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The first self-driving bus hit the roads in

China. The bus prototype,

developed by Yutong, went on a 20 mile ride on an intercity road in Zhengzhou. The

self-driving bus is equipped with two cameras, four laser radars, one set of millimeter wave

radar and an integrated

navigation system.

Skype is releasing their real-time

translation feature that will allow you to hold a conversation

in any of the following languages

without actually needing to know a

word: English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish. The application will

support another 50 languages through

normal chat.

Researchers at the University of Washington,

experimenting with brain-to-brain

connection, have found a way to transmit brain

signals from one person to another.

Via brian waves and the internet,

participants were able to guess the

correct answers to a given set of

questions with impressive accuracy.

An Italian engineering group has built a 12-meter tall 3D printer that can print houses cheaply

using additive techniques. Automating building houses using

this type of process could dramatically affect the way we

provide shelter to those all around the world.

MIT researchers have developed a robotic hand that

is capable of picking up an egg without breaking it. The robot uses soft 3D-printed fingers that are

skilled at picking up even the most difficult objects, such as a coin or

fragile egg.

The Japanese company, Hitachi, has begun testing a crime prediction

algorithm to attempt to identify potential threats or crimes before they occur. The system gathers

data from media, such as weather reports or social media, to find patterns using

machine learning.

A technology capable of

harvesting energy gathering ambient

radio frequency waves and

converting them into electricity to

charge a low power device has recently been revealed. At the Presentation,

Signals from mobile phones were

converted to power a loudspeaker.