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| The sun rises on another 16 mornings (per day!) in space. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Small Satellites, Science And Spacewalks
Good afternoon, space fans! It’s been another week of excellence in orbit. Here’s what was up!
Robot Lawyer To The Rescue! Chatbot Helps Homeless Get Re-Situated
A while ago we wrote about “the world’s first robot lawyer”,
an AI software program that interacts like a chatbot and has already helped hundreds of
thousands of people defeat parking tickets.
Now, its creator has raised the bar for the 'bot to take on another societal issue: homelessness.
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| When human society turns heartless, only the heartless can help human society? (Image courtesy southernmarylandlaw.com.) |
Flights Of Fancy: New Drone Programmed To Paint Pointillist Portraits
Despite their reputation for being death-dealing,
bomb-bearing little robo-bats, drones have been taking flight for many moregood reasons these days. Now, with
robotic art competitions actually becoming a thing, a new technique for
creating masterpieces has emerged thanks to drone technology: pointillist portraits created in flight.
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| Make art, not war. (Image courtesy dailymail.co.uk.) |
Space Station Sunday: Every Breath You Take, Every Micro-Satellite You Make
Good afternoon, space fans!
We hope you have had a stellar week…we know a few people who always seem
to! Here’s what was happening on our
favorite orbital outpost…
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| Don't knock the noctilucent clouds. It was another stunning spin through space this week... (Image courtesy Jeff Williams / NASA.gov.) |
"Doctor" Watson? IBM's Supercomputer Diagnosed A Deadly Disease (Better Than Humans Did)
Many people wouldn't consider trivia smarts and higher intelligence - on par with, say, medical knowledge - to necessarily be similar. However, now that advanced artificially-intelligent robots are in the mix, their wisdom might surprise even seasoned scholars...
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| But does it know the meaning of love? Who cares. It saved a human life. (Image courtesy kurzweilai.net.) |
Booze Tattoos: This New Wearable Device Calls The Cops If You Get Too Sauced
Woohoo! It’s the weekend,
and you want to hit the bars / clubs / speakeasies / after-hours / diners that serve
booze / brunch / bars again, etc. Go
crazy! But be careful not to get written
up for driving under the influence, because now, robots will be able to rat you
out if you grab another round...
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| If you're going to have enough money to do this, also have enough money for a cab. (Image courtesy usnews.com.) |
The Bright Side Of The Moon: Speculative Moon-Mining Mission Is Go
As Led Zeppelin extols, it’s been a long time since we
walked in the moonlight. Well, at the
source, at least. Now, although humans
aren’t slated to return to our shiny little satellite-rock anytime soon, a
private company has been granted access to robotically rock the regolith…
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| Sky pioneers = sky-oneers? (Image courtesy techcrunch.com.) |
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