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MIT's AI system can see objects using touch
Researchers at MIT on Monday unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can visualise by touching and feel by seeing, paving the way for robots that can more easily grasp and recognise objects. While our sense of touch gives us a channel to feel the physical world, our eyes help us immediately understand the full picture of these tactile signals. Robots that have been programmed to see or feel can't use these signals quite as interchangeably. To better bridge this sensory gap, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have come up with a predictive AI that can learn to see by touching, and learn to feel by seeing. The system can create realistic tactile signals from visual inputs, and predict which object and what part is being touched directly from those tactile inputs. They used a robot arm with a special tactile sensor called GelSight. Using a simple web camera, the team recorded nearly 200 objects, such as tools, household products, fabrics, .
Huawei Mate 30 Pro may feature 90Hz display
Chinese smartphone giant Huawei's next flagship -- the Mate 30 Pro -- is likely to come with display with a refresh rate of 90Hz, like that of OnePlus 7 Pro, according to early renders of the smartphone.
Google accused of unlawfully copying song lyrics
Genius Media, a US-based digital media company that specialises in song lyrics, has accused Google of copying their work to display in its Search results for years without permission and has asked the search-engine giant to address the situation.
Tech firms can't dodge responsibility for chaos they create: Cook
Taking a dig at tech giants like Facebook over privacy violations and the unabated spread of fake news, Apple CEO Tim Cook has asked fellow technologists to start taking responsibility for their actions.
Researchers build AI system to connect vision, touch
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a predictive Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can learn to see by touching and to feel by seeing.
Twitter app returning to macOS
Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it will be bringing back "Twitter to Mac" with help from Apple's Project Catalyst, Pro, which is Apple's initiative to help developers port their iOS apps into Mac.
Infinix's Hot 7 Pro to go on sale from June 17
Transsion Holding's online-exclusive sub-brand Infinix new Infinix Hot 7 Pro smartphone will be available at Rs 8,999 on Flipkart from June 17 to June 21, the company said on Sunday.
CERC allows Power Grid to offer towers to telecos for BTS installation
Power regulator CERC has allowed state-owned transmission utility Power Grid to offer towers to telecom companies for BTS (base trans-receiver station) installation to improve mobile connectivity, especially in remote rural areas. The move will not only address the issue of deficiency of telecom coverage in the country, particularly remote areas, but this segment could also be money spinner for Power Grid. Besides, the power distribution utilities will get a share of income, which would eventually reduce tariff burden on consumers. "....the proposal of the petitioner is not contrary to the provisions of the Act. Accordingly, we allow the proposed business of the Petitioner," the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) said in its recent order. Power Grid had sought the CERC's permission to utilise existing electricity transmission infrastructure for telecommunication purposes. The power utility had approached the commission to "engage in other business for optimum utilisation
Taiwanese queues 24 hours to be first into new Apple Store
An Apple fan waited around a day to become the very first person to enter Taiwans second official Apple store in the Xinyi district of the capital Taipei, news website Taipei Times reported on Sunday.
Rare supernova explosion 'gifted' Earth with gold, platinum: Study
An overlooked star explosion far away in space may have given the Earth the gift of precious heavy elements such as gold and platinum, a study claims. The research from University of Guelph in Canada and Columbia University in the US overturns our understanding of how heavy elements appeared on our planet. According to the research published in the journal Nature, some 80 per cent of the heavy elements in the universe likely formed in collapsars. Collapsars are a rare but heavy element-rich form of supernova explosion from the gravitational collapse of old, massive stars typically 30 times as weighty as our Sun. Using supercomputers, the researchers simulated the dynamics of collapsars, or old stars whose gravity causes them to implode and form black holes. Under their model, massive, rapidly spinning collapsars eject heavy elements whose amounts and distribution are "astonishingly similar to what we observe in our solar system," said Daniel Siegel, from University of Guelph. Most of .
Samsung Galaxy M40: Stunning display, better chipset
In a bid to eat into Xiaomi's mid-segment market share in India, South Korean tech giant Samsung has brought the fourth smartphone in its "Galaxy M" series to the country.
Novel algorithm can help robots prevent colliding with humans
Scientist have developed an algorithm that helps robot avoid collisions by accurately calculating what path a human is going to take -- an advance that can help machines work safely with people. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US created an algorithm that aligns partial trajectories in real-time, allowing motion predictors to accurately anticipate the timing of a person's motion. "This algorithm builds in components that help a robot understand and monitor stops and overlaps in movement, which are a core part of human motion," said Julie Shah, associate professor at MIT. "This technique is one of the many way we're working on robots better understanding people," Shah said. To enable robots to predict human movements, researchers typically borrow algorithms from music and speech processing. These algorithms are designed to align two complete time series, or sets of related data, such as an audio track of a musical performance and a scrolling video of
Researchers develop algorithm for better robot-human synergy
A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an algorithm that accurately tells robots where nearby humans are headed - a discovery that may help humans and robots work together in close proximity.
No one would buy a Huawei smartphone sans Google or Facebook
Be honest and ask yourself: Would you buy a smartphone that neither supports Android operating system and Google apps nor comes pre-installed with Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram? This is the scenario which Huawei (and its sub-brand Honor) smartphones stare at in the near future - and an imminent fall if the issue does not get resolved in the next one-two quarters.
When tech met history: Apple at iconic Carnegie Library in Washington
Shakespeare, Plato, Galileo and Newton. The legends came alive in 2019 when Apple (not the 17th-century "aha moment" in the life of young Newton that gave birth to the law of gravity) spent neatly $30 million to restore and revitalise historic Carnegie Library, a 1903 Beaux-Arts building at Mount Vernon Square in Washington, DC.
Towards a happier, less nastier Facebook
Passive use, loneliness and the agony of social comparisons are some of the "ills" being battled on social media and Facebook's answer to these are: easier ways to comment back, a dating feature and a time tracker to check overuse.
Address digital infra, tax & data issues: Start-ups to govt
Representatives of digital economy and start-ups on Saturday urged the government to build digital infrastructure and scale up and incentivise research & development within India.
CERN ditching Microsoft as licensing costs shoot up
CERN -- the famous scientific lab where the web was born -- is ditching Microsoft as the latter has revoked CERN's academic status, thus, increasing the licensing costs by over tenfold.
MoS Finance holds pre-Budget meeting with digital economy experts, start-ups
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Saturday held the pre-Budget consultation meeting with the representatives of the digital economy and start-ups here.The use of big data technology, digital infrastructure, the role of government, regulation of digital economy and software as service were the main areas of discussion during the meeting, according to an official statement.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for 2019-20 in the Parliament on July 5The meeting was also attended by CBDT Chairman, CBIC Chairman, Finance Secretary, Expenditure Secretary, Revenue Secretary, DIPAM Secretary, Secretary of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Secretary of Department of Telecommunications, Principal Economic Adviser other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance.According to the statement, the representatives of the digital economy and start-ups shared their views and suggestions regarding the big challenges ...
Adobe trains AI to detect Photoshop-edited images
Adobe, along with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have trained Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect facial manipulation in images edited using the Photoshop software.
