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Pepper the robot sold out in just one minute when it was launched last year, with consumers keen to snap up a model of the emotion-reading companion. Now, with the help of IBM's Watson system, Pepper is set to get smarter than ever.Unlike functional robots, which are able to help with domestic chores such as dish washing or hoovering, Pepper is intended to interact with humans; this could involve greeting customers in a shop or operating self-ser...

Physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a nanolaser, a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Thanks to an ingenious process, the nanowire lasers grow right on a silicon chip, making it possible to produce high-performance photonic components cost-effectively. This will pave the way for fast and efficient data processing with light in the future.

Green technologies will take centre stage at this year’s IDTechEx Show, taking place in Berlin from 27th-28th April. Among these will be electric vehicles, which will have a major emphasis at the session ‘Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing’. Speakers and exhibitors from companies including Toyota, Daimler, Tesla, Siemens and IBM will showcase how mechanical, electric and electronic parts are completely changing and often ...

As a leading provider of connected devices in France, Wistiki has officially become a member of the global LoRa Alliance. Wistiki will be the first company in France designing and marketing a product based on LoRaTechnology by end of 2016. Within the LoRa Alliance, Wistiki will be representative of B2C opportunities and solutions next to companies such as Cisco, IBM, Actility and Bouygues Telecom.

UltraSoC has announced that four distinguished technology business leaders have joined its Strategic Advisory Board. The new members – Simon Davidmann, Guillaume d’Eyssautier, Vijay Dube and Professor David May – bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company. They have between them established and successfully exited at least a dozen start-ups, in the process creating hundreds of millions of dollars of value; and hav...

A decade before IBM launched the world’s first smartphone, a team of Stanford University researchers and Silicon Valley veterans came together to design a microprocessor architecture that would forever change the landscape of computing.The year was 1986 and the newly formed company was MIPS Computer Systems - a small start-up led by current day Stanford University President John L. Hennessy.

The proliferation of mobile devices, the growing popularity of wearables and the advent of the connected IoT are driving expected demand for sensors into the trillions. However, to achieve the full potential of these and other products, sensors need innovations to address critical unmet needs in power consumption, sensitivity, form factor and cost, according to Lux Research.

dSPACE has recently introduced a new version of its data management software for model-based development and ECU testing. With improved usability, SYNECT now offers improved support to developers of embedded systems and software in the management of data generated during their development and test processes.

The Wearable Technology Show, the world’s largest show for wearables, smart technology and IoT, will return to London's ExCel exhibition centre for the third time from 15th to 16th March 2016. More than 120 companies will attend the show, many launching brand new technology into Europe for the very first time, some presenting global launches and never before seen prototypes.

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have developed a new type of RFID chip that is virtually impossible to hack. If such chips were widely adopted, it could mean that an identity thief couldn’t steal your credit card number or key card information by sitting next to you at a café and high-tech burglars couldn’t swipe expensive goods from a warehouse and replace them with dummy tags.