Last March 19 is the first day of IBM Think 2018, the company's flagship conference, where the company will unveil what it claims is the world's smallest computer. They're not kidding: It's literally smaller than a grain of salt. But don't let the size fool you:...
It’s a tale as old as time. Inspired by a famous manga about basketball, a group of engineers from Toyota worked together in their free hours to build a robot capable of shooting perfect free throws. Eventually, after perfecting their mechanical creation, they challenged professional...
Researchers have broken speed records for the building blocks of quantum computing, getting them ready to actually build the computers that could revolutionise the world. Quantum computers could come to dwarf the processing power of today's conventional computers, by harnessing the strange effects of quantum physics....
Robots will become Britain’s “fourth emergency service” within 50 years and be relied on during extreme weather , according to one of the country’s leading technology experts. It is predicted that by 2068 hundreds of autonomous human-like droids will be on round-the-clock standby to help in...
Anyone who has ever made a turn through an oncoming stream of traffic at a busy intersection understands that it can be a stressful maneuver. Not only do you have to wait impatiently for a break in the stream of cars coming the opposite direction,...