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Before coming to MIT, Jeff Orkin SM ’07, PhD ’13 spent a decade building advanced, critically acclaimed AI for video games.While working on F.E.A.R., a survival-horror first-person shooter game, he developed AI that gave computer-controlled characters an unprecedented range of actions. Today, more than 10 years later, many video game enthusiasts still consider the game’s AI unmatched, even by modern standards.

Enabling developers to quickly and securely connect IoT endpoints to the cloud, Texas Instruments has announced the integration of the new Amazon FreeRTOS into the SimpleLink microcontroller (MCU) platform. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has worked with TI in the development of an integrated hardware and software solution that enables developers to quickly establish a connection to AWS IoT service out-of-the-box and immediately begin system developmen...

A hybrid technology drawing inspiration from virtual assistants and apps such as Google Translate is now available to musicians across the world. Using it allows for translating sounds into music notations with unmatched accuracy.For the laypeople who simply want to enjoy music in their car or through headphones, music notation’s complexity has always been off-putting. Not only is it uneasy to read, but it’s even harder to write fluen...

A secure, high-performance automotive solution with over-the-air (OTA) capabilities has been announced byRenesas Electronics and Airbiquity, targeting advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and automated driving applications of the future.To prepare for the upcoming autonomous-driving era, the two companies are integrating Airbiquity’s OTAmatic cloud-based OTA software and data management service delivery so...

Renesas Electronics andAirbiquity have announced the release of a a secure, high performance automotive solution with Over-The-Air (OTA) capabilities, targeting Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and automated driving applications of the future.

Avnet Silica has announced an agreement with TrackNet a LoRaWAN Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, which will enable the distributor to offer a highly scalable edge-to-enterprise platform for the development of IoT projects and applications, based around the LoRaWAN communications standard and including sensors, gateways, network servers and cloud services.

Whether they like it or not, the growing public familiarity with advanced technology is pushing change on to high street retailers. As much as we may tire of hearing about artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) there is now a depth of expectation among consumers that these technologies will enhance and inform their experiences when they enter a store. Author: James Pepper, Technical Services Director, Vista Retai...

Last month, Hardware Pioneers invited Gareth Sumner, Foresight Manager, Transport for London (TfL) to give a presentation on ‘The Future of Smart Transportation’. Sumner’s talk was centred on a sketch he drew six months ago. With large green spaces, families playing in the park, and numerous bicycles on the road, this image is TfL’s vision of a liveable London. Sumner is conscious that this transformation will not occur un...

According to new research by the job site Indeed, the success of London’s technology sector could be stopped in its tracks by the restlessness of its tech workforce.The analysis of millions of job adverts - and job searches by candidates - revealed the sheer size of London’s tech sector puts it in a class of its own.

Expansion of sugarcane cultivation in Brazil for ethanol production in areas not under environmental protection or reserved for food production could potentially replace up to 13.7% of world crude oil consumption and reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by as much as 5.6% by 2045.These estimates come from an international study with Brazilian participation, whose results were published in the journal Nature Climate Change.