For development of IoT, it is vital that computers get smaller and affordable. After all, the goal is to put them in as many items as possible. Intel now marks a significant progress in this endeavor, with its new Quark Micro-controller Developer Kit D2000…
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7.8 tons of autonomous grain collecting action
Matt Reimer makes his money farming fields in Southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The main commodity in this part of the World is grain. Besides the person driving the combine harvester, there is a position which requires even more relentlessness. There is always a person who drives a tractor next to the harvester, collecting the…
Read morePaperlike ceramic electrode viable at last, suitable for extreme conditions
A rechargeable electrode that is paper-thin, 10% lighter than what we are used to, and can function properly in disagreeable conditions? All but reality at this point. Team of researchers, led by Gurpreet Singh from Kansas State University, has developed an electrode with a unique…
Read moreSelf-assembling bio-inspired nanotubes discovered
We still have ways to go when it comes to reliable nanotechnology. It is already being used in modern computer parts and variety of consumer electronics, as well as water-resistant fabrics. However, consistent production of more sophisticated nanostructures is still proving extremely difficult…
Read moreAnother iPhone targeted by the FBI
Just two days after the FBI has confirmed that it got into the iPhone which belonged to the San Bernardino shooter, it offers the same service in a murder case in Arkansas. Cody Hiland, the attorney in the Arkansas case, requested help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Read moreAccessible infrared tech from MIT defies limitations
Infrared (IR) sensing – technology at the forefront of motion and heat detection has seen great success in the commercial market. A wide range of applications for home-entertainment, healthcare equipment, temperature sensing for air conditioning, all the way to autonomous personal vehicles…
Read moreICT innovations are coming from labs to the market at an incredible pace
We talked with Prof. Munoz de Cote, researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics in Mexico, and the[…]
Read moreOn convergence of technology and citizen science
Takuro Yonezawa is a Research Assistant Professor at Keio University, Japan, and an expert in the fields of ubiquitous computing,[…]
Read moreSmart Cities will need smarter networks
We got the chance to interview Dr. Juan-Manuel Ahuactzin, the Innovation Program Manager at T-Systems, Mexico. He began his studies[…]
Read moreInteroperability paving the way to more accessible IoT
We have talked with Dr. Nathalie Mitton (Inria Research Centre) and Prof. Thomas Noel (University of Strasbourg), General Chair and Co-Chair of[…]
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