Tokyo Tests Self-Driving Taxis With Hopes Of Making Debut Before 2020 Olympics
A major taxi company in Tokyo has recently begun testing autonomous, self-driving taxis with the hopes of being able to roll out a fleet before the 2020...
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Oh Wow: Disney's Surprisingly Human Robotic Stuntmen
Just a few weeks ago I thought Disney's Stickman was the mouse's latest and greatest in robotic stuntman technology. Little did I know. LITTLE DID I KNOW....
DARPA Demonstrates Its New Ground X-Vehicle Technologies
This is a video released by DARPA highlighting some of its latest advancements in Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T). Some more info while I complain they didn't spend...
Oh Wow: Deep Learning AI Program Can Turn Standard 30FPS Footage Into Seamless High Quality Slow-Motion
This is a video demonstration of a deep learning artificial intelligence program developed by graphics processor giant Nvidia that can turn standard 30FPS footage into beautiful, seamless...
The Future: New AI Learns How To See In The Dark
These are several demonstrations of a new learning-based artificial intelligence system for processing low-light image that make them appear significantly brighter and more accurately colored than current...
Awww: Legally Blind Woman Uses Special Glasses To See Her Guide Dog For First Time In Eight Years Together
This is a video of 48-year old Mary Sedgwick,who began going blind twenty years ago no thanks to bilateral optic neuritic (a degenerative visual impairment), using a...
Oh Boy: Video Of Boston Dynamics Humanoid ATLAS Robot Running Untethered In The Wild
This is a video of Boston Dynamics' latest iteration of their ATLAS humanoid robot running untethered through a park, presumably on its way to twist somebody's head...
Cartoonist Animates Her Grandmother's Real Conversation With An Amazon Echo
This is a cartoon created by eLL cartoons animating a secretly recorded conversation between her and her father and her elderly grandmother and an Amazon Echo device....
What A Time To Be Alive: A New Board Game That Incorporates Amazon's Alexa
When In Rome is a new board game from manufacturer Sensible Objects that incorporates Amazon's Alexa into the gameplay (including explaining the rules, keeping score and asking...
A Compilation Of Tesla's Autopilot Predicting Crashes
PROTIP: Always watch out for the truck plastered with Budweiser decals. This is a video compilation of Tesla's autopilot feature predicting crashes and avoiding them. So, if...
Learning How A TV Works By Examining The Picture In Ultra-Extreme Slow Motion
This is a video of Gav from The Slow Mo Guys explaining how a television works by filming an old CRT television at up to 380,000 frames...
Demonstration Of LG's 65-Inch Rollable OLED Television
This is a video from the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show of LG demonstrating their 65-inch rollable OLED television. The 16:9 screen can be remotely rolled down into...
Robotic Actuator Table That Can Manipulate Objects Around Its Surface
This is a video demonstration of a robotic table created by company Intelligent Actuator and recently on display at the 2017 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan....
Man Accidentally Texts Wife With Voice Recognition While Playing The Trombone
This is the text unknowingly written via voice recognition by trombonist Paul Nowell (aka Paul The Trombonist) while playing his instrument. Apparently he accidentally activated the voice...
Boston Dynamics' Latest ATLAS Humanoid Robot Can Do Backflips
Because a new and improved SpotMini human-hunting quadruped robot wasn't enough for us to not be thankful for this holiday season, here's a just-released video from Boston...
Scene From Spider-Man Movie Played On A 1998 Nokia Phone Screen
This is a scene from Spider-Man playing on an old 1998 Nokia 5110 phone screen with the help of an Arduino. Impressive. I have to admit, if...
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Discusses The iPhone X
This is an video of neckless Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sharing his thoughts on the upcoming iPhone X. Basically he says all iPhones are the same and...
Mistakes: Saudi Arabia Grants First Citizenship To A Robot
In huge mistake news, Saudi Arabia has become the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The robot, Sophia (seen above, created by Hanson Robotics), looks...