#431000 Japan’s SoftBank Is Investing Billions ...

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Android

Remember the 1980s movie Brewster’s Millions, in which a minor league baseball pitcher (played by Richard Pryor) must spend $30 million in 30 days to inherit $300 million? Pryor goes on an epic spending spree for a bigger payoff down the road.
One of the world’s biggest public companies is making that film look like a weekend in the Hamptons. Japan’s SoftBank Group, led by its indefatigable CEO Masayoshi Son, is shooting to invest $100 billion over the next five […] Continue Reading…

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#430988 The Week’s Awesome Stories From Around ...

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Android

BIOTECH
Lab-Grown Food Startup Memphis Meats Raises $17 Million From DFJ, Cargill, Bill Gates, OthersPaul Sawers | Venture Beat “Meat grown in a laboratory is the future, if certain sustainable food advocates have their way, and one startup just raised a bucketload of cash from major investors to make this goal a reality….Leading the $17 million series A round was venture capital (VC) firm DFJ, backer of Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Tumblr, Foursquare, Baidu, and Box.”
ROBOTICS
Blossom: A Handmade Approach to Social […] Continue Reading…

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#430863 Japanese child-like emotional robot

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Android

This Japanese “child” Android robot has flexible joints and a soft exterior. It expresses emotions and has a very authentic toddler-like demeanor and movements.

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#430955 This Inspiring Teenager Wants to Save ...

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Android

It’s not every day you meet a high school student who’s been building functional robots since age 10. Then again, Mihir Garimella is definitely not your average teenager.
When I sat down to interview him recently at Singularity University’s Global Summit, that much was clear.
Mihir’s curiosity for robotics began at age two when his parents brought home a pet dog—well, a robotic dog. A few years passed with this robotic companion by his side, and Mihir became fascinated with how […] Continue Reading…

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#430914 Blossom: A Handmade Approach to Social ...

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Android

Handmade out of organic materials, Blossom is a creative new take on social home robots[Read more…]

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