HEADLINES ARCHIVE
More Delivery Drones to Occupy the Skies Over City in Iceland
The number of drones capable of making food and other deliveries is expected to increase in the skies over Reykjavik, Iceland, cementing the city as one of Europe’s epicenters for drone activity.
Paris Hospital Offers Patients VR Therapy in Lieu of Pain Medication
A hospital in Paris, France, is offering patients an alternative method for pain management, replacing doses of pain medication with doses of virtual reality (VR) technology.
Not Your Parents’ Public Transit
For baby boomers and Gen Xers, public transit conjures up images of slow urban buses belching clouds of black smoke or subway trains crammed with rush-hour humanity. These scenarios no longer define the art and science of moving people where they need to go.
Video: Free Web-based Design Tool from SolarEdge
The new web-based tool, with an intuitive graphical interface, helps installers lower PV design costs and increase conversion rates by creating compelling customer proposals.
Uber Patents Tech that can Detect when Passengers are Inebriated
A patent has been filed by ride-hailing service Uber for technology that would use machine learning to determine whether or not a passenger is inebriated.
Data on Ancestry Site is Hacked
As privacy concerns deepen amid the recent capture of an alleged serial killer, using genetic data from a Florida-based ancestry website, news has emerged in recent days that data from other ancestry websites is likely vulnerable to hacking.
Scientists Lobby for Life-Saving Emojis
A team of international scientists are campaigning for the addition of an earthquake emoji to the collection of emojis already available on digital devices the world over, in an effort to hasten the spread of information about earthquakes, thereby potentially saving lives.
Watch: All Renewable Utility, Ideal Amount of Caffeine, Goggle and Project Maven
Watch: All Renewable Utility, Ideal Amount of Caffeine, Google and Project Maven
That App for Offshore Oil and Gas Workers
A software provider and systems integrator partnered with Ludin Norway to create an app that provides real-time critical data to offshore oil and gas workers who suit up with wearable devices. With instant access to operational data, workers gain insight into real-time performance data, maintenance history, part inventory, equipment parameters and supporting documentation.
Japanese Company Develops a 'Drone-Umbrella'
As each day passes, researchers and scientists come up with new and sometimes unexpected ways to simplify life through technology — and the folks at Asahi Power Service in Japan are no different as they prepare to release a drone-powered parasol.
'Psycopath AI' Developed in MIT Media Lab
Part April Fools’ joke, part lesson about the impact of data quality on artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab developed a first-of-its-kind “psychopath AI.”
Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You: Memojis
Those with the most recent iPhone models will soon be able to turn themselves into Animojis.
US Army Working on an Algorithm to Determine Ideal Amount of Caffeine for Peak Performance
The United States Army is hard at work on an algorithm that will best determine the amount of caffeine necessary to keep a person functioning at peak performance based on factors such as individual physiology.
Google Not Expected to Renew AI Project with Pentagon
Tech giant Google will reportedly let a contract with the United States Pentagon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Project expire after thousands of Google employees signed a petition to protest the company’s involvement.
Watch How Machine Learning Picks Up the Pace of Bioengineering
Machine learning has been demonstrated to markedly accelerate the design of microbes that produce biofuel.
Rehab Clinic for Cryptocurrency Trading Addicts Opens In Scotland Hospital
While the data concerning cryptocurrency trading addiction is only beginning to emerge, addiction experts are beginning to realize the need for intervention in certain cases as the number of those trading cryptocurrencies reaches 13 million worldwide.
Millions of Chinese Citizens Listed in Database Banned from Travel
A database containing information about residents in China is responsible for keeping millions of those residents from traveling via trains and planes, according to a new report.
Engineers Develop Filter to Thwart Facial Recognition Attempts on Social Media
With every picture or video you post of yourself on social media, facial recognition algorithms get more and more information about you including who you are, where you are and who you are with. As the information continues to be fed into the system, the facial recognition tech only improves.
One Country's Plan to Take Month-long Break from Facebook
As Facebook deals with the aftermath of its failure to prevent the spread of fake news and involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Papua New Guinea announced that it would be taking a month-long break from the social media platform.
Robot Submarine Locates Shipwreck with $17 Billion in Treasure
A ship that went missing some 300 years ago was discovered recently by an autonomous robot called REMUS 6000.