Japan: Artificial servant girl sparks sexism row
A Japanese academic journal has drawn criticism for putting a broom-wielding female robot on its cover, it seems. The illustration appears on the front of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence journal, and was submitted as part of a competition, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reports, external. It was created by a female artist to show how artificial intelligence could affect our daily liv
BBC Radio 6 Music - 6 Mix, Thom Yorke in the mix
Thom Yorke takes over the 6 Mix playing his favourite electronic music past, present and future. Show more Thom Yorke takes over the 6 Mix playing his favourite electronic music past, present and future. Thom needs no introduction; as the frontman of Radiohead he's pushed the boundaries of alternative music for almost two decades, and as a solo artist he's fused a love of experimental sonics with
William Gibson says the future is right here, right now
Drones could force changes in the way cities are built, suggests William Gibson. The rapid rate of technological and social change means the future comes crashing towards us faster than ever before, says visionary science fiction author William Gibson. "In the 1960s I think that in some sense the present was actually about three or four years long," he said, "because in three or four years relativ
Fate of Universe revealed by galactic lens
The huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 acted as a cosmic magnifying glass A "galactic lens" has revealed that the Universe will probably expand forever. Astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 to work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos. Dark energy is a mysterious force that speeds up the expansion of the U
How the internet is changing language
'To Google' has become a universally understood verb and many countries are developing their own internet slang. But is the web changing language and is everyone up to speed? In April 2010 the informal online banter of the internet-savvy collided with the traditional and austere language of the court room. Christopher Poole, founder of anarchic image message board 4Chan, had been called to testify
Finland makes broadband a 'legal right'
Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection. Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a 100Mbps connection by 2015. In the UK the government has promised a minimum connection of at least 2Mbps to all homes by 2012 but has stopped short o
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