The world's first waterproof drone capable of submerging under water, floating like a boat and flying through the air at over 40mph (60kmh) has been unveiled by US engineers. The $765 (£585) gadget, known as Spry, features a built-in 4K camera that can both record video and snap photos on the fly. Footage is beamed back to a monitor embedded into a waterproof remote control, which the drone's developers claim is another world first for the drone industry. The world's first waterproof drone capable of submerging under water, floating like a boat and flying through the air at over 40mph (60kph) has been unveiled by US engineers SwellProUSA and Florida-based Urban Drones say it has taken two years of designing and prototyping to cross the line'between science fiction and reality by allowing users to fly and swim, something never before possible'. 'The Spry's ability to submerge under water and fly in the air makes it the most versatile drone ever created,' said Alex Rodriguez, Urban Drones' CEO.

One of the intriguing aspects of the popular 1960s television show "Mission Impossible" was the opening sequence of every episode, which featured a secret agent listening to a recorded message about an upcoming mission. At the end of the recording each week, the tape would sizzle, crackle, and disintegrate into a heap of smoke and debris, ensuring no one else could access the top-secret information it contained. Until recently, self-destructing electronic systems remained within the realm of science fiction, but advances in chemistry, engineering, and materials science are finally allowing researchers to construct circuits that break down on their own timetable. This includes systems that rely on conventional complementary oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. "The goal is to develop functional circuits that can operate for a period of time and then vaporize," says Amit Lal, Robert M. Scharf 1977 Professor of Engineering in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and director of the university's SonicMEMs lab.

Recently I had the opportunity to join the O'Reilly Foo Camp, where around 150 leading technologists, academics, economists, and business innovators come to talk about the future of technology. It was an inspiring and energizing few days, and one where almost every session seem to revolve around the ethics, responsibility, and potentially dangerous role of AI. This is an important topic and one which is being discussed all over the world. Intelligent algorithms will inform our doctors, our travel, our shopping, and of course our news and information. In the world of HR and business management, AI has incredible potential, as I detail some of the applications in AI in HR: A Killer App, but it brings risks as well.

If you have skimmed through the high tech job listings lately, you've surely noticed the demand for data scientists. Although there is no consensus on the exact job definition, many companies want data experts and are willing to pay a high price for the right candidates. This article explores why good data scientists are hard to find, and explains how the shortage may soon be alleviated thanks to… data science! Let's start with a working definition: A data scientist is someone who knows how to extract insights from data. The insights could take the form of descriptive analytics for past events, predictions of future events, or persuasive analytics – a plan that can persuade people to exhibit a desired behavior such as buying your product.

Retailers are rolling out new ways for consumers to look for items online. Forever 21, in particular, is moving beyond text-based online search for its customers with visual search. In an announcement for the feature, Forever 21 President Alex Ok said the technology "bridges the gap" between online and offline worlds, while enabling "customers to search for clothing in the same way they think about it -- using visuals, not words." Forever 21 is not alone in its efforts to integrate the latest in AI: A myriad of merchants are using the technology in new and exciting ways. Some retailers even possess the computing power and storage capacity to treat each customer as an individual rather than part of a segment.

Kai-Fu Lee is the chairman of Sinovation Ventures and the president of its Artificial Intelligence Institute. He was the founding president of Google China. He recently spoke about his new book, "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order," with The WorldPost's editor in chief, Nathan Gardels. WorldPost: Artificial intelligence is surely the most consequential technological development of the 21st century. In your book "AI Superpowers," you've written the most comprehensive global account of artificial intelligence to date. What are the central themes of your book?

Even if you are from the non-technical world, these things make sense. No, don't get us wrong, everything is either in a way related to technology, but here, we are trying to convey something different with the help of this write-up. Okay, put this aside; are you a fan of PUBG, PlayerUnknown's Battleground game? How many times did you play it? PUBG joined hands with Minkonet to implement a 3D replay feature which captured a lot of traction of players and it has been used more than nine million times each day, according to this TechCrunch post.

Armed with a mouse and computer screen instead of a scalpel and operating theatre, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating, digital heart. Using this "digital twin" that mimics the electrical and physical properties of the cells in patient 7497's heart, Meder runs simulations to see if the pacemaker can keep the congestive heart failure sufferer alive, before he has inserted a knife. The digital heart twin developed by Siemens Healthineers is one example of how medical device makers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help doctors make more precise diagnoses as medicine enters an increasingly personalised age. The challenge for Siemens Healthineers and rivals such as Philips and GE Healthcare is to keep an edge over tech giants from Alphabet's Google to Alibaba that hope to use big data to grab a slice of healthcare spending. With healthcare budgets under increasing pressure, AI tools such as the digital heart twin could save tens of thousands of dollars by predicting outcomes and avoiding unnecessary surgery.

Delta Air Lines is launching what it calls the first "biometric terminal" in the US. The airline will use facial recognition at check-in, security and boarding inside the international terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson -- similar to systems already in place in Dubai and Australia, but more comprehensive than the biometric checks already in use at other airports around the US. Passengers that want to use facial recognition can approach a kiosk in the lobby and click'Look', or approach a camera at the ticket counter, TSA checkpoint or when boarding. Once a green check mark flashes on the screen, they can proceed. Delta -- which plans to introduce fingerprint scanning to fold, too -- says passengers can use this system instead of the passports to get through these checkpoints, but you'll still need your passport for use in other non-biometric-equipped airports (although maybe one day we'll do away with passports altogether).

A pair of Japanese robots have captured stunning new photographs and video from the surface of an asteroid 180 million miles away. The cookie tin-shaped robots successfully reached the Ryugu asteroid last week after being released from the Hayabusa2 probe. The stunning new images and video released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency show the craggy surface of the asteroid, and reveal the rover's first'hop' was a success. They were beamed back 180 million miles to Earth by the Hayabusa2 probe. The rovers are being used by Japan's space agency to search for clues of the origins of the solar system.