Malek Murison
Malek Murison is a writer, editor and tech journalist based in London.
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Drones and machine learning form shark safety system
The University of Technology Sydney and drone specialist The Little Ripper Group have developed an aerial shark safety system to protect beach-goers from deadly...
MIT researchers develop drone inventory system, RFly
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a drone-enabled system, RFly, capable of flying around crowded warehouses to monitor inventory.
First introduced back...
Flytrex launches drone delivery trial in Iceland
On-demand drone delivery service Flytrex has been granted permission to carry out missions in Reykjavik, Iceland. The flights will be delivering products from local e-commerce platform AHA.
Iceland's...
Versius robot arm to transform minor operations
The Versius robotic system from Cambridge Medical Robots promises to revolutionize keyhole surgery. It's the world's smallest surgery robot and has been designed to mimic the...
SpaceX launches 12th resupply mission to International Space Station
At 12:31 EDT on August 14th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, CRS-12, is...
UK students develop drone traffic management system
One of the biggest challenges facing commercial drone applications such as delivery is the lack of a traffic management system to monitor their movements....
Choice Hotels selects AT&T as connectivity provider
AT&T has been chosen by the Choice Hotels group to provide Wi-Fi and other connectivity solutions to its thousands of hotels around the world.
Selecting...
US Army grounds DJI drones over ‘cyber vulnerabilities’
The world's leading drone manufacturer, Dà-Jiang Innovations (DJI), has been grounded by the US Army over concerns surrounding 'cyber vulnerabilities'.
A US Army memo first published...
Inmarsat research: skills gap threatens IoT innovation in energy sector
New research from satellite communications provider Inmarsat suggests that a skills gap in fields such as data security, analytical data science and technical support...
Facebook AI project halted after bots invent new language
Facebook has closed down two bots as part of a project teaching AI negotiation skills. The chatbots developed a new shorthand and began to communicate...
Underwater robot assists with Fukushima clean-up
In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami combined to cause a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. As...
Dutch city of Dordrecht uses IoT for smart city planning
IoT gateways have been used as part of a smart city research project in the Dutch municipality of Dordrecht. Sensors were introduced to monitor pedestrians,...