Artificial Intelligence
Refreshed 10.4" display for vehicles
Grayhill has introduced the refreshed 10.4” display for vehicles, which is described as suitable for gauges, diagnostics, cameras, guidance and other vehicle functions in the construction, mining, turf care, specialty and agriculture markets, the display features a scratch-resistant, anti-glare cover glass with optional touchscreen capabilities.
VTT Marilyn takes a leap towards automatic 24/7 driving
VTT's robot car, Marilyn, sees better than humans in foggy, and even snowy, conditions, and can now navigate without stopping – including in bad weather. It can also see a human through fog and avoid accident automatically. This is enabled by the LiDAR mounted on the car’s roof, which can see wavelengths that are beyond the human senses. As the technology evolves, this represents a step towards a safe automated vehicle that is not eve...
Automotive development centre to create 100 new jobs
A new development centre in Dresden is being set up by Infineon. The company is planning to create around 100 additional new jobs in the first phase. The new development centre is expected to employ a total of around 250 people in the medium term. One focus of it will be to develop new products and solutions for automotive and power electronics, as well as Artificial Intelligence. It is scheduled to be launched in the course of the 2018 calendar ...
Robotics expert and humanoid robot to deliver ITW 2018 keynote
The annual meeting for the global wholesale telecommunications community, International Telecoms Week (ITW) announced that Dr. David Hanson, Founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics, will deliver the event keynote: 'AI, Automation and Digitisation: A Transformed Future?'. On 6th May, Dr. Hanson will be joined by Sophia, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot.
What does AI mean for SMEs?
Last week the House of Lords’ Artificial Intelligence Committee released a new report titled ‘AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?’ Outlining the development and current uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK, the paper identified five principles on which AI should be based. Article written by Salvatore Minetti, CEO and founder, Prospex (pictured below).
Will the UK invest £300m in Artificial Intelligence?
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that 50 technology companies and organisations have contributed to the development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) deal worth almost £1bn, including almost £300m of private sector investment into UK sector. The announcement follows the launch of the government’s Industrial Strategy, within which AI was highlighted as one of the UK’s four...
BrainChip to be integrated as a cognitive engine within Veritone aiWARE
BrainChip Holdings Ltd. has announced that it has signed an agreement with Veritone Inc. to integrate its AI-powered BrainChip Studio with the Veritone aiWARE platform. aiWARE is an operating system for AI that integrates an ecosystem of cognitive engines, which can be orchestrated together to reveal actionable insights from multimedia sources with accuracy. These sources include radio and TV broadcasts, surveillance footage, as well as othe...
How organisations can transform supply chains through AI and robotics
PA Consulting Group and The Consumer Goods Forum have launched a research paper 'AI and Robotics automation in consumer-driven supply chains'. This paper helps consumer goods organisations navigate the complexities of AI and Robotics automation technology and suggests they should embrace this rapidly evolving source of competitive advantage.
Autonomous vehicles interact with each other for the first time
On the 18th April 2018, the DRIVEN consortium demonstrated publicly for the first time the capabilities of its fleet of autonomous vehicles to interact and ‘talk’ to each other. From its headquarters at the RACE Building at the Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, DRIVEN set two of its vehicles, a white and blue 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium hybrid and a 2017 Ford Mondeo hybrid on the roads to show assembled media the latest milestone in th...
Using AI to become world’s number one shopping discovery site
Combining paid search with artificial intelligence, a new online sales generation specialist, RedBrain launched today aims to offer retailers incremental online sales more efficiently than self-managed lead generation methods like Google AdWords. Using knowledge built up over the last eight years running shopping comparison sites, combined with AI, the RedBrain team aims to deliver sales traffic with a high conversion rate on a cost per sale...