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Science-Fiction Becoming Science FACT From the Mind of the Gorilla -

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We're about to take a big step down the proverbial rabbit hole – I hope you're prepared… They either believe that through the ages, man evolved from single-celled organisms or that a Supreme Being created this world, along with mankind and the rest of the cosmos. It's easy to see why so many people have so many opinions as it's hard to completely buy into either idea, seeing as they're both just theories. Neither is like the Law of Gravity or the Law of Inertia. And while evolution gets closer and closer to being proven every day – until that time – they're both only the opinions of much more educated men than me. The reason I bring this up is because there is an interesting side to the theory of evolution that most people tend to not think about.


Robots will replace customer service agents – thank god for that

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Just this week, American fast food chain Taco Bell announced the TacoBot, which you can text via the Slack messaging app. You can use the bot to order food for yourself or a group of friends or co-workers, ask for recommendations and pay for it through Slack. As an executive said at the launch: "TacoBot is the next best thing to having your own Taco Bell butler…and who wouldn't want that?" You can order Domino's pizza through Amazon's AI assistant Echo (which hasn't made its way to the UK yet), and multinationals like Unilever and BMW use a simple Q&A bot that can answer any question a customer services employee would. The Henn-na hotel, which opened in Nagasaki, Japan last summer, is the world's first hotel to be fully staffed by robots – from check-in staff, to porters and the concierge.


How owning a car might soon become as old-fashioned as owning a horse

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display


Uber launches self-driving taxis, with people unknowingly getting picked up by autonomous vehicles

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display


Drones take to the sea as Pentagon looks to extend its robot fighting forces

Los Angeles Times

This fall, an unusual vessel will begin sea trials off the coast of California. The 51-foot-long Boeing Echo Voyager will have no crew. It will glide underwater for days or weeks, quietly collecting data from the ocean floor to send back to crews on ships or on land. Ever since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, the U.S. military has relied more and more on flying drones to take on dangerous air missions. But increasingly, drones are taking to the sea as well.


Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes AI is a force for good

Daily Mail - Science & tech

In June, Professor Stephen Hawking warned that AI, disguised as helpful digital assistants, could one day spell the end for mankind. But not everyone agrees – including Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. In a recent interview, Zuckerberg made a bid to reassure the world that AI is a force for good, and will destroy humanity. Mark Zuckerberg recently spoke to The Macro, saying that we should not see AI as a technological development which will bring about out species' demise A team from the University of Texas have created a new software that integrates humanoid robots and web-based tele-operation to provide humanoid robotic learners more access to the hardware. The software, named'Cloud-based Advanced Robotics Laboratory' (CARL), detects the movements of a human controller's body, mimicking the actions in the robot. The system runs through the internet, so could even allow users to control their robots through their mobile phone.


Study of Stonehenge across the UK confirms they were used as astronomical calculators

Daily Mail - Science & tech

The mystique of the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge has long stoked people's imaginations. Theories as to what the Neolithic monument was used for include everything from a burial site to a place of healing. But a team of Australian researchers believes that the bluestone circle and similar formations of standing stones in the UK may actually have been built to track the movements of the sun, moon and stars thousands of years ago. They found strong alignments between the placement and orientation of the stones with the paths of the sun and moon and other features in their surroundings. Experts believe the analysis provides the first evidence to support theories that stone circles were used to measure or track the movement of heavenly bodies.


EasyMile vehicles will be ferrying passengers around Helsinki

Daily Mail - Science & tech

They may look more like small caravans, but these four wheeled vehicles are really driverless buses. A pair of the vehicles will be hitting the streets of Helsinki, thanks to Finland's laws allowing cars to roam without a driver. The EasyMile autonomous mini-buses will be navigating the city from mid-September. They may look more like small caravans, but these four wheeled vehicles are really driverless buses. A pair of the vehicles will be hitting the streets of Helsinki, thanks to Finland's laws allowing cars to roam without a driver The buses are amongt the first in the world, which have recently been given the go-ahead by transport safety authorities.


Artificial Intelligence Will Redesign Healthcare

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Artificial intelligence has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let's take a look at the promising solutions it offers. There are various thought leaders who believe that we are experiencing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.


iPhone 7: New Apple phone will come with 256GB of storage, finally letting people store their photos and music

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display