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...
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...
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...
Jan 8, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Mapping, Robots & Drones
“Hey, I can see my house from up here!” It’s a joke so tired you’ll hear it from someone jumping on a trampoline, but that’s what came into my head as I banked a small turboprop airplane above my neighborhood in the new version of a revived classic, Microsoft Flight...
Jan 8, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Events, Featured
To answer your question: no, you won’t be able to buy the Sony car. Not any time soon, at least. The company has no plans to mass-produce the Vision-S, the car it surprise-announced at the end of its press conference at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, nor does...
Jan 8, 2020 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robots & Drones
A drone flies over a potato field in Sinaloa, Mexico and informs a farmer 30 kilometres away that the humidity of the air around his crops is low. Meanwhile, a computer in San Diego, California, processes the data and calculates how much water the potatoes need. In...
Jan 8, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Government
Federal agencies will soon have to demonstrate that any proposed regulations for artificial intelligence technologies in the private sector abide by a new, “first-of-its-kind” series of 10 principles set forth by the Trump administration this week. In a preview...
Jan 8, 2020 | Government, Mobility
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is reportedly developing a new focus on comprehensive solutions to congestion, access and mobility issues, which affect quality of life and economic health beyond the Portland metro area. ODOT’s newly formed Office...
Jan 8, 2020 | Events, Internet of Things
There’s about 26 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices today. All too many of` them have no compatibility with each other. The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) wants to fix that with its OCF’s 2.1 specification. This is more than just another...
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