An interview with the duo who redesigned the neighborhood grocery as a cashier-free experience: #Amazon Go. #Trend Gianna Puerini and Dilip Kumar are the executives behind Amazon’s express checkout convenience store concept. [read more] Source: Fast Company
The killer application of wireless electricity (#WiTriciy); a wireless charging station for your electric vehicles. This will become the standard way to charge your (electric) vehicle. #Energy #Trend Given that we now charge gadgets wirelessly and electric cars are basically… Read More ›
Dutch Police are teaching machines to do forensic screening; reducing case processing time from weeks to a single day. #AI #Trend https://t.co/7IPHyHn77U Dutch police are using AI to help solve cold case files. Using natural language processing, the system reduces… Read More ›
Strawberry farmers say they are increasingly struggling to find people to do the work, so they need the robots! #Robots #Trend https://t.co/XigM8CIU0F Strawberry producers say labour shortages are driving them to find robotic fruit pickers instead. [read more] Source: BBC… Read More ›
The new #Samsung smartphones will launch with a revised version of their Virtual Assistant. The 2nd version of #Bixby would be more an “Artificial Intelligence platform” which enhances the performance and user experience across the phone. #AI #VPA #Trend The… Read More ›
Jeff Bezos envisions that lunar residence and industry will be a shared privilege, with countries working together in a “lunar village” and combining their strengths rather than testing them against one another. #Aerospace #LunarBase #Trend Jeff Bezos has big plans… Read More ›
A startup called #Nuro is translating data from brainwaves into simple commands that can be processed in an app or device. #NUI #Mankind #Trend Nuro uses a non-invasive approach that doesn’t involve brain surgery — and it could be a… Read More ›
This is a very special time in space history; there is a convergence of technology, capital, and political will for space exploration. #Aerospace #LunarBase #Trend Space travel and commerce are being revolutionized by private industry. It is time for government… Read More ›
#Google knocked #Amazon out of the top spot for the first time by increasing sales of their Google Home #SmartSpeaker by a staggering 483 percent year-over-year to 3.2 million units versus 2.5 million Echo devices for Amazon. #AI #Trend When… Read More ›
The weed-killing robots are here and have the potential to disrupt the entire pesticide industry; smart machines that could reduce the use of herbicide by 20 percent. #Nature #Robotics #Trend It detects and destroys weeds with 95 percent accuracy. [read… Read More ›
By 2020, the entire lineup of #Samsung products will connect to the Internet and feature built-in Artificial Intelligence (Voice controls). #AI #Bixby #Voice #Trend The Korean conglomerate wants voice-powered Bixby brand appeal for its entire product lineup. [read more] Source:… Read More ›
#Microsoft is convinced that #VR headsets will become mainstream, and takes a next stab at making 3D creation go big with the introduction of “Sharepoint Spaces”. #Sharepoint #SharepointSpaces #Trend Microsoft is sticking with its pragmatic approach to VR with SharePoint… Read More ›
The #SmartSpeaker sales in the first quarter: #Amazon shipped 4 million Echo devices, #Google sold 2.4 million Home devices, #Alibaba managed to ship 0,7 million units and #Apple only sold 0,6 million #HomePod devices. #Trend Apple may have shipped just… Read More ›
We are getting closer to cracking the code of revolutionising energy production using Nuclear #Fusion; with virtually endless power available from common elements like hydrogen and helium and no dangerous waste products produced as a result. #Energy #Trend New experiments… Read More ›
Will our future cars be electric or hydrogen-powered machines? #Automotive #Mobility #Trend Riversimple has developed a hydrogen-powered car that it hopes will be a viable alternative to electric vehicles. [read more] Source: CNBC
Today, wheels are everywhere: cars, shopping carts, luggage, etc. Tomorrow, there will be legs everywhere. #Robot #Trend In the future, leg day won’t just be for workouts at the gym. [read more] Source: CNET
Boston Dynamics will make its SpotMini robot commercially available starting in 2019. The electric robotic pup will be able to operate for 90 minutes on a single charge and will move smoothly thanks to its 17 joints. #Robot #BostonDynamics #Trend… Read More ›
If you want to gain more of an entrepreneurial spirit in your organisation, then cultivate these traits: Vision, Self-possession, Drive and Flexibility. #Transformation #Trend Successful entrepreneurs can have different backgrounds or strategies, but many share these four traits. [read more]… Read More ›
The technology is here to amplify our human strength: exoskeletons (merging man and machine). #Mankind #Exoskeleton #Trend Lift heavy packages or ease your life on the assembly line, but don’t fantasize about becoming Iron Man yet. [read more] Source: CNET
The plans of #SpaceX are on target to launch the same rocket twice within a 24-hour period sometime in 2019. #Space #Trend This afternoon, SpaceX landed the most powerful version yet of its Falcon 9 rocket, after launching the vehicle… Read More ›
“Hello, I am robot”. #Google #Duplex will make itself “appropriately identified”, for the benefit of all parties involved. #AI #Voice #Trend Following widespread outcry over the ethical questions raised by Google’s new Duplex system, which lets AI mimic a human… Read More ›
At #Google I/O, the move from Mobil-First to AI-First can be summarised with a single quote: “use Mobile less, but AI more”. #Trend Google is trying to combat screen addiction, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get addicted to its… Read More ›
The Augmented Hearing features of the #Google #Pixel #Buds now allow you to switch spoken notifications on or off for each app. #AugmentedHearing #Trend A beta preview back in March hinted at a few features coming to Google’s Pixel Buds,… Read More ›
All the new Google Assistant, Duplex, Android and the Google Apps features… announced at #Google I/O. #Trend From Gmail that writes itself to an Assistant that may pass the Turing test, Google I/O brought us a ton of enhancements to… Read More ›
#Google is developing an impressive feature that lets your phone impersonate people; intended to make people’s lives easier by handling standard phone calls that are necessary, but not especially personal. #AI #VPA #Trend Google could soon have a feature that… Read More ›
Connected Insurance (#IoT) will enable the #Insurance sector to assess, manage and transfer risks much better… making the sector more relevant then ever, and – as a bonus – increase the frequency of interaction with the customer. #Trend The insurance sector… Read More ›
The software of the self-driving #Uber that killed a pedestrian in Arizona… was adjusted to be less reactive (slower to react) to objects in its path that may be “false positives” (such as a plastic bags). #AutonomousVehicle #Trend As part… Read More ›
#Android Things is… an #IoT optimised OS tuned to run well on low-powered devices, a selection of #Google-approved hardware kits, and a streamlined system for pushing new software and security updates to IoT devices. #Trend Android Things was first shown… Read More ›
The #Oculus Go, a lower-cost way to experiment with Virtual Reality compared to the company’s Rift headset, is available to order from the official website today. #VR #OculusGo #OculusRift #Trend The FaceBook-owned Oculus has started shipping the Go, a low-cost… Read More ›