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12/13/2017 / By Russel Davis

Smart floors: A new way to track you is coming soon

Event coordinators will soon have a better way of gauging the success of their programs, thanks to a revolutionary smart floor developed by Swiss startup Technis. The innovative technology, which is based on research conducted at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, is designed to monitor the people’s direction and keep track of their walking trajectories. […]

12/06/2017 / By Russel Davis

The race for next-gen microchips is on: The AI revolution can’t happen without them

The inevitable artificial intelligence (AI) revolution currently faces big hurdles as today’s microchip capacity has apparently reached its limits. Experts say that while the use of transistors and microchips have allowed people to calculate even the largest of numbers, the way that the brain operates using visual cues and processing these data is way more complex than calculations […]

11/19/2017 / By Russel Davis

Engineers are developing robot farmers that may make widespread pesticide spraying obsolete

Farmers may soon find their work a bit more relaxed as a team of researchers at the Harper Adams University in the U.K. is in the process of developing miniature robots that would help them harvest crops and apply pesticides. According to the researchers, the miniature robots show potential in cutting excessive pesticide use, curbing food waste, and […]

11/12/2017 / By Russel Davis

Navy commissions “robosub” that can hide in enemy waters for months at a time

The U.S. Navy ushers in a new tactic to stay ahead of the global maritime scene by awarding multi-million contracts to Lockheed Martin and Boeing to develop the U.S. Navy’s extra large unmanned undersea vehicle (XLUUV) called Orca. Lockheed Martin was awarded $43.2 million, while Boeing received as much as $42.3 million for the design phase of the Orca […]

08/31/2017 / By Russel Davis

SEC crackdown on Bitcoin accelerates with de-listing of publicly-traded Bitcoin capital firm, accused of hyping the bubble

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a temporary freeze order on trading for the American Security Resources Corp. (ARSC), a publicly-listed bitcoin exchange company. This marks the third suspension in the month of August alone. SEC officials announced the suspension on August 24, Thursday. According to reports, the suspension will be effective until 11:59 am ET, September 8, 2017. […]

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