Aug 28, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
The automotive industry has been promoting self-driving cars as a kind of panacea that will solve numerous problems that modern society is grappling with right now, from congestion to safety to productivity (you can work while riding!). Unfortunately, a very big...
Aug 28, 2019 | Robots & Drones
The robots are here. They’re scanning shelves at your local supermarket, delivering food, and even assisting nurses in the hospital. As the robots begin to infiltrate human spaces, questions remain for designers and engineers tasked with convincing...
Aug 28, 2019 | Internet of Things
The Amazon spans 2.1 million square miles of rain forest spread over nine countries. And on its edges are miles of agricultural fields, whose farmers routinely burn in order to control pests and weeds, and to encourage new growth. Brazil is the largest...
Aug 28, 2019 | Featured, Robots & Drones
Toyota has spent the last five years as the “Worldwide Mobility Partner” of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. So far, that’s equated to little more than providing some cars at the events—and making a big PR push. But in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympics, Toyota has bigger...
Aug 28, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Regulation
As artificial intelligence increasingly pervades technologies and businesses, the Patent and Trademark Office wants the public to weigh in on the difficulties that come with patenting it. The agency posed a series of questions regarding topics across patent policies...
Aug 28, 2019 | Defense, Featured, Robots & Drones
There is a rite of passage, it seems, for a certain kind of person who acquires a drone. First, buy said drone. Have fun experiencing the novelty of playing with it. After that, see what you can get away with adding to it — which, for some people, unfortunately, means...
Aug 22, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
Waymo is taking some of its autonomous vehicles to Florida just in time for hurricane season to begin testing in heavy rain. The move to Florida will focus on testing how its myriad sensors hold up during the region’s rainy season, as well as to collect...
Aug 22, 2019 | Internet of Things, Smart Cities
Intelligent streetlights weren’t specifically listed in this year’s top ten strategic technology trends from Gartner, but they likely qualify for inclusion under “smart spaces” that create smart cities. Gartner defined smart spaces as open, connected,...
Aug 22, 2019 | Internet of Things
We talk about the IoT like it’s a monolithic thing, but I’ve realized that in my head I often break it down into three different components, each with different characteristics. There’s consumer IoT, enterprise IoT, and industrial IoT. I suspect many others have a...
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