Tag: research
Industry, government, academia to create global smart city roadmap
New plan to plot a roadmap for urban transformation.
A research programme has been launched to provide city leaders around the world with a roadmap...
New VR & AR research lab extends Bristol’s tech ambitions
A new facility dedicated to the research and development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) has officially opened in Bristol.
The Bristol VR...
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...
Google’s DeepMind AI is learning to navigate cities without a map
The machine learning capabilities of Google’s DeepMind AI are now being applied to help robots and AIs navigate using visual cues, rather than maps...
One-third of firms can handle 100,000 IoT devices: report
Nearly one-third of organisations (31 percent) believe that they can handle up to 100,000 connected devices, according to a new study.
The report, published by...
MIT’s CSAIL lab studies aquatic life with robot fish
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a solution to a problem faced by marine biologists around the world.
Getting a...
Iron Man cometh? Harvard and Wyss develop AI-powered exosuit
Researchers from the Wyss Institute and Harvard University have developed an algorithm than allows wearable robots to adapt to an individual’s movements in as...
IoT creates M&A hotspots as firms forced to transform – report
Internet of Things (IoT) or Industry 4.0 technologies are driving a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector, says a report...
Battery breakthrough puts superfast-charging electric vehicles on road
Research into battery technology by Surrey and Bristol universities, in partnership with Superdielectrics, could lead to electric vehicles that match the range of fossil...
LPWAN vendor Actility to open IoT research labs in Paris, worldwide
IoT and M2M company Actility is to open an IoT research lab in Paris, where it will assist developers in testing and launching connected...
Self-healing electronic skin brings cyborgs closer to reality
NEWSBYTE: Electronic skin that mimics the functionality and mechanical properties of human skin has been developed at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Embedded sensors in...
Forget door-opening bots, give us robot cockroaches, say boffins
NEWSBYTE: A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and Pennsylvania State University, have suggested that robot designers should take...