Ben Brumfield

Ben Brumfield is the senior science writer at Georgia Institute of Technology, and vice chair of the Georgia Cyber Academy.

Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:02
People Think Robots Are Pretty Incompetent and Not Funny, New Study SaysPeople think robots bomb as nannies and comedians. OK for package deliverers and tour guides.
Tue, 07/21/2020 - 12:02
Dang robots are crummy at so many jobs, and they tell lousy jokes to boot. In two new studies, these were common biases human participants held toward robots. The studies were originally intended to test for gender bias, that is, if people thought…
He Quieted Deafening JetsTaming the world’s loudest manufactured noise through engineering and perseverance
Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:02
For decades, Krishan Ahuja tamed jet noise, for which the National Academy of Engineering elected him as a new member this year. Today, Ahuja is an esteemed researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology, but he got his start more than 50 years…