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andrew.e.meek@gmail.com“Oben,” in German means “above,” or to be on top. That, in a nutshell, is also the vision Nikhil Jain has for the AI startup ObEN, of which he’s CEO and co-founder. The …
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One VR pioneer thinks the tech has a dark side, and we need to be careful
The London Evening Standard has called him the David Foster Wallace of tech. But it’s not because Jaron Lanier is such a distinctive presence, with his beard and dreadlocks and sing- songy voice …
Science
Meet the researchers who used TV episodes of CSI to train artificial intelligence
Federal lawmakers want to have a say in defining artificial intelligence. Researchers are now using TV shows to feed the predictive capability of an AI system. Google said in recent days it’s opening …
Tech
Meet the company building robots to augment – not replace – humans
If you believe the hype, many of us — maybe even most of us — are in danger of eventually finding ourselves made redundant by faster and more efficient machines, reduced to taking …
Tech
Meet the startup looking beyond self-driving cars to bring autonomy to the sea
A Boston-based startup wants to do for the commercial shipping industry what Tesla and other brands have done to the car, by retrofitting ships to give them autonomous technology. The startup is Sea …
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Meet the new accessory that lets you actually feel virtual reality
The team behind a new accessory for virtual reality headsets that will create wind and synchronize it to VR events, immersing users even deeper into the VR content, came up with the idea …
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Interview: ‘Independence Day’ director debuts exciting new livestreaming VR tech
Roland Emmerich, the German filmmaker and producer behind blockbusters like “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow” and his friend and fellow Hollywood colleague Marco Weber have launched a virtual reality enterprise together. …
Tech
Interview: DelivAir imagines a future where drones drop deliveries wherever you are
Drone delivery of packages and smallish goods is still nowhere near pervasive — or even a common sight — but some companies are already trying to figure out how to make it a …
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Delfast built an electric bike with longer range than a Tesla Model 3
Daniel Tonkopiy was in Las Vegas in recent days for the Interbike International Expo to give the world the first major unveiling of his company’s new electric bike, which sports a top range …
Tech
This drone startup has a difference – its drones have guns
A Florida-based startup led by a veteran of the Israeli military wants its new product — a drone that’s been modified to be able to carry and fire a weapon like a machine …
Tech
Hackers respond to Face ID on the iPhone X
Everyone is still coming to grips with the implications of iPhone X users having to rely on their face to unlock the device once Apple’s new top-of-the-line model starts shipping in November. Apple …
Entertainment
Meet the man using data science to predict who dies next on Game of Thrones
Sorry, all you Game of Thrones fans — Milan Janosov, a Ph.D. candidate at the Central European University Center for Network Science, thinks the Mother of Dragons is “quite likely to die,” with …
Entertainment
Interview: Mr. Robot writer and consultant discuss what’s next
Life, like the man said, is what happens while you’re busy with other plans. Which partly explains how Kor Adana and Ryan Kazanciyan — computer geeks from an early age — ended up …
