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Startup bringing driverless taxi service to Singapore
An exciting "driverless race" is underway among tech giants the United States: In recent months, Google, Uber, and Tesla have made headlines for developing self-driving taxis for big cities.But a comparatively small MIT spinout, nuTonomy, has entered the race somewhat under the radar. The startup is developing a fleet of driverless taxis to serve as a more convenient form of public transit while helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the dens...
Recycling tech gadgets to reduce environmental pollution
The Silicon Valley innovation miracle that has ushered in dizzying new ways for people to live, work and play also has intensified the pressure to find environmentally responsible ways to dispose of gadgets rendered obsolete. "This is more complex than cans and bottles," said Jeff Hunts, manager of the CalRecycle electronic waste recycling program. "The bottle or can you drank from will soon become another bottle or can. E-waste is much more comp...
Researchers grow cyberforests to predict climate change
It can take Mother Nature 1,000 years to grow a forest. But Nikolay Strigul, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, Washington State University Vancouver, can grow one on a computer in three weeks. He and Jean Lienard, a mathematics postdoctoral researcher, created the first computer simulation that grows realistic forests down to the branches, leaves and roots of individual trees.
Next gen smart glasses & iWear demonstrated at Wearable Tech Show
Vuzix Corporation is pleased to announce that it will be demonstrating several of its award winning products at London’s Wearable Technology Show, as well as taking part in one of the AR Track’s panel discussions. Attendees visiting London’s Excel can experience a range of demonstrations of Vuzix’s consumer and enterprise products by visiting Vuzix’s stand (No: 266).
Farnell element14 embraces a connected world at Embedded World 2016
Exclusive partnership with NXP highlighted on second co-exhibition stand First look at expansion of Raspberry Pi customization service options The latest offerings from NXP, Intel, Maxim, and Atmel “Dare to Fly?” on-stand challenge tasks visitors with flying a drone to win prizes
Multi-GNSS receiver embedded security thwarts spoofers
The u-blox M8 featuring new 3.01 firmware, a multi-GNSS receiver platform with a -167dBm sensitivity (dynamic 5m/sec),providing a 2m position accuracy is available at Alpha Micro. It has been designed to let OEMs create advanced automotive navigation, drive recorder, emergency call systems, drone positioning, and other such systems that demand exceptional accuracy and reliability.
The race to save threatened cultural heritage sites
In January, it was confirmed that St. Elijah's Monastery, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq, was completely destroyed by ISIS troops after standing for 1,400 years near the city of Mosul. The race is on to digitally preserve thousands of other at-risk sites around the world before they meet a similar fate – but the work doesn't end there for cyber-archaeologists.
Commercial drone sales set to rise more than 80% this year
A new study from Juniper Research has found that annual revenues from commercial drones sales are expected to reach $481m this year, up by 84% on last year’s figure of $261m. Drones: Consumer & Commercial Applications, Regulations & Opportunities 2015-2020 found that a low price point had significantly reduced the barrier to entry in many sectors, with high performance models now available for less than $3,000.
Miniaturised fuel cell makes drones fly for longer
Drones are used for various applications such as aero picturing, disaster recovery, and delivering. Despite attracting attention as a new growth area, the biggest problem of drones is its small battery capacity and limited flight time of less than an hour. A fuel cell developed by Prof. Gyeong Man Choi (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering) and his research team at POSTECH can solve this problem.
What will life be like in 100 years?
Super skyscrapers which will dwarf the Shard, underwater bubble cities and hyper-flexible living spaces are all likely to be reality in 100 years’ time. That’s the verdict of a new study which paints a vivid picture of our future lives – suggesting the way we live, work and play will change beyond all recognition over the course of the next century.