Audible Magic has announced that Cybercom Group of Stockholm, Sweden has licensed its technology for Sweden’s “Available Cinema” project, making movie experiences more accessible to those with sight and reading impairments. Available Cinema, a government project managed by the Swedish Film Institute in cooperation with the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, enables audiences with any range of vision impairment or dyslexia to en...

This year’s launch event of London Technology Week, Europe’s largest festival of technology, is set to bring together some of the UK’s leading fashion technology designers for a first of its kind fashion technology showcase. London based fashion designer Brooke Roberts has been commissioned by London & Partners, the Mayor of London's promotional company, to curate the exhibition which will be displayed at the launc...

Technology will play a more integral role in this year’s Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro than ever before. Nicolette Emmino takes a closer look. The Olympic Games - with their roots stretching way back to ancient Greece - have seen a shift in attitudes over the years, as technology is now a crucial element of how people relate to the behemoth sporting event.

H2O Degree, manufacturer of two-way wireless mesh submetering systems for tenant billing, leak detection, utility conservation and building automation system integration in multi-family facilities, announces the availability of its latest submetering system designed for multi-family apartment complexes.

The growth in consumer wearables over the last few years has been well documented. The commonality of devices such as the Fitbit, Jawbone, Apple Watch and Misfit Shine - to measure personal parameters such as heart rate, steps taken in a given day and even stress levels - have given us an unprecedented insight into our current condition and a potential heads-up on any imminent health issues.

As children, most of us remember reeling off the various farm yard animals included in the popular nursery rhyme ‘Old MacDonald had a farm’. However, the next generation of toddlers may have to add another couple of verses. Advances in technology are changing the industry around the world, meaning that the farms of tomorrow will look quite different.

Kiwi Plug is a simple device that plugs into the audio jack of your smartphone or tablet (Android or IOS) in order to turn it into a universal remote. Kiwi Plug works with hundreds of brands and any device controlled by IR, including TVs, air-conditioners, speakers, cameras etc. from brands including LG, Motorola and Panasonic.

Twenty-five year old Natalie Price has launched a crowd funding campaign to raise £14,000 to bring her low cost Proximity Button device for people with dementia and their carers to market. Price was inspired to create a device that would keep people living with dementia safer having watched her own mother care for people with the disease for over 15 years.

The High Tech Campus Eindhoven in The Netherlands is set to host the fifth edition of the Internet of Things Event. A two-day event that will give insights into essential topics like security, business models, machine learning/artificial intelligence, cyber security, big data applications and IoT legal and tax issues. It will include a conference, workshops and an exhibition.

The policing of the restricted airspace over airports is becoming increasingly complex and challenging due to the proliferation of consumer drones – and we have already had several incidents of high profile near misses between consumer drones and commercial aircraft. The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is currently reporting more than 100 drone sightings within the vicinity of US airports each month.

AMPHION appears on the IP Pavilion [booth 1138] within DAC’s "World of IoT" exhibition zone to demonstrate in hardware the outstanding HEVC, AVC and legacy format decompression performance of Malone, the company’s silicon-proven, multi-format video decoder sub-system. Engineered by AMPHION’s highly experienced team of IP core designers, Malone has already been successfully deployed under various license arrangements in high-volu...

Steve Rogerson looks at how the Internet of Things (IoT) hype is turning into reality. Analysts seem to be trying to outdo each other in their predictions for what will happen with the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). 

Steve Rogerson looks at some of the recent news that may have missed the front page.

This year’s PCIM exhibition introduced a whole host of new power products, technologies and applications. Sally Ward-Foxton reports from Nuremberg. This year’s PCIM (power conversion, intelligent motion) exhibition in Nuremberg brought together 436 exhibitors and more than 10,000 visitors from around the world to share the latest in power products, technologies and applications.

Browsing through internet news in the recent months, one recurring theme has been the rise in medical technology and advancements that will propel the medical field to new, unimaginable heights, as Nicolette Emmino explains.

Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has released photographs and a video of its made-to-measure 3D-printed wheelchair. The Go chair, which Hubert claims is the "world's first 3D-printed consumer wheelchair", was presented at Layer's exhibition at 155 Clerkenwell. It is the result of a two-year project carried out by the studio's research division, LayerLAB, and has been created in collaboration with 3D-printing company Materialise.

The Advanced Color ePaper has been announced by E Ink, which the company tags as "Advanced" and as a "Breakthrough Technology" for color electrophoretic display (EPD) applications. There are numerous terms and acronyms accompanying the technology but they can be explained—and are worth reading about as they relate to the future of displays all around us. First, electrophoretic: E Ink is the creator of electrophoretic, or, electronic ink&mda...

A record number of international technology companies are expected to join delegations heading to London next month to take part in London Technology Week 2016, a week-long celebration of the capital's thriving tech sector, showcasing more than 200 events set to take place across the city from 20-26th June.

Mumbai-based EOS Power Pvt. Ltd. is just opening a high-speed, high precision production line for small, high efficiency AC/DC power supplies. The highly automated line enables the german-indian 'low to mid volume/ high mix' global power solution experts to provide an additional production capacity of 3,500 power supplies per day – 50% more than EOS’ current output. EOS Power is seeing unprecedented demands for its new series of low p...

The dirty, dusty and noisy environment of a busy building site is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find the latest technology innovations. Indeed, the majority of fundamental building tools haven’t really changed that much since mankind developed the ability to create them. However, the high-tech buildings and cities of tomorrow are being designed and constructed by equally revolutionary technology.