The world's first "smart mask" fits over a standard medical mask and translates eight languages.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/04/2020
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is establishing three new institutes "designed to have a tangible impact" on the challenges presented by quantum computing over the next five years.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/04/2020
Microsoft acquires industrial cybersecurity company CyberX for IoT/OT security.
ConsenSys, a New York-based provider of full-stack Ethereum blockchain solutions, has announced the acquisition of "the team and technology" of its joint venture partner Fluidity, a Brooklyn-based blockchain technology company.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/09/2020
A robot barista is serving lattes in a cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, to help customers maintain social distancing, Reuters reported.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2020
A group of U.S. and German physicists have found surprising evidence that one of the most famous phenomena in modern physics could be used to build fault-tolerant quantum computers.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/19/2020
Robot operations platform provider Rocos and mobile robot powerhouse Boston Dynamics announced a partnership today to provide remote mission design and execution, along with new teleoperation functionality for the Spot autonomous robot.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/19/2020
The landmark call was made using non-standalone architecture, aggregating non-contiguous spectrum on 3.5 GHz (n78) and 4.9 GHz (n79) bands. The companies used a Fujitsu 5G NR base station and a 5G smartphone test device powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/12/2020
IBM unveiled new edge-computing services and solutions this week designed to help enterprises make the most of their transitions to 5G.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/05/2020
The global pandemic is presenting providers of service robots—from personal household bots to professional logistics machines—with an unprecedented opportunity to show their value and grow their markets.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/05/2020
The robotics industry has been providing systems for use in healthcare for decades, but the advent of the pandemic has inspired a new generation of roboticists to take on the vexing challenge of disinfecting hospital environments.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/28/2020
Here's how companies around the world are using blockchain to help in the fight against Covid-19, including IBM's announcement today of a new blockchain network to help healthcare organizations and government entities locate much-needed medical supplies.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/27/2020
There are occasions when new technologies arrive with perfect timing. The COVID-19 crisis may be that time for Nuro's R2 driverless delivery vehicle, now making test runs in Silicon Valley.
- By Richard Seeley
- 04/21/2020
Qualcomm Technologies has released a new low-power modem chipset designed specifically to address the unique demands of a growing number of IoT applications.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/21/2020
The National Science Foundation is coordinating with the leading cloud platform providers to boost academic research and build capacity for the development of quantum computing.
To truly understand the power of 5G you have to understand what 5G actually is (vs. what the vendors are telling you). Here's your technical walk-through to everything from what 5G offers in the real-world to the infrastructure underneath.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/14/2020
Called Vizi-AI, the devkit combines an Intel Atom-based SMARC computer module with the Intel distro of the OpenVINO toolkit and Adlink Edge software.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/14/2020
Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems is giving researchers studying the coronavirus free access to its hardware quantum systems, the company announced.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2020
Microsoft is advancing its vision of Azure cloud platform as "the world's computer" with partnerships with leading makers of IoT devices ranging from small microcontroller units to more robust microprocessor units.
- By Richard Seeley
- 04/07/2020
Conspiracy theories linking the spread of the coronavirus with the rollout of 5G networks have become serious enough that Facebook will be taking "aggressive steps" to remove such misinformation.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2020