Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Internet of Things, Smart Cities
Traffic engineers in New York City will soon be able to reboot malfunctioning stoplights without leaving their desks, thanks to a new IoT project. The city’s Department of Transportation is working with Transition Networks to deploy...
Nov 7, 2019 | Healthcare, Robots & Drones
Scientists have developed a “paper bird” robot that is small enough to fit inside the human body to perform operations. Built by researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Zurich, the microscopic robots use tiny, programmable magnets for it to be...
Nov 7, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
A Pentagon advisory board has published a set of guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) during warfare. In “AI Principles: Recommendations on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence by the Department of Defense,”...
Nov 7, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
The evolution of autonomous vehicles illustrates to what extent many people, including any number of experts, do not understand technological development cycles, and get things seriously wrong. Click on this link, read the story and watch the video. It is from...
Nov 4, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
It’s been almost two years since Waymo first announced that it was testing fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. Not long afterwards, the company said it planned to offer a fully driverless service to the public by the end of 2018. The rollout has...
Oct 31, 2019 | Business, Cyber Security, Internet of Things
Particle, a platform for Internet of Things devices, has raised $40 million in its latest round of funding. Qualcomm Ventures and Energy Impact Partners led the Series C raise, with backing from existing investors including Root Ventures, Bonfire...
Oct 31, 2019 | Smart Cities
Cities are fast becoming “smart,” and the impact on people’s lives can be immense. Singapore’s smart traffic cameras restrict traffic depending on volume and ease the commute of thousands of passengers every day. In Kaunas, Lithuania, the cost of...
Oct 31, 2019 | Business, Healthcare
Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with patients. The Series A funding round was led by Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF), the venture arm...
Oct 31, 2019 | 5G, Business
Apple delivered a generally positive earnings report on Wednesday, with CEO Tim Cook telling Reuters that iPhone 11 was off to a “very, very good start,” despite sales falling 9.2% in the quarter, continuing a pattern that has been in place for...
Oct 31, 2019 | Agriculture, Blockchain
Peruvian shoppers are weeks away blockchain answering the age-old question first posed in 1984: “Where’s the beef?” A pilot project by Wong Supermarket, a Peruvian chain owned by Chile’s major retail conglomerate Cencosud, will allow suppliers and consumers to...
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