Tag: education
Singapore offers free A.I. training to 12,000 citizens and executives
NEWSBYTE The democratisation of artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing apace in Singapore, thanks to a new government initiative.
From 30 August, secondary students and working...
Vulnerable people easily manipulated by humanoid robots, find new studies
Malek Murison and Chris Middleton report on a brace of new humanoid robotics studies that reveal just how easily human beings can be influenced...
Skills: AI, automation changing the core nature of work, warns McKinsey
The average worker of the future is a socially adept leader, entrepreneur, and life-long learner with transferrable technology skills, who is also happy to...
Q&A | Werner Reuss, Orange Business Services, on how IoT will...
We hear a lot about how the Internet of Things (IoT) will transform the way we work. AI and robots reducing the need for...
City of Robots: How robotics & automation could solve cities’ most...
The future of the world will be urban, with the majority of people living in cities. In Asia and Africa, a burgeoning youth population...
SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Skills: Pupils unprepared for AI and robotics, warns Sage
The UK’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics could be derailed because youngsters don’t have the right skills or...
Cisco and SAS team up on Sydney-based IoT research centre
Analytics firm SAS and networking technology giant Cisco have joined forces to launch an Internet of Things research lab in Sydney, Australia.
The University...
PwC deploys VR experience to help firms plan disruption
Professional services firm PwC has unveiled a virtual reality (VR) experience that it claims can help organisations map out disruption plans.
With the system, companies...
Robot teachers take classes at Finland primary school
A primary school in Tampere, Finland has had an altogether different supply teacher experience this week. The school has been the venue for a robot...
AR-enabled industrial wearables: the next growth market?
The latest investments in augmented reality (AR) platform company Upskill reveal that the concept of using AR to train and assist factory workers is...
Dutch school solves scheduling problems with Winvision IoT
To solve its classroom scheduling problems, Netherlands-based Drenthe College turned to IoT powered by Winvision, a Microsoft CityNext partner.
According to the school, staff were...