This app uses spectral analysis to analyze objects and their makeup

 Normally, if the creators of an app claimed that it could look inside things and tell…

Bat Bot is the biomimetic flying soft robot we deserve

 If you’ve ever seen a bat in flight, you know how impressive their aerial acrobatics can…

How Facebook plans to evaluate its quest for generalized artificial intelligence

 One of the biggest misconceptions about artificial intelligence is the belief that today’s AIs possess generalized intelligence. We…

MIT researchers are using AI and wearables to detect conversational tone

 For most, wearables are little more than pedometers – ways of gauging how much one’s moved…

SpaceX gets closer to its first re-use of a recovered Falcon 9 rocket

 SpaceX just shared some promising news for those eager to see the private space company achieve…

MIT built a gel-based claw robot that can catch and release live fish

 MIT’s latest robot looks a bit like one of those claw machines you find at the…

Origami-inspired radiator from NASA could change shape to warm or cool tiny satellites

 The devices we’re sending into space are getting smaller and lighter, which means there’s less room…

SpaceX’s Hyperloop competition sees three companies run their pods

 SpaceX hosted a hyperloop pod design test competition at its Hawthorne headquarters this past weekend, where…