MIT Technology Review https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/rss en-us A robot hand taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube after creating its own training regime Over a year ago, OpenAI, the San Francisco–based for-profit AI research lab, announced that it had trained a robotic hand to manipulate a cube with remarkable dexterity. That might not sound earth-shattering. But in the AI world... Over a year ago, OpenAI, the San Francisco–based for-profit AI research lab, announced that it had trained a robotic hand to manipulate a cube with remarkable dexterity. That might not sound earth-shattering. But in the AI world...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6269 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6269-a-robot-hand-taught-itself-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-after-creating-its-own-training-regime Robot Hand Using Rubik's Cube A huge asteroid flew very close to Earth last week. How did we miss it? The asteroid managed to get within just 73,000 kilometers (45,360 miles) of our planet without anyone noticing. The miss lends a new sense of urgency to preparations for a potential collision one day... The asteroid managed to get within just 73,000 kilometers (45,360 miles) of our planet without anyone noticing. The miss lends a new sense of urgency to preparations for a potential collision one day...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6120 Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6120-a-huge-asteroid-flew-very-close-to-earth-last-week-how-did-we-miss-it Asteroid Path Space weather affects your daily life. It’s time to start paying attention. Holed up in a cramped room of her house, Tamitha Skov gets set in front of a makeshift green screen, which has been cobbled together from two green bed sheets. She cues up a script on her computer and hits Record. Staring down the lens, she says... Holed up in a cramped room of her house, Tamitha Skov gets set in front of a makeshift green screen, which has been cobbled together from two green bed sheets. She cues up a script on her computer and hits Record.

Staring down the lens, she says...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6030 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/6030-space-weather-affects-your-daily-life-its-time-to-start-paying-attention Tamitha Skov Bill Gates: How we’ll invent the future I was honored when MIT Technology Review invited me to be the first guest curator of its 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Narrowing down the list was difficult. I wanted to choose things that not only will create headlines in 2019 but captured this moment in technological history—which got me thinking about... I was honored when MIT Technology Review invited me to be the first guest curator of its 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Narrowing down the list was difficult. I wanted to choose things that not only will create headlines in 2019 but captured this moment in technological history—which got me thinking about...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5904 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:00:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5904-bill-gates-how-well-invent-the-future Bill Gates The space mission to buy us vital extra hours before a solar storm strikes The Carrington Event is probably the most famous occurrence in the history of space weather. A massive solar storm that hit Earth in 1859, it produced so much geomagnetic activity that the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Cuba. Telegraph operators reported sparks flying from their equipment. This doesn’t sound too bad, but if it happened today... The Carrington Event is probably the most famous occurrence in the history of space weather. A massive solar storm that hit Earth in 1859, it produced so much geomagnetic activity that the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Cuba. Telegraph operators reported sparks flying from their equipment. This doesn’t sound too bad, but if it happened today...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5844 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5844-the-space-mission-to-buy-us-vital-extra-hours-before-a-solar-storm-strikes Three Images Ten big global challenges technology could solve Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions alone won’t be enough to prevent sharp increases in global temperatures. We’ll also need to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which... Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions alone won’t be enough to prevent sharp increases in global temperatures. We’ll also need to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which...

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5742 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:00:00 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5742-ten-big-global-challenges-technology-could-solve 10 Technology Solutions Watch this super-speedy 3D printer make objects suddenly appear 3D printing has always had a problem with speed. Techniques that involve continuously printing layers and rapidly heating materials have moved the needle a bit—but it’s still too slow to be useful for a number of mainstream applications. 3D printing has always had a problem with speed. Techniques that involve continuously printing layers and rapidly heating materials have moved the needle a bit—but it’s still too slow to be useful for a number of mainstream applications.

]]> http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5640 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:00:00 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5640-watch-this-super-speedy-3d-printer-make-objects-suddenly-appea Resin Statue A Stealthy Harvard Startup Wants To Reverse Aging In Dogs, And Humans Could Be Next The world's most influential synthetic biologist is behind a new company that plans to rejuvenate dogs using gene therapy. If it works, he plans to try the same approach in people, and he might be one of the first volunteers. The stealth startup Rejuvenate Bio... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5112 Mon, 14 May 2018 10:29:39 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5112-a-stealthy-harvard-startup-wants-to-reverse-aging-in-dogs-and-humans-could-be-next Charles II Of England As Prince Of Wales The Tricky Art (And Emerging Science) Of Valuing Crypto-Assets When Chris Burniske began evaluating crypto-assets professionally back in 2014, nobody on Wall Street wanted to talk about Bitcoin and similar systems, insisting that the assets hosted on these networks didnï؟½t have much value. Now that the cryptocurrency market has gotten so big, thanks in large part to... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5090 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 05:51:03 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5090-the-tricky-art-and-emerging-science-of-valuing-crypto-assets How UPS Delivers Faster Using $8 Headphones And Code That Decides When Dirty Trucks Get Cleaned UPS workers make dozens of decisions every day, and the wrong ones-from placing a box on the wrong conveyor belt inside a processing facility to loading it onto the incorrect delivery vehicle-could keep you from getting your packages on time. Avoiding those mistakes, and doing so efficiently, is key to the company's survival. The boom in e-commerce means... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/4986 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 07:35:39 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/4986-how-ups-delivers-faster-using-8-headphones-and-code-that-decides-when-dirty-trucks-get-cleaned