The next big car threat is an AI backdoor you can’t detect

Georgia Tech researchers discovered VillainNet, a dormant AI backdoor that lets hackers hijack self-driving cars with 99% success while remaining invisible to current security tools.
Tech Xplore

3D vision technology powers factory automation

One night in 2010, Mohit Gupta decided to try something before leaving the lab. Then a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon ...
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One blind spot, multiple vehicles, one outcome

Large trucks have massive blind spots where cars and bikes can disappear completely. In this incident, multiple vehicles entered that danger zone with no room to react once things went wrong. What ...
NPR

Blind and low vision fans to experience Super Bowl 60 in new way

This Sunday, the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60. Scott Thornhill is attending the big game for the first time. "I know I'll get emotional," Thornhill said. "I have ...
Business Wire

Blind Sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto Redefines the Limits of Possibility Through Technology in a Historic Trans-Pacific Project

FUJISAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsuhiro Iwamoto, a Japanese sailor based in San Diego, who is taking on the world’s first solo, non-stop trans-Pacific crossing by a blind sailor as part of the ...
Medical Xpress

Unexpected partial recovery of natural vision observed after intracortical microstimulation in a blind patient

A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after participating in a clinical trial of electrical stimulation of the visual cortex ...
WBUR

Some blind fans to experience Super Bowl with tactile device that tracks ball

Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio. The NFL teamed up ...
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Ohio DOT-Honda project demonstrates connected vehicle road hazard detection

The Ohio Department of Transportation and Honda completed a two-year pilot project showing how real-time connected vehicle data can identify roadway hazards such as potholes, faded lane markings, ...
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Researchers Warn AI ‘Blind Spot’ Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Self-Driving Vehicles

A newly discovered vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to silently hijack the artificial intelligence (AI) systems in self-driving cars, raising concerns about the security of autonomous systems ...
Gizmodo

The Vision of 2026 in ‘Metropolis’ Is Spot On

The 1927 silent classic got a few technology predictions wrong but was scarily on the mark about workers' rights and out-of-touch industry oligarchs. Reading time 6 minutes Metropolis, directed by ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Should I be worried about sudden onset of blind spots, zigzag vision?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have occasionally gotten spells of zig-zag shapes and blind spots in my vision. After a few of these, I found that if I drank a pint of water and waited 10 minutes, I would be just ...