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A Personal-Space Robot to Assist People With Social Anxiety

IEEE Spectrum Robotics

While I personally never ever not once have I ever suffered from any sort of social anxiety, I recognize that it's a thing that people can struggle with. And especially for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), social situations can be very challenging. Part of the difficulty lies in insufficient or excessive agency cues (nonverbal social signals that include gaze, facial expression, and personal distance), and while there's been a substantial amount of research towards helping people with ASD improve their cognitive skills, researchers in Japan are trying a different approach through a'comfortable information environment" called the Mobile Personal Space. The Mobile Personal Space (MPS) is a physical shell that completely encloses an individual with social anxiety. Once you're in there, you can't see anybody, and nobody can see you.


Baidu and Amazon Talk About AI

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Last month, I attended the Seattle Biz Tech Summit, the largest gathering of Chinese technology executives and entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest. Over 1700 people gathered at the Bellevue Hyatt hotel to network and better understand China's emergence as a global hot spot for Artificial Intelligence (AI). There were two morning keynotes --- one by Mr. Ya-Qin Zhang, the President of Baidu and a second keynote by Mr. Swami Subramanian, VP of AI and Machine Learning for Amazon Web Services. Mr. Zhang focused on China's AI strategy and Baidu's role in it. Mr. Subramanian provided a map of AWS services targeted specifically for AI development.


Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chips Market

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Passenger Drone completes its first manned flight

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Incredible images and video footage have captured the first manned flight of an autonomous drone that could revolutionise the daily commute. Passenger Drone took to the skies with a pilot aboard to test out the aerial craft's capabilities. The aptly named red vehicle can fly at a top speed of around 45 mph with a flight range of up to 25 minutes. Passenger Drone can be piloted manually or passengers can simply select their destination, sit back and relax, as the drone takes control. Flight testing of the vertical take off and landing (VTOL) craft began in early May and for the last few months it has undergone intensive assessments.


New entrants flock to Tokyo's cutting-edge technology trade show

The Japan Times

CHIBA โ€“ A robot, remote controlled by motion capture, moves in perfect sync with a person in the distance. A device passes an infrared scan over some food and supplies complete nutritional information about the fare. These are among the array of cutting-edge technologies on display as Japan's largest electronics trade show kicked off Tuesday. This year's annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), which will run through Friday at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, is seen as a touchstone for the 17-year-old trade fair. Undergoing a major revamp last year, what had been a showcase for consumer electronics such as TVs and washing machines had reinvented itself as a business-to-business exhibition across sectors oriented toward the internet of things concept, in which everyday items are linked by network.


Japan's elderly drivers facing safety courses, greater scrutiny as accidents surge

The Japan Times

Drivers over 65 were responsible for 965 deadly accidents across Japan -- more than a quarter of the total -- in 2016, according to the National Police Agency. In one of the most shocking cases, an 87-year-old crashed his truck into a group of schoolchildren, killing a 6-year-old and injuring others, prompting demands for action on the issue. In a tranquil countryside setting outside the town of Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, on a track surrounded by rice paddies and mountains, elderly drivers are taking public safety into their own hands and completing refresher courses behind the wheel. Emiko Takahashi, a 73-year-old taking the course, admitted she had "no confidence" in her driving as she got older. "That's why I came here," she said, adding that she has no choice but to drive her ailing husband, seven years her senior, to a hospital every day.


Twin suicide bombers hit Damascus police station, killing 17

The Japan Times

BEIRUT โ€“ Two suicide bombers stormed a police station in the Syrian capital on Monday, killing at least 17 civilians and police, state TV reported, while a drone strike in eastern Syria killed 10 Hezbollah fighters who were helping Syrian troops battle the Islamic State group. The Syrian government is at war with the IS group as well as a local al-Qaida affiliate and an array of rebel groups, none of which immediately claimed the attack. It was also unclear who struck the Hezbollah fighters. Lt. Gen. Mohammad al-Shaar, Syria's interior minister, told reporters that two "terrorists" attacked the police station in the al-Midan neighborhood of Damascus with a number of bombs on Monday, before one of them blew himself up. He said the other bomber made it inside the compound, where police killed him, causing his bomb to explode.


AI for traditional industries

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GIC's annual thought leadership event, GIC Insights, was held here on 15 September 2017. It saw 110 prominent global business leaders deliberate long-term issues relevant to the international business and investment community. The theme was Asia's Evolving Role in an Uncertain World, and topics included Asia's Challenges and Prospects over the Next Decade, Artificial Intelligence for Traditional Industries and A Long-Term Future in an Uncertain World. Artificial intelligence (AI) is significantly changing and disrupting a wide range of industries, including industrials, agriculture, finance, and more. From self-driving trucks and autonomous factories, to Ebola cures and hunter-killer drones, AI can drive new solutions at a far lower cost than traditional companies like 3M and Boeing.


Radioactive water leaking from Fukushima since APRIL

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Contaminated water might have leaked from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors after erroneous settings on water gauges lowered groundwater levels nearby, according to the plant operator. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said the settings on six of the dozens of wells around the reactors were 70 centimetres (three feet) below the requirement. Groundwater at one well briefly sank below the contaminated water inside in May, possibly causing radioactive water to leak into the soil. An underwater robot has captured images inside Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The marine robot, is on a mission to study damage and find resources inside the devastated plant.


Data privacy, security are central to IoT, says IBM's Harriet Green

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Harriet Green is currently general manager of Watson customer engagement, Watson Internet of Things (IoT) and education at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). Prior to that, she held numerous leadership positions including that of chief executive officer (CEO) of Thomas Cook Group, CEO of Premier Farnell Plc, and senior vice-president of Arrow Electronics Inc. A recipient of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to electronics in 2010, Green was in Mumbai last week to announce IBM's partnership with Unlimit--a business venture of the Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Group--to jointly develop IoT solutions. In an interview on the sidelines of that event, she explained why she is excited about IoT, the role that Watson has to play in this space and her thoughts on gender diversity. What made you join IBM after Thomas Cook? IBM was so much of an obvious choice.