Kiwi rugby star Sir John Kirwan has created a mental health app in which he appears as a digital version of himself.
There may well be monetary benefits in replacing humans with robots and computers,but there is always a heavy societal and political price to pay.
Relationship issues could be a thing of the past if you opt for a friendly domestic robot instead – but it’s a false utopia.
The technology has attracted a frenzy of consumer and investor interest due to its ability to foster humanlike interactions.
CSIRO’s nuclear waste-safeguarding robot has been developed at the agency’s Brisbane facility,and recently passed a key test with flying colours.
As well as making some workplaces safer,robots could help solve the state’s massive labour shortage.
Each time a school allows students to relinquish control to technology it does a small,incremental disservice to its students.
Virtual assistants have been accused of perpetuating gender stereotypes that women are submissive,obedient and the ones that carry out domestic chores in the home such as dimming the lights,telling children stories and updating the shopping list.
The simple act of picking fruit poses manifold challenges to a machine,but innovations are making the challenge surmountable.
A new machine being developed by Ripe Robotics could be the solution struggling fruit farmers have been looking for.
Madagascan cockroaches,five centimetres long,were fitted with tiny leg-control electrodes connected to backpacks containing ultrathin solar panels.