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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial intelligence is being embedded into every device and service, AIs that can dynamically encrypt their own communications could help…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Organs-on-chips pave the way for faster, safer, animal free drug testing and will contribute to a healthcare revolution.   Harvard…

The worlds first self driving truck delivery was special – 50,000 cans of Budweiser In the early morning hours of October 20th, an 18-wheeler tractor…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial intelligence has a problem with nuance but that didn’t stop it from correctly predicting the outcome of most of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF After almost forty years of research speech recognition systems are now as good as humans.   Microsoft have announced that they have…

As humanity nears its goals of becoming an interplanetary species it’s inevitable one day that a new nation will take form In the wake of…

In a world first scientists have helped a paralyzed man experience the sense of touch in his mind-controlled robotic arm The cutting edge experiment, a collaboration…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tuna becomes the world’s first fish to get its own blockchain to track it’s provenance from net to plate.   Most people…

Lockheed Martin just successfully tested the US Military’s next generation “Kill Chain” Following hot on the heels of the US Navy’s first successful tests of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF An unlikely union – VR and a blind man – makes history.   A solitary plinth stands in the center of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printed munitions just became a thing.   Last week, the Marine Corps‘ Next-Generation Logistics office quietly printed, and then…

With no human driver this huge dump truck has no cab and never turns around Autonomous vehicle technology is still in its infancy, which means…