Andrew McAfee, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s principal research scientist, and co-director and co-founder of the MIT initiative on the …
“Let innovators shape the future of jobs”: MIT research head
The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils today hosted an enthralling discussion around the effect on jobs in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Disability will be overcome through tech innovation,” says bionic man
Speaking at a lecture in Abu Dhabi yesterday, the indomitable Hugh Herr, a professor at MIT, refused to view his body as “broken” after he suffered severe frostbite on a climbing trip in New Hampshire, reckoning that technology might be broken but a human being can never “break”.
AlterEgo: The new headset that can ‘hear’ your internal voice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalises internally but does not actually speak aloud.
SoftBank buys ‘5 percent’ stake in IRobot
SoftBank has purchased a 5 percent stake in robot vacuum-cleaner maker IRobot, Bloomberg sources have said. The purchase would be …
Community Jameel, MIT to transform education in ME region
Community Jameel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced the creation of a new global education laboratory that supports education and learning, including in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
Top Artificial Intelligence system is as smart as a 4-year-old
Robert Sloan, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has found an AI system to be as smart as a four-year-old. Scientists often talk about creating artificial intelligence, but how “intelligent” are these systems really?
CIOs need to rethink their roles, MIT symposium panelists say
By now, it’s become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy. But while that sentiment remains …
Facebook-Led Open Compute Project tackles network switches
A little more than two years ago, Facebook had a revolutionary idea: Inspired by the model of open-source software, it would bring …
US politicians to change hacking law
U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the …