NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory RoboSimian robot exits the car after driving it through a course at the DARPA Robot Challenge. Signe Brewster’s photo. #### But the DARPA Robot Challenge has another purpose: to teach us to love our mechanical friends. In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami to the coast of Japan, where … Read more
At the same time, DoIT has significantly simplified license applicant questions through the system’s user interface – retrieving only the minimum data required to contact the applicant. Other payment and messaging markers – for example, “Your app will need additional review” – have been added to the interface. As it turned out, the Ministry of … Read more
Credit: Paul Miller / flickrHello Backchannel readers, I’m Sandra. A few months ago, my dad told me his driver’s license was about to expire. He lost most of his vision in one eye after the last driving test and he is not confident that he will pass the test this time. I started thinking about … Read more
For the CIA, Every Day is Zero Day Spy agencies are not better protected than the public. It’s not a coincidence. Hello, Backchannel. Steven here. I have been watching this spiral of fear, confusion, and pointing behind Wikileaks this week to pour Internal CIA documents describe the agency’s extraordinary attack tools. Because the whole process … Read more
But we have I know that? Seriously, what convinces you that we can “unlock” our brains and make ourselves super intelligent? I do not believe in our success. That is the most honest wisdom [answer] I can give. Society says the brain is incredibly complex. But before, we didn’t have the tools to accurately probe … Read more
To the end, as history will record, the story that would have been the biggest news on Wednesday, March 11 – the story that in normal time could be the biggest headline of the month – would be hard to keep in mind Germany: That morning, at 11:06 am, a judge sentenced Hollywood super-mutant producer … Read more
