When it comes to decision making, it might seem that computers are less biased than humans. But algorithms can be just as biased as the people who create them.

In a stirring and commendable speech, Vice President Joe Biden makes a clear and convincing -- if entirely unintended -case for why the massive expansion of copyright laws through SOPA or PROTECT IP would go against everything America stands for, would harm innovation and be bad for entrepreneurs.
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Amazon Scout is a fully-electric delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices. Amazon deployed its first delivery robots, a cohort of six bright blue machines the size of "strollers" that will deliver items to Amazon customers in Snohomi...

Perhaps you've punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries, while also turn ...

A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain...

In 1514 German born Albreich Durer develop this Magic Square. He was a mathematician, artist, wood carver, engraver and painter. Ahead of his time he developed "The Magic Square." The sum of all numbers in the boxes add to the magic number of 34 in every direction. As an artist He was famous for his...

Exxon research scientists warned about the effects of fossil fuels as early as 1977. Exxon has known about climate change for almost 40 years, despite its efforts to continue to promote fossil fuels and deny its existence throughout the 1990s as a leader of the Global Climate Coalition.

Raymond Loewy, Father of Industrial Design, a CBS 60 minutes News Presentation, 1979. From Air Force One, Lucky Strikes and Coca-Cola — French American Raymond Loewy basically created Americana.

Solar car companies like Aptera, Lightyear and Sono all say they plan on releasing their commercial solar-assisted EVs over the next few years. These vehicles offer the prospect of less frequent plug-in charging by using the solar panels to charge the batteries. So why aren’t solar panels on all new

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University created a robotic snake that can crawl, climb, swim and scale flights of stairs. These versatile robots, which are designed for reaching human inaccessible areas, could be valuable tools for disaster relief.