Artificial Intelligence

Figure AI has given us a look at its idea of the robotic equivalent of the Model T as it rolls out its Figure 3 humanoid robot – the company's third-generation bipedal autonomous machine designed for general purpose work that's built for mass production.

There's no doubt that a standard white cane can be quite helpful, but it isn't all that … interactive. The Glide device certainly appears to be, however, as it verbally and physically guides blind users down city streets.

While it's important to monitor the condition of paved roads, keeping an eye on the surface will only tell you so much. You also need to know what's going on with the underlying asphalt, which is where a layer of electronic fabric is made to come in.

As AI systems grow bigger our data centers are feeling the heat with rising power demands. To tackle these growing energy needs, researchers have created a new chip that swaps electricity for light to handle one of AI's most power-hungry jobs.

Dressings that simply cover wounds may soon seem archaic. An experimental new device reportedly speeds healing by 25%, and utilizes a computer-linked camera to determine when it should zap wounds with electricity or shoot medication into them.

Behold, the rise of the tennis-coaching robots. First there was the PongBot, followed by the Tenniix and the Acemate. Now, there's the possibly even more capable ball-shooting, performance-assessing, AI-packin' Aceii One.

Timekettle, a Chinese gadget brand that specializes in AI-powered translation gadgets, just unveiled a new set of earbuds designed for everyday use – with bone-conduction tech for accurate speech recognition.

Patients worldwide are cautiously optimistic about the use of AI in healthcare. Most support it as a helpful assistant, but few trust it to replace doctors, according to a new study that reveals trust, concerns, and the need for explainable AI.

A new innovation is aiming to redefine earbuds – in function and in form. The PIN, wireless AI buds are sustainably handcrafted from real wood and engineered for sound, include real-time translation and a sleep aid – and they start at only US$134.

Getting out of earshot to make a private call just got a lot harder. Researchers have shown the vibrations of the earpiece inside your phone can be picked up by a radar sensor from a distance, converted into audio, and transcribed using AI.

The makers of the award-winning ActiveBuds have launched their most ambitious product yet: The MindOne Pro AI smartphone. The ultra-compact Android phone with dual operating systems is packed with features in a body not much larger than a credit card.

Thanks to advances in generative AI, seeing video of an event is no longer proof that it really happened. There could be new hope on the horizon, however, in the form of a system that watermarks videos using fluctuations in the on-location lighting.