Jan 30, 2020 | Smart Cities
Egypt is busy building a new – as yet unnamed – capital, designed to be the country’s new administrative hub and home to more than 6.5 million residents. The new capital will cover 700 square kilometers, or 270 square miles, making it about the size of...
Jan 30, 2020 | Cyber Security, Government
All Internet of Things and consumer smart devices will need to adhere to specific security requirements, under new government proposals. The aim of the legislation is to help protect UK citizens and businesses from the threats posed by cyber criminals increasingly...
Jan 30, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving company, is getting into the package-delivery business, the company announced in a Wednesday blog post. “Our self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans will shuttle packages from UPS Stores in the Metro Phoenix area to the UPS...
Jan 22, 2020 | Electric Vehicles
A new electric vehicle called the Canoo, which will launch next year and opened a waitlist for customers on January 21, looks very little like a traditional car. That’s because it doesn’t have to, says Ulrich Kranz, a former BMW engineer who heads the L.A.-based...
Jan 22, 2020 | Blockchain, Finance
In some areas of their business, banks and financial institutions are already well on their way to completing their transformation journeys. Processes amenable to digitization have indeed been digitized, and the increasing adoption of technologies such as robotic...
Jan 22, 2020 | Detroit, Mobility
The American Center for Mobility announced Tuesday its technology park is ready for development. Video provided courtesy of MITechNew.com The proving ground for advanced safety and automated vehicle technologies at Willow Run in Ypsilanti Township recently completed...
Jan 22, 2020 | Cyber Security, Government
The threat of hackers taking their efforts into the real world, crippling infrastructure such as nuclear facilities and chemical plants rather than stealing credit card numbers, is one of the biggest concerns facing the global economy in 2020, according to the World...
Jan 22, 2020 | Business, Robots & Drones
Back in August, we flagged a filing for you that we’d found interesting, one for a now 2.5-year-old, 40-person Redwood City, Calif.,-based startup called Bear Robotics that’s been developing robots to deliver food to restaurant customers. The filing listed a $35.8...
Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Internet of Things, Wearable Electronics
Wearable electronics and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices are rapidly growing in popularity, but their need for consistent power can place a high burden on users. One recently proposed solution is to generate electricity using heat from the human body, animals...
Jan 22, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Smart Cities
Digital surveillance has grown exponentially in the last few years, and with it the scope and scale of security apparatus deployed across urban environments. How does the visibility—or invisibility—of these technologies elicit performative acts from people at each end...
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