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Tech News Archives • Page 42 of 100 •

Tech News July 24, 2015

  • Personal Robots: Artificial Friends with Limited Benefits

    Several companies are developing appealing robot companions, but they aren’t yet capable of helping out around the house.

    If you visit Softbank’s flagship store in downtown Tokyo, you may be greeted by a charming, slightly manic new member of the staff: a gleaming white humanoid robot that gestures dramatically, cracks odd jokes, and occasionally breaks out dancing to music emanating from its own body. If you laugh at these antics, and the robot can see your face, it will quite likely giggle along with you.

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Tech News July 23, 2015

  • Inside Amazon

    At a new fulfillment center in New Jersey, humans and robots work together in a highly efficient system.

    Some of the secrets behind Amazon’s phenomenal success as an online retailer can be discovered inside a million-square-foot warehouse that sits amid bucolic scenery in the town of Robbinsville, New Jersey. The building is one of Amazon’s most advanced fulfillment centers, and it houses technologies that allow the company to deliver products to customers at amazing speed. Goods are identified, sorted, and packaged with computer-assisted precision, while employees work in tight collaboration with the plant’s automated systems in shifts that run around the clock.

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Tech News July 21, 2015

  • Cars May Soon Understand More of What You Say

    It should soon be possible to give your car more complicated and natural verbal commands.

    Many cars now come with voice control, but you can’t really talk normally to such systems, and you often have to repeat a phrase to get the job done. That could change, however, with the introduction of voice interfaces that allow for a more natural back-and-forth between driver and dashboard.

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Tech News July 20, 2015

  • Weather Forecasting Enters a New Era

    As solar and wind gain wider use, rapid advances in climate forecasting could save money for utilities and ratepayers.

    Solar power was the fastest-growing form of electricity generation in the United States in 2014. As renewable energy continues to expand, demand is growing for a better way to predict just how much power from these intermittent sources will be available for the grid.

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