Around the world, there has been research about developing soft milli-robots. But the CityU's new design with multi-legs helps reduce friction significantly, so that the robot can move efficiently inside surfaces within the body lined with, or entirely immersed in, body fluids such as blood or mucus. The research findings have been published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Nature Communications, titled "A Bio-inspired Multilegged Soft Millirobot that Functions in Both Dry and Wet Conditions." What makes this milli-robot stand out is its hundreds of less than 1 mm long pointed legs that looks like short tiny hair. This unique design was not a random choice.

Fortnite players will finally be able to play with friends on other consoles, after a major U-turn by Sony. The company said that it will finally be rolling out the cross-play feature, initially as a test, following intense anger from users. Players had long been crying out for such features, which are enabled on just about every other platform. But Sony said it would not allow them, and even appeared to suggest that it was doing so because PlayStation offered the best experience. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

The public and private sector in the country have become more aware of the potential of AI. And the Government has established several committees to study the implications of AI technologies in the country. India has witnessed a significant increase in the number of job applicants for artificial-intelligence related job in the IT sector. According to a report by a business analyst firm, by 2025, artificial intelligence and cognitive-computing are likely to generate savings of around US $150 billion for the healthcare sector. Firms in India are adopting a technology-forward approach.

A tiny robot with'caterpillar' legs could be used to carry drugs inside the human body. Researchers behind the technology say it has the equivalent strength of a human able to lift a 26-seat minibus. It can adapt to adverse environments and move efficiently along surfaces within the body lined with, or entirely immersed in, body fluids such as blood or mucus. But what makes the'milli-robot' stand out is its hundreds of less than one millimetre long pointed legs that look like tiny hairs. Pictured is a prototype robot carrying a pill across a model of the inside of the human stomach.

The strength of ASEAN lies in its numbers. The biggest of those is its population. The 10-nation bloc is home to more than 630 million people, 94% of whom are literate and 50% under 30 years of age. Of those aged 30 and under, 90% have access to the internet. This young, educated, digitally connected base has helped to turn the region into an economic powerhouse, one with a combined GDP of US$2.4 trillion.

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, students are immersing themselves in Chinese culture without setting foot outside their classroom. The Mandarin Project, a collaboration between RPI, located in upstate New York, and the tech giant IBM, places students in a virtual world where they can practice their Mandarin language skills in a series of simulated scenarios, such as ordering lunch in a restaurant or taking a tai chi class. The project aims to make students feel as if they are actually in China, without the inconvenience of traveling there, says Helen Zhou, assistant professor of communication and media at RPI, who has been actively involved in designing the project. In a high-tech "cognitive immersive room," a classroom with a 360-degree floor-to-ceiling screen, students can practice their Mandarin with artificial intelligence-powered animated characters (including a floating panda head). The CIR combines several emerging technologies -- natural language processing, speech-to-text and movement tracking -- to create a unique learning experience, said Zhou.

At the industry's main professional drone event, InterDrone (Las Vegas, USA, Sept. 5-7, 2018), Parrot, the leading European drone group, presented two new professional drone platforms: senseFly eBee X and Parrot ANAFI Work. Designed by teams of engineers in Paris and Switzerland, brought together within Parrot Business Solutions, the two new professional drone platforms have further strengthened the Group's range of solutions for the business market. Both complementary and differentiating, the eBee X and ANAFI Work provide precision data to work more efficiently, reduce professional risks and costs, and make decisions based on detailed precision information. Far more than just a drone, eBee X is a solution designed to optimize operator efficiency and minimize risk when collecting data. Its High-Precision on Demand (RTK/PPK) feature delivers absolute accuracy of down to 3 cm (1.2 in), without ground control points.

I recently met a young woman named Wild Rose on an online chat forum. We struck up a conversation and within the first five minutes, Wild Rose – who is married, has a daughter, and lives in Texas with her in-laws – started telling me about her lover, a man called Saeran. Saeran, she told me, is the illegitimate son of a politician who had grown up with an abusive mother. He is handsome, has white blond hair, golden eyes, a large tattoo on his shoulder. Wild Rose said that when she first met him, her "heart literally ached" and her cheeks "flooded with blood". She then paused and added: "But I don't think Saeran loves me the way I love him. I'll never know his true feelings."

At 4ft-nothing, with orb-like eyes, SoftBank's humanoid robot, Pepper, is designed to look friendly. But imagine if Pepper -- a powerful machine crammed with cameras, sensors and motors -- hurtled towards you at top speed? Or stood in your home, secretly recording your life? In 2017, Lucas Apa and Cesar Cerrudo, security researchers with the consultancy IOActive, showed that the version 2.5.5 of Pepper could be hacked through its software because of vulnerabilities that were discovered when it was connected to a network. They demonstrated that the robot could be controlled remotely, its limbs manipulated and its cameras used to spy on users. Yet more than a year later, SoftBank has not patched the software, according to an analysis of its change logs by Mr Apa.

After nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps is looking to reorient toward its specialty, amphibious operations, while preparing for the next fight against what is likely to a more capable foe. Peer and near-peer adversaries are deploying increasingly sophisticated weaponry that the Corps believes will make amphibious landings a much more challenging proposition in the future. The Corps is looking for high-tech weapons to counter those looming threats, but it's also looking for a sophisticated system to counter a persistent, low-tech, but decidedly dangerous weapon -- mines hidden close to shore. According to a recent post on the US government's Federal Business Opportunities website, first spotted by Marine Corps Times, the Marine Corps Rapid Capability Office is looking to autonomous and artificial-intelligence technology to "increase Marines' ability to detect, analyze, and neutralize Explosive Ordnance (EO) in shallow water and the surf zone" -- two areas where amphibious ships and landing craft would spend much of their time. "Initial market research has determined multiple technically mature solutions exist that can assist Marines ability to achieve this capability," the notice says.