An insider's guide to the business and future of connected technology". Then on BioTech Nation, how much do we know about the clinical trials behind drugs approved by the FDA? JENNIFER MILLER, the Founder and President of Bioethics, International and a professor at NYU Medical School, talks about the Good Pharma Scorecard.

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Research Park has a new company: a spin-off of the UAB and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). MusicStrands uses artificial intelligence techniques to provide people with music recommendations. This initiative is the first and only one to use tags applied to music; tags are labels that people can attach on the music they like for easy retrieval later. Tags also make it easy to discover playlists by keying on interesting tags supplied by other users; in addition, tags can help anyone organize playlists by common features. Users of the MusicStrands website have access to a directory of 3.9 million songs.

Science council moves to safeguard South Africa's robotics prowess Since Czech playwright Karel Capek popularised and, indeed, named the concept of the robot in his 1920 science-fiction play, RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots) – the word is derived from the Czech word'robota', which means labour – it has exerted a fascination on both the popular and the scientific, and on engineering and technological minds. The robot quickly became a mainstay of science fiction, sometimes benign (as with Robby the Robot in the film Forbidden Planet or R2D2 and C3PO from the Star Wars series), sometimes hostile. The first real working robot, however, bore no resemblance to the humanoid robots beloved of science fiction. This was Unimate, developed by the Unimation (Universal Automation) company in the US, which was specifically founded to manufacture robots for industry. Unimate, which entered service on a General Motors assembly line in 1961, was the forerunner of all today's industrial robots and, being in the form of a large mechanical arm, also set the format most such robots still follow.

Oroville - For the first time since it was completed in 1968, California's rain-swollen Oroville Dam overtopped its emergency spillway on Saturday, sending sheets of water down a forested hillside, adding mud and debris to the churning Feather River below. Turmoil grows over White House correspondents' dinner Washington - It is supposed to be a light-hearted gathering of journalists, celebrities and the president, where differences are put aside for good-natured jibes. Review: Tenor Mario Frangoulis charms on'Send Me An Angel' Special International tenor Mario Frangoulis delivers on his live performance of "Send Me An Angel," which was filmed in Greece. Germany to elect'anti-Trump' Steinmeier as new president Berlin - Billed as Germany's "anti-Trump", centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to be elected Sunday as the new ceremonial head of state. Konjic - Bosnia's fisheries watchdog gazes over an expanse of sand and mud, a space once occupied by a large thriving lake but recently emptied in the race for electricity production.

It may look like a video game, but the new computer simulation developed by a team of researchers in Barcelona could one day train autonomous cars to be better drivers. Called'Synthia,' the program creates a virtual city complete with pedestrians, traffic signs and other components of an urban environment, automatically annotated at the pixel-level. This allows for a more efficient method of training AI systems, and can be used to teach them to recognize and behave in response to the less predictable aspects of city driving, like a nearby cyclist or adverse weather. A new computer simulation could one day train autonomous cars to be better drivers. Called'Synthia,' the program creates a virtual city complete with pedestrians, traffic signs and other components of an urban environment, automatically annotated at the pixel-level Researchers hope programs like Synthia can be used to improve the abilities of AI to recognize different objects, to make autonomous driving more reliable.

China's LeEco has unveiled an electric autonomous vehicle that it says will surpass Tesla's Model S in'all aspects of performance'. Dubbed LeSEE, the sleek pearly white sedan has memory foam seats, Knight Rider-style voice activation, an automatic driving mode and a steering wheel that folds toward the dash when the car is set to autopilot. This futuristic concept car was engineered to be a'smart', 'connected' and'automated self-driving car' and the firm hopes it will set the stage for a fleet of autonomous taxis. Dubbed LeSEE, the sleek pearly white sedan has memory foam seats, automatic driving mode and a steering wheel that folds toward the dash when the car is set to autopilot. This futuristic concept car was engineered to be a'smart', 'connected' and'automated self-driving car' and the firm hopes it will set the stage for a fleet of autonomous taxis The LeSEE white sedan has memory foam seats, automatic driving mode and a steering wheel that folds toward the dash when the car is set to autopilot.

Artificial intelligence has won Jeopardy, mastered Go and will now predict the winner of a popular Chinese reality TV show. Developed by Alibaba Cloud, 'Ai' will choose a champ on'I'm a Singer' this Friday using social computing and emotional perception. Some experts are wary due to the emotional and subjective aspect of assessing how a person sings, but Alibaba assures'Ai' was taught to appreciate pitch, range and tone. Developed by Alibaba Cloud, 'Ai' will choose a champ on'I'm a Singer' this Friday using social computing and emotional perception. Some experts are weary due to the emotional and subjective aspect of assessing how a person sings, but Alibaba assures'Ai' was taught to appreciate pitch, range and tone The computer will try and predict which singer will win - taking over the judges role played by Simon Cowell in other shows.

The British Navy has fired its first torpedo using a radical new'brain' fitted to a nuclear submarine. The Royal Navy's latest and most advanced Astute class submarine, Artful, used the Common Combat System for the first time. It is the first to use this new technology which is now being retrofitted to earlier Astute class submarines. The new system, provided by VMware, Dell and Aish, processes information from submarine sensors to enable crew members to make important command decisions. It was used during the test to interpret sonar readings and then attack a moving target with a practice weapon.

They are the ultimate symbol of military might, capable of providing a dominant presence in almost any region of the world where there is a nearby ocean. But as technology has advanced, the hulking weaponry and armour of warships that have ruled the waves are having to change and adapt to these high-tech times. From drones to unmanned boats and laser weapons, experts at How It Works Magazine have revealed what fleets of the future will look like. From drones to unmanned boats and laser weapons, experts at How It Works Magazine have revealed what fleets of the future will look like. This artist's impression shows a selection of some of the features that could make their way onto warships over the next decade The Royal Navy in the UK has been challenging young British scientists and engineers to design the fleet of the future.

Ever wanted to see your holiday snaps in the style of Van Gogh, or have your portrait painted by Picasso? Researchers have revealed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can learn to paint in the style of any artist - and repaint any snap you feed it. Researchers fed their system a series of old masters - and it turned a modern day snap into perfect pictures in the style of some of the world's best known paintings. The team say it can learn the style of any artist simply by analysing a single picture. The original image the team fed the algorithm this image of houses to be'reimagined' in the style of different artists'In fine art, especially painting, humans have mastered the skill to create unique visual experiences through composing a complex interplay between the content and style of an image,' the researchers from the University of Tubingen wrote in the journal Arxiv.