In 1950, when computing was little more than automated arithmetic and simple logic, Alan Turing asked a question that still reverberates today: can machines think? It took remarkable imagination to ...

Women tend to underestimate their spatial intelligence compared to men, despite performing just as well on tests, according to new research published in Sex Roles. People’s beliefs about their ...

The digital maps and navigation systems we use today, including street names, signs and visual cues, were designed for people. Now at the cusp of a new era in robotics, we need a new kind of map that ...

No audio available for this content. The intriguing paradox about the information age is that it relies on semiconductor chips, which are fundamentally made from sand (silicon dioxide) — the most ...

The Stanford researcher’s startup aims to build A.I. systems fluent in the physical world. Photo by Yui Mok - Pool/Getty Images So-called world models like Marble are central to Li’s vision of the ...

Spatial data generalisation is a critical process in cartography and geographic information science, enabling the simplification of complex geospatial datasets while retaining essential structural and ...

Niantic Spatial, the pioneer in geospatial AI, and Vantor, the leading provider of unified spatial intelligence, today announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive positioning solution that will ...

Topological relations form a foundational pillar in the analysis and interpretation of spatial data. They characterise the connectivity, adjacency, and containment properties amongst spatial objects, ...