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Australian health insurer Medibank launches VR experience for hospital patients

Collaborating with neuropsychologists’ at Melbourne-based virtual reality (VR) developers Liminal, Australian health…

Elon Musk-backed OpenAI releases ‘Universe,’ a virtual training ground for AI systems

Researchers are currently trying to teach every possible human interaction to artificially…

ESA reiterates commitment to Mars mission despite the test rover’s crash landing earlier this year

The European Space Agency (ESA), comprising of 22-nations including Slovenia and Canada,…

Nikola Motor Company unveils its first-ever hydrogen-powered semi-truck ‘Nikola One’

Today, the automobile industry is majorly concentrating on building electric vehicles as…
Hyperloop, arrivo

After HTT, now Hyperloop One too plans to enter Indian market, to hold an event in early’17

Looks like the world is looking on to India for everything, even…
intel

Intel forms an exclusive division focused on self-driving vehicle technology

Following pursuit to its competitor MediaTek’s plans of building a fully integrated…

This stunning new update to Google’s ‘TimeLapse’ now lets you view our dear planet from 1984 till today, all in a few seconds

For the geographical explorer/enthusiast kind of stuff in you, there’s a huge…
samsung

Yet another flexible display patent granted to Samsung, this one being shatter-proof

Samsung Electronics grabs yet another flexible OLED display patent as on 22…
google, chatbots, kik

Google’s DeepMind made an AI watch close to 5000 videos so that it surpasses us humans, in lip-reading

Yet another AI update from Google, folks. A couple days ago, we saw…
google

Google’s neural machine translation system has surprisingly developed its own internal language

For the past couple months, Google has acquainted us with its mission…
battery

Researchers present new battery concept which can charge in seconds, and last for weeks

How long does your smartphone’s battery usually last? A mere day or…
facebook

Facebook faces NTSB investigation over the ‘structural failure’ of its internet-beaming Aquila drone

From the very start, Facebook’s primary mission has always been to find…
nutonomy

nuTonomy will begin testing its self-driving cars in streets of Boston later this year

nuTonomy, the Singapore-based startup which beat Uber to introduce first public trials…
google

Google and Novartis delay the human trials of its ‘smart’ contact lenses, indefinitely

Post the release of its first-ever digital eyewear Google Glass in 2013,…
tesla

Tesla Model S P85D’s instant acceleration prevents what could’ve been a serious accident

While wildly popular electric automaker Tesla is aggressively focused on the development…
Baidu

BMW and Baidu decide to part ways over self-driving research

Executives of German automaker BMW and Chinese Internet giant Baidu on Friday…
infosys

Infosys pumps about $2.1 Mn into Danish artificial intelligence startup Unsilo

Infosys, one of India’s leading IT companies, has recently been putting its…
intel

Intel details its comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy

Artificial Intelligence(AI) will be as ubiquituous as smartphones in the next ten…
Facebook

Facebook acquires facial recognition and tracking startup FacioMetrics to further bolster its AR masks

Facebook continues to further bolster to its arsenal of photo and video…

Government Agencies launch a new biometric Face Verification Service

A new biometric Face Verification Service (FVS) was recently launched by the…