May 14, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Investment, Mobility
Even before the extra $750 million, Waymo’s funding round was among the largest, if not the largest, in multibillion-dollar investments around self-driving cars. General Motors’ Cruise unit raised $1.15 billion in May 2019, while Uber closed $1 billion from...
May 14, 2020 | Featured, Healthcare
A drone service for delivering urgent medical supplies is being trialled on the Isle of Wight in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The trial, which is funded by the Department for Transport and led by Solent Transport, is the first of its kind and aims to benefit...
May 14, 2020 | Cyber Security, Featured
Cyber attacks have increased exponentially since the start of the pandemic, with AT&T Alien Labs Open Threat Exchange (OTX) finding 419,643 indicators of compromise (IOC) related to COVID-19 from January to March, with a 2,000% month-over-month increase from...
May 14, 2020 | Accessibility, Healthcare, Mobility
Axel Gerlich took his very first steps thanks to the robotics team at Avondale Middle School. When the COVID-19 outbreak threatened the project, two people stepped up to finish the project. Eileen Hohner, Axel’s therapist, said his new mobility kicks his progress into...
May 14, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
Eko, a digital health company building AI-powered screening and telehealth solutions to fight cardiovascular disease, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the company an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its novel ECG-based...
May 6, 2020 | Business, Mobility
Intel may be a major player in the chip sector, but it could be a bigger player in the smart mobility sector soon taking on the likes of Uber and Lyft, as the company has just acquired Israel-based urban transit data startup Moovit for $900 million, the...
May 6, 2020 | Healthcare, Internet of Things
Internet of things (IoT) has the power to revolutionize pharmaceutical manufacturing in everything ranging from drug discovery to remote patient access and monitoring. Top pharma companies around the globe are increasingly adopting IoT technologies in their...
May 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
Boeing Australia presented the country’s Air Force on Tuesday with a prototype of a jet-powered drone that they hope will one day fly alongside manned warplanes while bringing artificial intelligence to the battlefield. The Loyal Wingman, at 38-foot-long (11.5...
May 6, 2020 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
It works just like midair jet refueling. Could the Napster of electric cars eliminate the need for charging stations altogether? A wild new concept uses the strengths of autonomous electric car designs to pair them for sharing a charge on the go. In IEEE...
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