Sep 17, 2020 | Featured, Robots
United Airlines is turning to a 100-pound robot in its latest effort to reassure customers that flying during the COVID-19 pandemic is safe. United intends to use the robot, MicroSonic Solution’s NovaRover, during some of its aircraft’s “deepest...
Sep 10, 2020 | Featured, Mobility, Smart Cities
Deloitte City Mobility Index (DCMI) 2020 looked into the quality of urban mobility in 36 cities across the globe. European cities have dominated, with Stockholm, Amsterdam, London and Barcelona leading the pack. Only two cities from North America – Vancouver (6) and...
Sep 10, 2020 | Climate, Featured, Oceanography, Robots
Underwater mobile robots continuously collecting data for research are key to a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering research project that seeks to significantly enhance the study of the world’s oceans. Led by Assistant...
Sep 10, 2020 | Aging, Featured, Robots
Robots that can hold simple conversations and learn people’s interests are to be deployed in some UK care homes after an international trial found they boosted mental health and reduced loneliness. The wheeled robots, called “Pepper”, move independently and gesture...
Sep 3, 2020 | Cyber Security, Featured, Work
For company leaders who believe working from home offers a flawless future, NCC delivered a stark warning today. The tech company specialises in cyber security services, a market it estimates was already growing at around 8-9% a before the Covid-19 outbreak. Today it...
Aug 31, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Featured
British researchers have identified 50 new planets using artificial intelligence, marking a technological breakthrough in astronomy. Astronomers and computer scientists from the University of Warwick built a machine learning algorithm to dig through old NASA...
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