Modified HoloLens helps teach kids with vision impairment to navigate the social world
Growing up with blindness or low vision can be difficult for kids, not just because they can’t ...
Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, FarmWise and Pyka
Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test ...
Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M
Xnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by App ...
Shine Bathroom raises $750K for a smart home add-on that flushes away your toilet doldrums
One ongoing theme in the world of smart homes has been the emergence of gadgets and other tools that ...
Bosch’s new ‘ear’ for the Space Station’s Astrobee robot will let it ‘hear’ potential mechanical issues
Bosch is set to launch a new AI-based sensor system to the International Space Station that could c ...
Ears-on with Amazon’s new Echo earbuds, framebuds, and ringbud
Amazon announced more than a few devices today during an event at its headquarters in Seattle, and ...
Boston Dynamics puts its robotic quadruped Spot up for sale
Since the days of BigDog, the quadrupedal robots of Boston Dynamics have impressed and repelled us. ...
Take cover, it’s a drone with a nail gun!
The FAA has warned against equipping your drone with weapons such as flamethrowers and handguns. But ...
FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but ...
This prosthetic arm combines manual control with machine learning
Prosthetic limbs are getting better every year, but the strength and precision they gain doesn’t alw ...