block its energy source.

Scientists up to create the next version of Xenobots - tiny biological robots that self-assemble, carry out tasks, and can repair themselves. Now they can move faster, and record information.

A team of researchers has developed a new early warning system for vehicles that uses artificial intelligence to learn from thousands of real traffic situations. The results show that, if used in today's self-driving vehicles, it can warn seven seconds in advance against potentially critical situations that the cars cannot handle alone - with over […]

Engineers have developed an electronics-free, entirely soft robot shaped like a dragonfly that can skim across the water and react to environmental conditions such as pH, temperature or the presence of oil. The proof-of-principle demonstration could be the precursor to more advanced, autonomous, long-range environmental sentinels for monitoring a wide range of potential telltale signs […]

Living organisms, from bacteria to animals and humans, can perceive their environment and process, store and retrieve this information. They learn how to react to later situations using appropriate actions. A team of physicists have developed a method for giving tiny artificial microswimmers a certain ability to learn using machine learning algorithms.

Researchers developed a deep learning neural network to aid the design of soft-bodied robots. The algorithm optimizes the arrangement of sensors on the robot, enabling it to complete tasks as efficiently as possible.

Researchers used infrared motion capture technology to record the facial expressions of android faces. They identified ways in which the robot faces lacked the nuance of actual human movements, which can help improve upon the current state of robotics.

Researchers have developed a system that uses wireless radio signals and artificial intelligence to detect errors in patients' use of inhalers and insulin pens. The technology could reduce unnecessary hospital admissions caused by poor adherence to certain medication administration guidelines.

Neural network training could one day require less computing power and hardware, thanks to a new nanodevice that can run neural network computations using 100 to 1000 times less energy and area than existing CMOS-based hardware.

Researchers have created micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations. All they require is a quick jolt of voltage. And once the material is bent, it holds its shape - even after the voltage is removed.

Researchers found a way to automatically infer parameters used in an important quantum Boltzmann machine algorithm for machine learning applications.

Robotics researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and moving on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

How do you turn 'dumb' headphones into smart ones? Engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be plugged into smartphones, identify their users, monitor their heart rates and perform other services. Their invention, called HeadFi, is based on a small plug-in headphone adapter that turns a regular […]

Artificial intelligence is part of our modern life. A crucial question for practical applications is how fast such intelligent machines can learn. An experiment has answered this question, showing that quantum technology enables a speed-up in the learning process. The physicists have achieved this result by using a quantum processor for single photons as a […]

Researchers published results of experiments in which robots led a Swedish word game with individuals whose proficiency in the Nordic language was varied. They found that by redirecting its gaze to less proficient players, a robot can elicit involvement from even the most reluctant participants.

Iterated Local Search is a stochastic global optimization algorithm. It involves the repeated application of a local search algorithm to modified versions of a good solution found previously. In this way, it is like a clever version of the stochastic hill climbing with random restarts algorithm. The intuition behind the algorithm is that random restarts […]

It can be challenging to develop a neural network predictive model for a new dataset. One approach is to first inspect the dataset and develop ideas for what models might work, then explore the learning dynamics of simple models on the dataset, then finally develop and tune a model for the dataset with a robust […]

XGBoost is a powerful and effective implementation of the gradient boosting ensemble algorithm. It can be challenging to configure the hyperparameters of XGBoost models, which often leads to using large grid search experiments that are both time consuming and computationally expensive. An alternate approach to configuring XGBoost models is to evaluate the performance of the […]

Function optimization is a field of study that seeks an input to a function that results in the maximum or minimum output of the function. There are a large number of optimization algorithms and it is important to study and develop intuitions for optimization algorithms on simple and easy-to-visualize test functions. Two-dimensional functions take two […]

Machine learning algorithms have hyperparameters that allow the algorithms to be tailored to specific datasets. Although the impact of hyperparameters may be understood generally, their specific effect on a dataset and their interactions during learning may not be known. Therefore, it is important to tune the values of algorithm hyperparameters as part of a machine […]

XGBoost is a powerful and popular implementation of the gradient boosting ensemble algorithm. An important aspect in configuring XGBoost models is the choice of loss function that is minimized during the training of the model. The loss function must be matched to the predictive modeling problem type, in the same way we must choose appropriate […]

Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm that follows the negative gradient of an objective function in order to locate the minimum of the function. A limitation of gradient descent is that the progress of the search can slow down if the gradient becomes flat or large curvature. Momentum can be added to gradient descent that […]

Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm that follows the negative gradient of an objective function in order to locate the minimum of the function. A limitation of gradient descent is that it can get stuck in flat areas or bounce around if the objective function returns noisy gradients. Momentum is an approach that accelerates the […]

It can be challenging to develop a neural network predictive model for a new dataset. One approach is to first inspect the dataset and develop ideas for what models might work, then explore the learning dynamics of simple models on the dataset, then finally develop and tune a model for the dataset with a robust […]

Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) is an open-source library that provides an efficient and effective implementation of the gradient boosting algorithm. Shortly after its development and initial release, XGBoost became the go-to method and often the key component in winning solutions for a range of problems in machine learning competitions. Regression predictive modeling problems involve predicting […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  Moore’s Law is far from dead and in fact, we are entering a new era of innovation, thanks to a combination of newly-developed specialized chips combined with the march of AI and machine learning.  “These unprecedented and massive improvements in processing power combined with data and artificial intelligence […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  Algorithms are trained on a dataset and may not be capable of learning new information without retraining, as opposed to the human brain, which learns constantly and builds on knowledge over time.  An artificial neural network that forgets previously learned information upon learning new information, is demonstrating what is called […]

By AI Trends Staff  An open access quantum computing testbed from Sandia National Laboratories, called QScout, is now open to the public for research.   Funded by a Department of Energy grant, the quantum computer can be used by scientists whose research proposals have been accepted, for no charge, a spokesman for Sandia stated to AI Trends in an email.  Scientists from […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   Ethicists continue to churn at Google with the departure of Samy Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist known for cofounding Google Brain, who had been leading a large group of researchers working in machine learning.   The impending departure was announced on April 6 in an account from Bloomberg. It follows the departure of several colleagues who […]

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider    You likely know the catchphrase “stubborn as a mule.” We all know people that are altogether inarguably stubborn and exercise mule-like behavior. Turns out, we often consider things to be stubborn-like too. For example, a car can seem to be just about as stubborn as a mule, perhaps being downright […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   The state of autonomous vehicle safety standard regulation in the US today is between two presidential administrations, with the Trump Administration-era regulations issued Jan. 14 likely to be soon superseded by policies of the Biden Administration.   The Trump Administration rules would allow self-driving vehicle manufacturers to skip certain […]

By AI Trends Staff  Meteorologists are aiming to use AI to help them get an edge in early detection and disaster relief in response to natural hazards and disasters, which according to scientists have become more frequent and unpredictable due to the impact of climate change.   In response, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) together with the […]

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   Two Dartmouth College researchers studied the countries of origin for the Fields Medal, considered the Nobel Prize in mathematics, and found the recipients tend to come from the same group of countries since it was first awarded in 1936.  The idea was to see where elite math students […]

By AI Trends Staff  The increasing adoption of AI in retailing is helping the industry align its offerings with the expectations of customers for more personalized products and services in the digital era.  “The disruptive impact of artificial intelligence in retail is seen across the value chain and is emerging as a powerful tool for […]

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider  I’m sure that you are familiar with BYOB. Some say that BYOB stands for bring your own beverage. Alternatively, the popular saying refers to bring your own booze, or maybe bring your own beer, or ostensibly just alludes to bring your own bottle.  To each their own.    A less well-known acronym is BYOD. Have you heard that one? BYOD […]

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb.

Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history.

Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was supposed to be the uncomplicated one. But even with new data, getting people to trust it again will be tricky.

Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn.

Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life.

A veritable hellscape of an exoplanet is challenging researchers’ assumptions about what types of worlds host atmospheres.

Should you get a COVID vaccine? Yes, it will protect you AND protect others to help us move past this pandemic so we can get back to a more normal life. But wait! If you get vaccinated, you can also get a doughnut! At least that's the deal that Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is offering. Once […]

At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.

Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips should help you figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect.

Studies from all over the globe show short-term improvements in urban air quality, but experts are skeptical about how long they’ll last.

Medtronic's GI Genius, recently cleared by the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps.

Long-awaited news from Fermilab’s Muon g-2 team may resolve a tantalizing conflict between nature and theory. But a separate calculation clouds the picture.

Trash-burning facilities once seemed like a useful way to minimize pollution and generate power. But the EU is withdrawing support over emissions concerns.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

Hall thrusters have been used in satellites for years. Now, they'll play a crucial role in reaching a metallic asteroid called Psyche.

In countries without much sequencing, new versions of the Covid virus can go unnoticed. Scientists across Africa are collaborating to track them down.

The device may make it easier to quickly test newborns and could open the door to at-home monitoring.

In physics, big things are not like small things. Here's what that means for a giant gorilla.

Lightning strikes in the far north could double by 2100. That means more wildfires, which could release massive amounts of planet-warming gas.

For her new book, Julia Galef cataloged the Vulcan's predictions and found events he describes as "impossible" actually happened 83 percent of the time.

Cinephiles have been mourning the news that the iconic movie theater won’t reopen. But there might still be hope for the Cinerama Dome.

For most people, GeoGuessr is a fun way to pass the time. For others, it’s a way into the record books.

From a surprise launch to a diverse cast, the Titanfall developer's live service game has a lot going for it, and even more coming.

In the mobile game, I could be anyone I wanted—and my decisions reflected the bolder, braver person I aspired to be.

This year’s Oscar-nominated animated films have a uniformly safe, childish approach to death. But The Willoughbys—not nominated—will mess you up.

From jump scares to terrifying monsters, games like Amnesia and Little Nightmares prepare me to handle a world filled with anxiety triggers.

Dances, duets, and other challenges differ greatly from the work of the Surrealists. But that doesn’t mean they’re not creating a new art form all their own.

The game bounces wildly between violence and wry humor, with some dark and harrowing commentary. And it's certainly worth your time.

Entrepreneur James Altucher has used everything from Star Wars to Isaac Asimov's Foundation series in his work.

The new trailer for Loki is a promise that the Disney+ streak will continue.

Services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now allow users to easily see if a new title is accessible without having to buy it first.

In God of War, Kratos is kind of mean, but finishing his journey has its rewards.

While not perfect, it's a breezy action game that's unique—and a ton of fun.

Players looking for a leg up are being duped into giving criminals a backdoor into their devices.

It’s possible to keep up with all of Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, and even DC, if you want. The good news is, you don’t gotta.

So Google's cloud-based gaming service isn't perfect. But for plenty of players, it's enough.

Despite rising digital sales and the pandemic, retro gaming and tight-knit clienteles are keeping smaller shops alive while other retailers falter.

Ursula K. Le Guin's 1974 novel, about a society with no government or laws, remains a thoughtful exploration of politics and economics nearly 50 years later.

George R. R. Martin is reportedly working on a stage play based on his iconic characters. Why?

Google has announced that Feedburner's email services will end in July 2021. Here's a guide for you to help you plan your move to a new email service as painlessly as possible.      

Learn how you can turn your emails into revenue streams. Growing an audience is one of the most exciting and engaging things you can do online. Through a variety of many different outlets, including email, you’re able to offer value to like-minded people across the planet. And as a bonus, you also have the opportunity […]

More hassle-free set it and forget it email campaigns at your fingertips. The beauty of automated RSS-to-email campaigns is the set it and forget it factor, knowing your email campaigns will be sent as scheduled with your new content – that was the foundation in creating FeedBlitz.And now, continuing our mission to provide the most […]

Win the Inbox with eye-catching email campaigns and save time when it comes to design. Designing a template, especially one from scratch, can be a major frustration. But what if the hard work was already done for you? What if templates showcasing your products, image layouts highlighting your work, invitations ready to be sent, podcast […]

Gmail’s recent broad rollout of promotions tab bundles will reward good, engaging emails with more opportunities to solidify that engagement.FeedBlitz is helping you make the most of that opportunity, out of the box, today, by making every email we send bundle-ready with a featured image. Here’s how this gives you competitive advantage: The vast, vast […]

Zoom in to discover where your emails are being read. A great new feature offering more insight into your subscribers is now available with every email send and monthly insight report:Geographic data on engagement stats.And not just the numbers, the team went a step further and added a mapping feature for visual representation. A new […]

There’s more to running a remote company than keeping up with technology. You probably didn’t plan on taking your company 100% online, but yet – here you are.Under normal circumstances, companies who shift to being fully remote plan for weeks, sometimes even months before taking the leap. During that time, they’re working to retain both […]

If you’re like the rest of us, distractions seem to be at an all-time high. Nothing is normal. Whether there are more people at home, you have to homeschool on top of your career, or you’re struggling with worry, everyone is busy. These circumstances zap your time, energy, and focus.And when your attention span is […]

Finding your ideal work from home rhythm isn’t as easy as you may think. When pajamas replace business casual, the fridge is now just a short walk away, and Netflix marathons are streaming on TV – working remotely from home can sound like a dream come true.Shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders have shifted the work cultures […]

Creating an efficient and effective system for communicating with your now remote team. Remember all of those meetings that could’ve been emails? Well, now most of them are all emails.And now, the question is: How’re you keeping your team engaged with all those mass emails?Many offices and businesses are turning to platforms such as Outlook […]

How to stand out in crowded inboxes by creating community and offering value to your subscribers. During the past few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, your subscribers’ inboxes have been flooded with emails. It’s easy for any reader to feel overwhelmed when yet another email arrives. In the world of email marketing, we refer to […]

Our mission is straightforward: To win the inbox. To be the platform you rely on to get your emails delivered, quickly and reliably. The current uncertainty and apprehension many of us are feeling about the current coronavirus emergency is palpable. We each have our own concerns about ourselves, our loved ones, our communities, our incomes. […]

Sometimes your email marketing begins to feel stale. Boring. Routine. The same old same old. We’ve all been there, sending out content on autopilot, feeling like our emails are getting lost in the sea of other email, newsletters and sales offers. Maybe you’ve noticed your open rates plateauing, or your engagement rates and sharing starting […]

Plus: Bill Gates’ departure, post-jab symptoms, and a new era for cryptocurrency.

How does a manager strike the balance between honesty and spilling too many secrets?

The big cryptocurrency exchange goes public through a direct listing, and it could make a bigger debut than Facebook.

In a record quarter for VC funding, California still takes the cake—further evidence that reports of the region’s demise are greatly exaggerated.

The company plans to buy Nuance, a speech-recognition firm that grasps the specialized language of medicine—tech that won’t be easy for others to replicate.

During the pandemic, insurers accelerated the use of automated tools to estimate repair costs. Garage operators say the numbers can be wildly inaccurate.

The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers.

Facebook is being sued for weakening data protections. Google is being sued for strengthening them. Can that paradox be resolved?

Medtronic's GI Genius, recently cleared by the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps.

Facebook has been criticized for failing to curb misinformation in English. But little attention has been paid to the scale of the problem in Arabic.

Union supporters face a setback in Bessemer, Alabama, but indicate the fight isn’t over yet.

Plus: MySpace's downfall, tech competition from China, and the particle going rogue.

Why petty drama matters in the workplace, and other advice on office thievery.

A growing number of robots are operated remotely, often by workers thousands of miles away. Could it be a job of the future?

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders.

Plus: A national failure, a software workaround, and an unusual survival technique.

The president's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways.

The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users.

'WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn' is a good crash course while you wait for the adaptation starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.

A slower vaccine rollout isn’t ideal, but it’s more important that Americans know they can trust officials to address health concerns when they arise.

AI audio transcription is getting smarter—and it's taking notes on your work meetings.

The much wow Dogecoin has had its notable influencers—including, for a brief moment, me.

Unless the federal government steps up, the unchecked middlemen of surveillance capitalism will continue to harm our civil rights and national security.

We don’t need the next big thing. We need countless next little things.

For some of us—isolates, happy in the dark—code is therapy, an escape and a path to hope in a troubled world.

A debate is raging over the social media giant's role in dividing the country. But it's the US's deeply-rooted inequities that tech should focus on.

As we communicate more digitally, governments encroach more on our privacy. End-to-end encryption cannot be taken for granted.

Over the last year, the scientific community has been reluctant to openly discuss its missteps. But coming clean could help prevent the next pandemic.

During quarantine, photographer Andres Gonzalez wandered his city and captured lone redwoods, trapped by human sprawl but linked by nature’s networks.

Intriguing, maddening deception can shake up our existence and sometimes—sometimes—set us free.

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on automation, productivity, and what it means to be human.

If quarantine quashed my social anxiety, looming reemergence is sending it into overdrive. Coping means taking pressure off ourselves and everyone else.

Mild and dire forecasting models serve different purposes, and can be tricky to interpret. But when they appear similar, it may signal the end of the pandemic.

It's never been easier for mistruths to go viral, and content moderation is inadequate. What social media needs is some old-fashioned friction.

A new FBI report proves that the Justice Department is failing to combat internet fraud. Here’s how the government should address that.

This week's Big Tech hearing will surely be a waste of Congress's time, again. But the DOJ and SEC could buy time by raising the stakes.

My unarticulated suspicions about Asian women being objectified, dehumanized targets have been confirmed.

Widely cast as an indication of frailty, the Kremlin’s bungled crackdown shows the lengths it will go to to control the Russian internet.

Recent headlines suggest that feeding seaweed to cattle could help reduce the methane in their burps. But the claims don’t hold up under scrutiny.