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Better Than Skynet: Robots Learn To Think In Swarms To Help Us

Imagine a cloud of rescue helicopters descending on a burning building. New artificial intelligence models teach semi-autonomous devices how to coordinate their actions to solve our problems. READ»

London's Black Cabs Win Green Cred With New Energy Award [Video]

In other news, helicopters can land themselves.READ»

iFive: The BP Question, G20 Conference, World Cup Aftermath, Apple iPhone 4 Saga Rolls On, LHC Smashes Record

While you were putting your dreams of a World Cup final to bed, innovation was smashing particles together at an amazing rate, ruminating over the fallout of the BP oil spill, and fiddling with its new smartphone.1. It's been 69 days ...READ»

The Seven Coolest Things Online This Week

Super-strong artificial muscles and telephony iPods? The future looks brighter--especially if you listen to President Obama's plans, as he laid them out for Jay Leno on Thursday. And with Gmail's new "Undo" feature, even ...READ»

NASA Invents a Shape-Shifting Helicopter Blade

Even the best helicopters are loud, rickety gas guzzlers, and a big reason for that is the rotors themselves. As each blade cuts the air, it creates a turbulent wake; the next blade passes through that wake, causing it to ...READ»