"Don’t worry about AI", says Robot - Weekly Mash-Up 180

This robot explains why you shouldn’t worry about artificial intelligence
Market Watch

There has been some anxiety around what developments in Artificial Intelligence and robotics means for our future. But you can rest easy. A service robot named REEM at the ‘Robots’ exhibition in the Science Museum in London assures visitors that Artificial Intelligence doesn’t pose a threat to humanity. The exhibition, which explores the 500-year history of various incarnations of robots, will become a permanent part of the museum, along with REEM, the full-size humanoid robot who previously held a position in a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi… Read more

London's One Aldwych Hotel Now Serves a Virtual Reality Cocktail
Conde Nast Traveller

Ever tried your whisky with a side of VR? Now you can, when you order ‘The Origin’, one of the new Showtime Cocktails being sold at One Aldwych bar in Central London. Adding an extra immersive layer to the drinking occasion, the experience starts when you order your drink. Your bartender will hand you a VR headset and leave you to enjoy a stunning two minute film that virtually transports you out of London to the Scottish Highlands, in the barley fields where the whisky’s journey begins, and slowly travels across the country to arrive back in Covent Garden - where it is then served up to you at the bar. Read more

Smart Bandages That Tell Doctor How Wound Is Healing To Start Trials
Huffington Post

Trials could be about to start for a new smart bandage that would let doctors check in on their patients’ progress remotely. Using very small sensors in the bandage that detect issues like infection, doctors could keep tabs on the patient's healing time in a more efficient way. This technology would allow for a personalised medical approach that could be both cost-effective in the long run and free up doctors’ time to treat other patients. Read more

Ancient Animals come alive in new Sir David Attenborough Virtual Reality experience
Newsweek

The Natural History Museum in London is partnering with Sky to let people interact with some of the world’s oldest and rarest artifacts in ways they have never been able to before - in the upcoming ‘Hold the World’ VR series. Under the guidance of a holographic Sir David Attenborough, generally agreed to be a British national treasure, viewers will have the chance to examine and handle these rare objects in Virtual Reality, exploring the collection from the comfort of their own home. Read more