New AI system can achieve maximum Pac-Man score
The team from Canadian startup Maluuba used a branch of AI called reinforcement learning to play the 1980s arcade game Ms Pac-Man perfectly.
Jun 15, 2017, 14:12 PM IST
New system produces fuel from carbon dioxide
Scientists have developed a plant that uses carbon dioxide in the air to produce renewable fuels and chemicals, an advance that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.
Jun 12, 2017, 20:36 PM IST
Researchers discover 2-D magnet for first time
The findings, published this week in the journal Nature, demonstrate that magnetic properties can exist even in the 2-D realm, opening a world of potential applications, as magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today
Jun 11, 2017, 11:44 AM IST
New form of hard, elastic 'super' carbon developed
Researchers, including those from Carnegie Institution for Science in the US, pressurised and heated a structurally disordered form of carbon called glassy carbon.
Jun 10, 2017, 12:25 PM IST
AI robot gets below average scores in university entrance exam
The robot, AI-MATHS, completed two versions of the exam's math test. It finished the test in 22 minutes, scoring 105 points out of 150 points, without Internet support. It scored 100 points on another version of the test.
Jun 08, 2017, 17:40 PM IST
Artificial Intelligence can now predict how long you are going to live
Precision radiology is the new thing which makes use of feature engineering and deep learning methods in a radiomics framework to predict the age of a person.
Jun 07, 2017, 17:11 PM IST
China: Archaeologists discover lost temple after 1,000 years
The Fugan temple lasted from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420 A.D.) to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 A.D.)
Jun 04, 2017, 17:18 PM IST
'Instantly rechargeable' electric car batteries in the offing
The new technology will do away with the need to stop and recharge an electric car's battery, and dramatically reduce the need for new infrastructure to support re-charging stations, researchers said.
Jun 04, 2017, 17:05 PM IST
China to install world's fastest elevator
The speed was recorded during a test of the elevator in Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre in China.
Jun 04, 2017, 17:00 PM IST
Citizen scientists uncover cold new world near Sun
Just six days after the launch of the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 website in February, four different users alerted the science team to the curious object, whose presence has since been confirmed via an infrared telescope.
Jun 04, 2017, 15:21 PM IST
Researchers come up with new AI-based programme to predict patient's lifespan
The new AI machine looks at images of their organs and predicts with 69 percent accuracy.
Jun 02, 2017, 16:16 PM IST
Jurassic Park to remain a fantasy? T-rex bone proves it will never exist!
Prehistoric proteins might have supplied the first possible glimpse of the steps towards rebuilding dinosaurs.
Jun 02, 2017, 14:32 PM IST
This GIGANTIC airplane 'Stratolaunch' is ready to take on rocket makers - Know all about it
The gigantic plane was wheeled out of its hanger for the first time and is all set to take on rocket makers as it is no less than a miracle.
Jun 01, 2017, 16:38 PM IST
How close is Artifical Intelligence from making us jobless? Here's what experts predict
All these things raise a very important question and that is when will artificial intelligence surpass human performance and deliver in a much better way than human beings.
Jun 01, 2017, 12:51 PM IST
Why pugs, bulldogs have flat faces decoded
All of the animals underwent body scans producing detailed 3D images of their heads.
May 29, 2017, 21:44 PM IST
Scientists discover new species of 'see-through' frog
The frog (Hyalinobatrachium yaku), discovered in the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador has unique physical and behavioural traits.
May 28, 2017, 19:21 PM IST
New tech for 3 times higher TV, smartphone screen resolution
Video screens are made up of hundreds of thousands of pixels that display different colours to form the images. With current technology, each of these pixels contain three subpixels - one red, one green, one blue.
May 28, 2017, 18:22 PM IST
Conch shells may inspire gen-next helmets, body armours
The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp- toothed predators.
May 28, 2017, 18:15 PM IST
Construction of world's largest telescope commences in the middle of Chile's Atacama Desert
The dry atmosphere of the Atacama provides as near perfect observing conditions as it is possible to find on Earth, with some 70 percent of the world's astronomical infrastructure slated to be located in the region by the 2020s.
May 27, 2017, 16:26 PM IST
17-year-old Indian boy does the unimaginable, invents 'unique shoe' for women to keep rapists away
This aspiring tech entrepreneur, says that this product can help women foil a rape attempt.
May 26, 2017, 18:17 PM IST
