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Iowa Caucuses to Use New Smartphone App Despite Cybersecurity Fears

Jan 15, 2020 | Cyber Security, Democracy

Iowa’s Democratic Party will use a smartphone app to calculate the results from the state’s caucuses next month, according to NPR. The move came despite warnings of potential cybersecurity breaches in light of Russia’s election interference in 2016....

Scientists Use Frog Stem Cells to Build First Living Robots

Jan 15, 2020 | Featured

Researchers in the US have created the first living machines by assembling cells from African clawed frogs into tiny robots that move around under their own steam. One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its “chest”. Another...

Smart Cities: 3 Necessary Components

Jan 15, 2020 | Smart Cities

Smart cities require technology, but that technology is already here, according to panelist Edward Knapp, chief technology officer of the American Tower Corporation during a CES 2020 session. The next step toward developing successful smart cities involves the...

Where Artificial Intelligence Will Disrupt Next

Jan 15, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured

If you want to know where a technology is going, follow the patents. That’s what researchers from Stanford University and Brookings Institution recently did with artificial intelligence-related patents submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office, and they have...

Waymo: AV Safety

Jan 15, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo took a big step forward last fall when it began ferrying riders around the Phoenix area in robotaxis without human safety drivers. Humans have been behind the wheel for almost all of the 20 million miles of testing the company says it’s...