Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

These baby NASA rovers can fold and scale walls video – CNET

Turns out the Mars rover doesn’t work alone. NASA’s crew of mini rovers have different super powers to handle any extra terrestrial terrain.
Source: CNET

Human vs. robot: I challenged Forpheus to a game of ping-pong video – CNET

Omron’s Forpheus robot learns from your every move and expression, and plays harder as you get better.
Source: CNET

We played around with Nvidia’s Holodeck software at CES 2018

At CES 2018, we got to see Nvidia’s Holodeck: A VR design program that allows users from different locations to design their own 3D models together from different sides of the world — provided you have the hardware to run it.

The post We played around with Nvidia’s Holodeck software at CES 2018 appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital trends

CES should move to an innovative city

 CES, the yearly bacchanal of tech and innovation, has outgrown its shell. Las Vegas has been home to the event since the late 1970s and, for better or worse, the city has survived and served the influx of technologists who flock to the event each year to see the latest and greatest. But two things are happening simultaneously that make Las Vegas the last place to find innovation. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Next INpact launches a browser extension to see who is tracking you online

 French tech media company Next INpact just launched an interesting project today. Kimetrak is a simple browser extension that lets you see how your favorite website is tracking you and selling your privacy. The upcoming ePrivacy and GDPR regulations in Europe have been a wake-up call in many ways. Arguably, bitcoin-mining scripts and Spectre JavaScript examples also have made people realize… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Los retos que tendrán que afrontar las criptomonedas en 2018

Si aún confía en el potencial de las criptomonedas, debe tener en cuenta todos los temas que le quedan por resolver a esta tecnología. El gasto energético que suponen y la privacidad son algunos de los más importantes. 

Source: MIT

Google y Uber quieren incorporar la incertidumbre a sus sistemas de inteligencia artificial para hacerlos más seguros

Si los sistemas de inteligencia artificial tienen una medida de la seguridad que tienen sobre sus propias predicciones, tendrán más argumentos para decidir si actuar o no. Incorporar la capacidad de la incertidumbre ha sido posible gracias al aprendizaje profundo y la programación probabilística. 

Source: MIT

Todo lo que ha curado la terapia génica y lo que queda por ver

Aunque ya se preveía que 2017 podía ser un año prometedor para las terapias génicas, nadie esperaba todos estos avances. Este tipo de tratamientos han conseguido curar algunos tipos de cáncer y devolver la vista a algunos pacientes, y todavía queda mucho más. 

Source: MIT

Google is shutting down Chrome’s parental control features, replacement to launch later this year

 Google is preparing to launch a new set of parental control features for users of its Chrome browser. The announcement was made in an email sent this week to users of its current system for parental controls and other restrictions called “Chrome Supervised Users,” which is soon shutting down. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Skype Introduces End-to-End Encrypted Texts and Voice

After years of lingering questions about Skype’s commitment to protecting user data, it will soon offer end-to-end encryption to its 300 million monthly users.
Source: Wired