The 2019 Subaru Forester on display at the New York International Auto Show Look out, Apple. Subaru’s coming. The Japanese automaker unveiled its new 2019 Subaru Forester at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday. It’s largely similar to previous Foresters, but there’s one major upgrade: It now […] .
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The FDA Has Approved Smart Pills That Track When Patients Take Their Meds
The FDA has approved America’s first digital pill. The tablets, called Abilify MyCite, are an antipsychotic which can be used to treat schizophrenia and some cases of bipolar disorder. But unlike a regular pill, they contain a small ingestible sensor to keep tabs on when they’re taken. When swallowed, […] .
Astronomers Find Nearby Planet With Excellent Chance of Supporting Life
Our knowledge of exoplanets has expanded exponentially over the last 20 years, thanks to sophisticated search techniques and telescopes like Kepler. One of the problems with our data, however, has been that it’s much easier to find large gas giants or huge rocky worlds than it is to find […] .
A New Algorithm Can Spot Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist
Today A New Algorithm Can Spot Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist Add diagnosing dangerous lung diseases to the growing list of things artificial intelligence can do better than humans. A new Arxiv paper by researchers from Stanford explains how CheXNet, the convolutional neural network they developed, achieved the feat. […] .
The cloud is changing IT. But not really…
Thinkstock The cloud has been the swiss army knife of IT departments for over a decade. The cloud is secure, extensible and cost-aligned. Managing the cloud is easy, you just move the slider over for more or uncheck the box to delete it. The cloud changed how IT works […] .
What Climate-Conscious Cities Can Learn From Each Other
Zollverein, a former industrial site in Essen, lit up for an art installation in 2010. This story originally appeared on CityLab and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In many ways, Essen is the envy of cities trying to move past their industrial days. Once the steel and […] .
Meet the Tesla Semitruck, Elon Musk’s Most Electrifying Gamble Yet
Tesla Elon Musk has always dreamed big, and tonight he showed off his biggest reverie yet: the fully electric Tesla Semi. Powered by a massive battery, it’s capable of hauling 80,000 pounds. It’ll even drive itself —on the highway, at least. The big rig, which Musk unveiled at Tesla’s […] .
Fitbit has a new partnership to help wearers manage diabetes with the Ionic smartwatch
Fitbit’s latest partnership will help people with diabetes use the new Ionic smartwatch to monitor glucose levels. Fitbit is looking to expand its health monitoring capabilities beyond just fitness tracking, so the company is teaming up with a major medical device maker to help people manage diabetes directly on […] .
Nissan’s New Vehicle Can Be Driven With A Single Pedal
The updated electric Leaf has longer range and more power, in an attempt to undercut rivals from Tesla and General Motors This article titled “New Nissan Leaf has one-pedal driving mode for both accelerating and braking” was written by Samuel Gibbs, for The Guardian on Wednesday 6th September 2017 […] .
IoT Garbage Can Sorts Your Trash Automatically And Gathers Data
This trash bin is smart enough to separate garbage from recyclables and inform maintenance staff when it’s time to come collect it Collecting and taking out the trash has never been this easy. Bin-e , the world’s first intelligent waste bin, will automatically sort any trash that goes inside […] .
The Next Frontier In Fabric Tech Is Reinventing Fashion With Function
Meet LOOMIA, the team of young creatives bent on getting smart textiles right and introducing fashion to the power of the blockchain With objects all around us getting smarter, and more covetable for it, it makes sense that fashion should follow suit. Enter LOOMIA , the New York startup […] .
A New Kind of Social Robot Welcomes A More Human Touch
Blossom is a social robot that looks a little different from the rest More social robots are being created to act as an interactive assistant that helps at home. Most of these robots look very high tech, usually made up metal or plastic that gives them a smooth, flawless […] .
Why Volvo Is Going All Electric In 2019
All Volvo car models following 2019 will either be electrically powered or a hybrid Swedish car manufacturing company Volvo announced that all of the cars they produce after 2019 will either have an electric engine or operate as a hybrid. Electric vehicles seem to have a bright future as […] .
Exclusive: Upcoming Windows 10 Version May Have Built-in EMET to Boost Security
It seems Microsoft is planning to build its EMET anti-exploit tool into the kernel of Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update (also known as RedStone 3), which is expected to release in September/October 2017. So you may not have to separately download and install EMET in the upcoming version of […] .
Alphabet’s New Air Traffic Control System Steers Drones Away From Peril
Flying a drone is easy enough. Ensuring that thousands of them flying through the same airspace don’t crash into each other, though? That’s a bit harder. Fortunately for the future of drones, Alphabet’s X laboratory has been developing its own solution. The vision of a sky filled with autonomous […] .
How Can We Optimize AI for the Greatest Good, Instead of Profit?
How can we ensure that artificial intelligence provides the greatest benefit to all of humanity? By that, we don’t necessarily mean to ask how we create AIs with a sense of justice. That’s important, of course—but a lot of time is already spent weighing the ethical quandaries of artificial […] .
New film by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Technology vs Humanity – the future is already here!
I am delighted to present this exciting new film on the key topics of my recent Technology vs Humanity book. We shot this in Barcelona, earlier this year, and some of the footage is really special I think. The light and the land/city-scape is just amazing! If I may […] .
If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play These Games
Google made one thing abundantly clear at this week’s big I/O developer conference: It is an AI-first company now. The brass spent hours explaining how artificial intelligence will touch every product— Google Lens ! A new AI chip ! Smart Reply ! Heady stuff for sure. But Google […] .
Technology vs Humanity – The Future is already here
In a recently released video , Futurist Gerd Leonhard delivers his key messages in a powerful and passionate plea for balance between technology and humanity. This five minute video is a must see. Some of his key messages are: Sector after sector, industry after industry, we are waking up […] .
Tesla Tweets: Model 3 in Juli, vrachtwagen in september
Elon Musk tweet er lustig op los en zo krijgen we in losse woorden te horen wat de plannen van zijn autobedrijf Tesla zijn. Zo weten we nu dat de presentatie van de uiteindelijke versie van Tesla’s betaalbare Model 3 in Juli gaat zijn. Dat is alles. Juli. Zoals […] .