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Robots Learn Better with Tough Love

Nov-06-19 By IdeaConnection
According to some parents, tough love is exactly what their children need to develop self-control and determination and become fully rounded individuals. Likewise, some robot engineers say giving robots tough love will help them learn better.

9 Innovation Lessons from the Miracle Mets of 1969

Nov-04-19 By Len Ferman
How the worst team in baseball history innovated to win the World Series 50 years ago.

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans at their Own Games

Nov-01-19 By IdeaConnection
Gamers are a competitive bunch who have just met their match - an artificial intelligence program called AlphaStar. Some of the world's best players of the real-time strategy game Starcraft II were left for dust as the algorithm reached the dizzy heights of Grandmaster status.

Take Part in Open Innovation Challenges

Oct-30-19 By IdeaConnection
Stretch your creative muscles and earn big money prizes by taking part in open innovation competitions and challenges. IdeaConnection's Contests and Challenges page is the world's biggest and most popular list of live challenges. Currently, there are 68 challenges with more than $67 million in prize money available. Here are a few highlights of some of the listed challenges.

Launch of the World’s First Artificial Intelligence University

Oct-25-19 By IdeaConnection
The world's first graduate-level university for the study of artificial intelligence is set to open in September 2020. The news comes amid projections that the global business value derived from AI will reach almost $4 trillion by 2022.

Using Crowdsourcing to Locate Mining Drill Sites

Oct-23-19 By IdeaConnection
During this quarter Australian based mining company OZ Minerals will start drilling at a new site, based on a three-month crowdsourcing campaign. Earlier this year the miner offered up project data and an Australian $1 million (US $688,000) prize pool.

MIT Gives Robots a Faster Grip

Oct-21-19 By IdeaConnection
For humans picking up stuff is pretty easy. Not so for robots, despite all their electronic wizardry. However, scientists at MIT have developed a new way that helps robots get a grip much faster.

Pete the Fern Takes the World’s First Plant Selfie

Oct-18-19 By IdeaConnection
A plant in the United Kingdom has taken the world's first botanical selfie.
The honour goes to a maidenhair fern, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

AI Trained to Predict Future Medical Discoveries

Oct-11-19 By IdeaConnection
An artificial intelligence (AI) program has been trained to read scientific papers and predict which ones are likely to translate into medical treatments. Its purpose is to decrease the sometimes decades-long intervals between discovery and clinical application.

Could This Inchworm Robot Revolutionize Industries?

Oct-09-19 By IdeaConnection
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto has created a small robot that moves in the same way as an inchworm.  According to the scientists, the technology underlying their feat could transform multiple industries such as aviation and smart wearables.