Drone X Challenge 2020
Krypto Labs opens applications for Drone X Challenge 2020 Phase II, a US$1.5+ Million Global Challenge (US$1 Million Final Prize and US$500,000+ in R&D Grants) Source: IEEE Spectrum Robotics
San Diego’s Connected Streetlights Learn to Spot Bicycles
The only catch is that they also count the ones hanging from bike racks and tossed into the beds of pickup trucks Source: IEEE Spectrum Computing
Syntiant AI Chip Means Alexa Wakes Up for Small-Battery Systems
Amazon certifies Syntiant's microwatt-powered deep learning chip Source: IEEE Semiconductors
CookieBot Is a Humanoid Robot Armed With a Frosting Gun
FZI's CookieBot will do its best to put you into a sugar coma Source: IEEE Spectrum Robotics
JumpStart Guide for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) in AWS
Register for this webcast to be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by SANS Analyst and cybersecurity specialist J. Michael Butler. Source: IEEE Spectrum Computing
Hacking Cars to Trigger Gridlock
Paralyzing 20 percent of cars during rush hour could gridlock Manhattan Source: IEEE Spectrum Telecom Channel
Stretchy Wearable Patch Allows Two-Way Communication With Robots
Multifunctional metal-oxide semiconductor used to build flexible RRAM, transistors, and sensorsEngineers at the University of Houston are trying to make the melding of humans and machines a little easier on the humans. They’ve developed an easy-to-manufacture flexible electronics patch that, when attached to a human, translates the person’s motion and other commands to…
Video Friday: Kiki Is a New Social Robot Created by Two Ex-Googlers
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videosVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!): DARPA SubT Tunnel…
Who’s Hiring? Google’s Wing, Facebook’s Libra, and Uber Competitor Ola
And who’s firing? Huawei and IBM The last three months have been a busy time for engineering job news, with a number of companies opening new development centers around the world. Silicon Valley, meanwhile, was mostly quiet. There was not a lot of bad news, but only a few bursts…
Descartes Labs Built a Top 500 Supercomputer From Amazon Cloud
Cofounder Mike Warren talks about the future of high-performance computing in a data-rich, cloud computing worldDescartes Labs cofounder Mike Warren has had some notable firsts in his career, and a surprising number have had lasting impact. Back in 1998 for instance, his was the first Linux-based computer fast enough to…