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Finding solace in defeat by artificial intelligence

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Fan Hui, the European Go champion, needed some fresh air. "I don't understand myself anymore." Hui was the first professional Go player to face AlphaGo, Google's artificial intelligence system and the title of a new documentary by Greg Kohs that debuted last week at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. When Hui was invited to visit Google's London office housing the DeepMind research group that developed AlphaGo, he was feeling confident. After all, as Hui puts it, "it is just a program."


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Self-Folding Origami Structures Use Light That Changes Shape Of Polymer

International Business Times

Origami is an old Japanese art of folding paper into various decorative shapes, and requires a certain amount of nimbleness of the fingers. But a new method developed by researchers uses layers of a thin polymer that fold themselves into origami structures under the effect of light. The self-folding origami technique was developed by researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University in China, who published a paper on the subject Friday in the journal Science Advances. And the possible applications of the technique aren't just decorative -- it can find uses in a range of fields, including "soft robots, microelectronics, soft actuators, mechanical metamaterials and biomedical devices," according to the researchers. The paper, titled "Origami by frontal photopolymerization," explains the method.


The top 8 AI startups in China - AllChinaTech

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When you have a robot named Pudding, you know that you are in for a cute overload. Pudding was created by Roobo to be your child's best friend – it tells stories, plays music, teaches facts and vocabulary, and even reminds them to brush their teeth. Roobo also has a robotic dog named Dogmy that is a lot smarter than real dogs, but unfortunately not fluffy enough. Dogmy uses face recognition technology to warn if there is an intruder in the house and has a number of other intelligent features.



Biggest orchards could soon use ROBOT fruit pickers

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Harvesting Washington state's vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farm-workers, and many of them work illegally in the US. Two of the biggest orchards could soon replace the majority of these workers with robots that don't get tired and can work 24 hours a day. But experts have expressed their concerns over the robotic fruit pickers, claiming they will displace valuable members of the Washington community. Harvesting Washington state's vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farm-workers, and many of them work illegally in the US FFRobotics is developing a machine that has three-fingered grips to grab fruit and twist or clip it from a branch. The machine would have between four and 12 robotic arms, and can pick up to 10,000 apples an hour, Mr Kober said. One machine would be able to harvest a variety of crops, taking 85 to 90 percent of the crop off the trees, Mr Kober said.


'Tinder for threesomes' app launches work messaging service to make it easier to have sex with colleagues

The Independent - Tech

Feeld, the app made to make it easier for people to have group sex, now wants people to do so in the office. The company – previously known as 3nder, or the Tinder for threesomes – has launched a new work messaging service intended to help colleagues have sex with each other. The messaging service allows people to tell their co-workers if they'd like to sleep with them. But their co-workers won't see that they do until they say the same, and get matched like on Tinder. 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.


Natwest down: Internet banking and other services not working on many people's payday

The Independent - Tech

Natwest's internet banking services appear to be completely broken, leaving people unable to check their account. Customers also seem to be having issues making and seeing payments, with some people reporting that cash had left their account but wasn't making its way to the person they'd paid. The problem has happened on the morning of most people's payday, and right before a bank holiday weekend. Users report being unable to check their online banking either through Natwest's website or its app. 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.


Natwest down: Money disappearing from accounts as transfers stop working, customers say

The Independent - Tech

Money is disappearing from people's Natwest bank accounts, according to customers. The problems are occurring on many people's payday and just ahead of the big bank holiday weekend. Users have claimed that they are seeing money leave their account through transfers, but it isn't appearing in the place they have moved it to. As such, it appears that the money has disappeared entirely, being deducted from one balance but not added to another. 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.


Nintendo eyes sale of 10 million Switch consoles in year to March

The Japan Times

Nintendo expects to sell 10 million units of the new Switch game console over the next year, the company said Thursday, as it bets big on the successor to its poor-selling Wii U. The forecast came as Nintendo reported its net profit in the just ended business year soared more than sixfold, though operating profit and revenue fell from a year ago. That gain in the bottom line is largely owed to the sale of a major stake in the Seattle Mariners baseball team, worth $661 million. The creator of the iconic Super Mario character launched the Switch in March and said it sold 2.74 million of the consoles in that month alone. Serkan Toto, industry analyst with Kantan Games, said what is now certain is that the Switch is the company's "bread-and-butter product for the video game business." Nintendo's fiscal year to March net profit came in at ¥102.6 billion ($921 million), compared with ¥16.5 billion a year ago.