Volvo’s autonomous cars travel 124 miles in Spain in ‘road train’

http://www.kurzweilai.net/volvos-autonomous-cars-travel-120-miles-in-spain-in-road-train?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6dc9eb7c71-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Computers Deciphering Facial Expressions

A computerized system developed at MIT can tell the difference between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration:

http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/smile-detector-0525.html

Google's Project Glass

Here's Google's answer to augmented reality:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-unveils-project-glass-augmented-reality-glasses

Watch the video.

The Next Step Beyond Roomba?

A robot that learns how to put things away properly:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May12/PlacingNewObjects.html

New Leap 3D gesture controller for computers

Inexpensive new device allows computer control via gestures, Minority Report-style:

http://www.leapmotion.com/

People with paralysis control robotic arms using brain-computer interface

http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/05/braingate2

Gene therapy for aging-associated decline tested

http://www.kurzweilai.net/gene-therapy-for-aging-associated-decline-tested?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=464c6fea60-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

24% increased lifespan (in mice) without an increase in cancer rates. Not bad.

Nanosheet catalyst sustainably splits hydrogen from water

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1414

Robot legs with balance

The balance appears effortless, although the jumping still has a ways to go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fwoFjzLZ5rQ

A Q&A session about Watson

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/ferrucci-smartest-machine.html

Robotic Cars Soon to be Available

Very cool:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/robot-cars-get-ready-to-roll?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8179b0de4d-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Imagine what you could get done if you didn't have to drive during your commute: read, surf, sleep, eat, call, have sex, work, etc.

Watson Rerun

Just as a reminder about how well Watson did on Jeopardy, here's day 1 of the competition on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qpKoIfTukrA#!

How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps

http://io9.com/5902205/how-to-build-a-dyson-sphere-in-five-relatively-easy-steps

Startup Aims to Bring the Inexpensive Liquid Battery to Market

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/40253/?p1=MstRcnt