Autonomous car teaches itself to drive in less than twenty minutes
An autonomous car with a new kind of artificial intelligence has taught itself to drive in less than twenty minutes. Stuart McDill reports.
Coffee waste could help power future batteries
Researchers in Taiwan develop a method to transform waste coffee grounds into a replacement for the graphite normally used in lithium ion batteries. Matthew Stock reports.
Amazon.com reports a 39 percent jump in second-quarter revenue
A surge in online shopping and higher demand for its cloud services has driven a 39 percent jump in revenue for Amazon. Simon Thompson reports.
Facebook shares plunge after grim outlook
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's fortune is set to take a $16 billion hit, as the social media giant absorbs the biggest one-day wipeout in U.S. stock market history.
Chilean engineer invents platform to communicate after natural disaster
After a deadly earthquake and tsunami in Chile, Barbarita Lara created a way to send emergency alerts if standard communication lines are destroyed. Angela Moore reports.
Robotic biopsy tool could revolutionise cancer screening
A robotic arm that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound scanning could speed up the diagnosis of breast cancer and muscle diseases, according to researchers from the University of ...