Technology
Here’s What Happened When AI And Humans Met In A Strawberry-Growing Contest
This article is part of the The Davos Agenda In Pinduoduo’s Smart Agriculture Competition, four technology teams competed with traditional farmers over four months to grow strawberries. Data analysis, intelligent sensors and greenhouse automation helped the scientists win. Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as AI are forecast to deliver huge productivity gains – but need the …
Unlock Your Career In Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
The significance of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) has increased by much in technology in recent years. It has gone to a point where they are helping businesses gain an advantage over their competitors. With the ever-increasing volumes of data generated each day, it becomes essential to process it in real-time. This is where AIML comes into the picture …
Artificial Intelligence Puts Focus On The Life Of Insects
Scientists are combining artificial intelligence and advanced computer technology with biological know how to identify insects with supernatural speed. This opens up new possibilities for describing unknown species and for tracking the life of insects across space and time Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth and only a small fraction of …
Robot Displays A Glimmer Of Empathy To A Partner Robot
Like a longtime couple who can predict each other’s every move, a Columbia Engineering robot has learned to predict its partner robot’s future actions and goals based on just a few initial video frames. When two primates are cooped up together for a long time, we quickly learn to predict the near-term actions of our …
Why Technology Isn’t Always The Most Accessible Solution For The Disabled
Inaccessibility is a huge issue for the disabled and, for many, technology has been the answer to making the world more accessible. Social media users are used to seeing viral videos of what appears to be groundbreaking technology designed for ultimate accessibility. A wheelchair that can climb stairs, a lift mechanism that allows the disabled …
Robot Take The Wheel: Are We Ready To Embrace The Technology And Service?
The age of the driverless taxi has arrived – at least in parts of Phoenix, Arizona. Self-driving car company Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced its autonomous vehicles are now available to the general public (or at least paying customers). The service is only available in a limited area for now, both because …
Uber Wants To Go All-Electric By 2030. It Won’t Be Easy
The coronavirus pandemic has been an all-around nightmare, but there are a few silver linings. One of these is a renewed focus on the environment. Emissions plummeted worldwide when countries went into lockdown in the spring, and cities have since been implementing new measures to keep pollution down and get people to be more active …
Microsoft Had A Crazy Idea To Put Servers Under Water—And It Totally Worked
A little over two years ago, a shipping container-sized cylinder bearing Microsoft’s name and logo was lowered onto the ocean floor off the northern coast of Scotland. Inside were 864 servers, and their submersion was part of the second phase of the software giant’s Project Natick. Launched in 2015, the project’s purpose is to determine …
6G Will Be 100 Times Faster Than 5G—And Now There’s a Chip For It
Though 5G—a next-generation speed upgrade to wireless networks—is scarcely up and running (and still nonexistent in many places) researchers are already working on what comes next. It lacks an official name, but they’re calling it 6G for the sake of simplicity (and hey, it’s tradition). 6G promises to be up to 100 times faster than …
Google Cloud Next 2019 | SCRUM-Japan Genesis; Virtual Sequencing Utilizing Nationwide Cancer Genome Database
Google Cloud Next 2019 | Healthcare Sessions Google Cloud Next 2019 | SCRUM-Japan Genesis; Virtual Sequencing Utilizing Nationwide Cancer Genome Database Next generation cutting-edge platform on GCP shifting from another Cloud, which will be a monumental win to prove GCP’s values and credibility with huge ripple effect. They are trying to achieve. ・Build a new …