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Automated Drywall Robot Works Faster Than Humans in Construction

Automated Drywall Robot Works Faster Than Humans in Construction

A robotics company called Canvas has announced its public launch with partnerships and $19M in financing this month…


KFC Turned to Self-Driving Cars in China to Deliver Fried Chicken While Limiting Human Contact

Although it is still unknown if this dynamic is related to a marketing action or real tests for a future way of operating its services, the famous fried chicken franchise has delivered its orders door to door with these autonomous vehicles, a concept very similar to that of ´food trucks´, in which food is delivered to your house without having to go out to look for the truck. All of the above is due to a Chinese company that launched this innovative way of delivering KFC orders to the streets…


Rumor: iPad Pro With OLED Display Coming in the Second Half of 2021

Apple is widely expected to transition the iPad Pro lineup to mini LED displays starting in the first quarter of 2021. A new report today from the Korean supply chain outlet The Elec, however, says that Apple is also planning to adopt OLED screens in the iPad Pro lineup…


Japan Developing Laser Weapons That Can Be Mounted On Vehicles To Counter Drone Attacks: WATCH

In a bid to counter terrorist drone activities, Japan has decided to establish a high powered laser mounted on vehicles to shoot down the small drones. Japan’s Defense Ministry has planned to develop high-powered lasers to destroy the enemy drones until 2025 and will engage with companies for the project, reported Nikkei Asia…


Spotify Is Publicly Testing Its Own Version of Stories

It looks like Spotify didn’t want to be left out in the cold when Twitter introduced its Snapchat stories clone Fleets. The music streaming service has started publicly testing its own version of stories, an exclusive way for artists and companies to connect with their audience…


Microsoft Could Bring Android Apps to the Windows Desktop in 2021

The year is almost over, so it’s time to look to the year ahead and see what we can expect from Windows in 2021. Windows 10 has taken somewhat of a backseat when it comes to major features or OS changes in the last couple of years, but that appears to be about to change as Microsoft aims to refocus on the OS in big ways next year. Here’s what my sources are saying to watch out for:…


Using Artificial Intelligence to Help Drones Find People Lost in the Woods

A trio of researchers at Johannes Kepler University has used artificial intelligence to improve thermal imaging camera searches of people lost in the woods. In their paper published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, David Schedl, Indrajit Kurmi and Oliver Bimber, describe how they applied a deep learning network to the problem of people lost in the woods and how well it worked…