automation

Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of data

Posted in Software on 18th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Census results in England and Wales since 1871 show that the rise of machines has been a job creator rather than making humans obsolete.

We need to adapt capitalism to fit a robot-run future

Posted in Business on 22nd Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

With the technology advances that are presently on the horizon, not only low-skilled jobs are at risk; so are the jobs of knowledge workers.

Deep Learning Catches On in New Industries, from Fashion to Finance

Posted in Business on 1st Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

A brain like machine learning technique that has already given computers an eerie ability to recognize speech and categorize images is now creeping into many industries.

The machine that could replace anesthesiologists

Posted in Hardware on 13th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Anesthesiologists train for 4 years after medical school and are paid an average of $277,000 a year. The machine can only be used for a few procedures for now, but that's changing.

Google expects public in driverless cars in 2 to 5 years

Posted in Hardware on 17th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Google may face state regulatory hurdles depending on where it chooses to test the cars in public.