Homemade chess board moves its own pieces. And wins.

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

Vishnu Sai Theja tops Karnataka with 99.99 percentile in JEE Mains-1

Bengaluru: A Vishnu Sai Theja, a student of Narayana CO Kaveri Bhavan, Kasavanahalli, topped Karnataka in the JEE Mains-1 ...

Inside the mind of Hikaru Nakamura, the chess world No 2 whose streaming career comes first

The top U.S. chess player discusses his YouTube channel, how he would change the game and why he doesn't want his son to ...
Texas Public Radio

A supercomputer beat a human chess champ 30 years ago, paving a path for AI dominance

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.
Hackaday

Building A Self-Playing Chess Board Robot

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...
Boston Magazine

Futurist Ray Kurzweil Says Humanity Is Seven Years Away from Beating Disease

A conversation with Newton-based inventor, author, and computer scientist, who believes technology will help humans extend their lives—a lot sooner than you might think.
BuzzFeed on MSN

31 things that must have been designed by geniuses

A measuring bowl that's *also* a kitchen scale, a ridiculously cozy Ugg faux-fur blanket, a powerful nail strengthening cream ...
Opinion

Anthropic’s Chief on A.I.: ‘We Don’t Know if the Models Are Conscious’

Even in the best-case scenario, it’s incredibly disruptive. And this is where you’ve been quoted saying that A.I. will disrupt 50 percent of entry-level white-collar jobs. On a five-year time horizon, ...