Miniature microphone fits onto users’ molars
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IoT and the security challenges that tech companies face
Cisco’s Michele Guel spoke with TechRepublic and CNET Senior Producer Dan Patterson about how companies need to defend for the future, but they need to also make sure to handle all the “old school” ways to interact. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Dan Patterson: What’s happening in the space that you…
Autonomous robot can replace bees as pollinator
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); There is a great deal of concern among apiarists about the rate at which honey bees are disappearing due to colony collapse disorder. Bees are the primary pollinators of a huge variety of crops. This means their disappearance poses serious risks for agriculture and food production. Furthermore, it…
Load-bearing backpack helps railway porters
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); People use backpacks everyday and Springwise has followed various innovations designed to make them smarter. From this connected backpack to a geofence system to keep belongings safe, innovations to help consumers on the go are proving ever more popular. Yet similar ideas can also be applied to help…
Prepaid card offers parents financial support
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Springwise have often featured innovations focused on helping people manage their finances. An app helps create investment portfolios, and this startup uses AI to offer loans to first-time buyers. Now another financial platform is focusing on giving financial support to new parents. Storkcard aims to help parents manage the…
How hospitals can use AI to fight medical device hacking
More about cybersecurity As more hospitals connect medical imaging equipment to the internet, the risk of malicious cyberattacks increases exponentially. To combat these threats and keep patients safe, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a solution that taps artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent attacks. Internet of things (IoT) devices have greatly benefited…
In Your Ear
Communications and marketing and computing in general is moving beyond the keyboard and text faster and faster. PC and laptop sales continue to decline EXCEPT for 2-in-1s (those laptops that fold into tablets) and hybrids (Microsoft Surface tablets, ipads with keyboards). What’s coming in their place? In the home, Amazon’s Echo platform (Alexa!) has audio…
Tech Explained: Depth Sensors
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); The latest iPhone comes equipped with a dual camera and laser sensor. Even if you do not plan on ever owning an iPhone, this laser and camera combo is an important innovation. It will allow the phone to act as a depth sensor. This in turn will open…
Five takeaways to help you ride the sustainability wave
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); The recent publication of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in October is yet another stark warning to us all of the limited time remaining if we are to keep global warming below 1.5C. There is now no doubt that environmental concerns should sit at the top…
New project recovers nutrients from seafood processing
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); During the preparation of seafood, large amounts of water are used and pumped out as waste. For example, around 50,000 litres of water is needed to process each ton of peeled shrimps. The water that is discarded in these processes contains valuable nutrients. These nutrients could be recycled…