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Is AI all its cracked up to be?
If planet Earth had been created one year ago, the human species would be just ten minutes old. Putting this into context, the industrial era would have kick-started a mere two seconds ago. In this article, Stephen Parker, CEO of Parker Software, examines whether artificial intelligence is all it’s cracked up to be.
New development methods for smart devices and modern manufacturing
At this year’s HANNOVER MESSE, taking place 24th-28th April, Altair will be presenting its solutions and methods for simulation driven design and a technology demonstrator of a virtual cobot (a collaborative robot), as well as customer examples to demonstrate how Altair's solutions can be applied to develop innovative products.
Keep dry while monitoring your socks
Steve Rogerson looks at some of the recent news that may have missed the front page.
Integration of technology drives double-digit growth
The global homes and buildings industry is undergoing an intense evolution and accelerated growth. Transformational technologies such as IoT, Big Data, data analytics, and the cloud are propelling double-digit growth and market expansion in connected homes and LED lighting sectors. This is augmenting growth in the building automation market and playing an important role in the delivery of products and solutions in traditional sectors such as heat...
Keeping Tabs on your loved ones
TrackNet is to unveil Tabs at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain,27thFebruary-March 1st.Tabs combines a WiFi/LoRa hub with Internet parental control and a broad range of sensor devices using long-range wireless technology with an easy-to-use mobile app to monitor child safety, home security and home health.
Catch the next wave in connectivity at Embedded World 2017
Silicon Labs will unveil its latest advances in multiprotocol connectivity, embedded development tools and platforms, and smart home solutions at Embedded World 2017 in Nuremburg, Germany, March 14-16.
Brazilian peppertree disarms antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The red berries of the Brazilian peppertree—a weedy, invasive species common in Florida—contain an extract with the power to disarm dangerous antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria, scientists at Emory University have discovered.The journalScientific Reportsis publishing the finding, made in the lab of Cassandra Quave, an assistant professor in Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health and in the School of Medicine's Department of Der...
Imagining the phone of 2037
In 1997, mobile phones could send text messages. By 2007, flip-phones were all the rage and there was a popular trend for mini keyboards to be attached to the handset. We also saw the release of the first iPhone, but many critics didn’t believe it would catch on. Overall it seems fair to say that in the tech world a lot can happen in 20 years.
MIT and CI announce collaboration on climate adaptation
MIT and Conservation International (CI) will participate in a multiyear collaboration to develop and advance nature-based solutions to global climate change, through research, education, and outreach efforts, the organisations announced.
High-tech maps identify conservation targets
Remote sensing maps of the forest canopy in Peru test the strength of current forest protections and identify new regions for conservation effort, according to a report led by Carnegie's Greg Asner published inScience.