Apple has told US regulators that it is still interested in developing self-driving car technology. Steven Kenner, the computer giant’s director of product integrity, has written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to confirm that it remains interested in autonomous vehicles. The letter re-affirming its belief in the viability ... Read More »
Greg Otto at fedscoop wrote this interesting piece about IBM’s Watson-as-a-Service. Otto writes: IBM announced last week it has moved its cognitive computing system into the cloud to form the Watson Discovery Advisor, allowing researchers, academics and anyone else trying to leverage big data the ability to test programs and hypotheses ... Read More »
Railroads have made slight progress in installing a potentially life-saving train technology, with freight rails making more headway than passenger rails in recent months. But both rail systems still have a long way to go in implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), according to a new report from the Federal Railroad ... Read More »
The nation’s three busiest commuter railroads—which together serve nearly 1 million riders in the New York City area each day—continue to lag behind their smaller West Coast counterparts in installing sophisticated train-control technology that’s seen as an antidote to crashes involving speeding and other human factors, federal regulators said Monday. ... Read More »
Adults over 80 who use information and communication technology are more likely to report mental and physical well-being, according to Stanford research. Researchers at the Stanford Center on Longevity find that adults over 80 benefit from using technology to connect with friends and family. (Image credit: DragonImages / Getty Images) ... Read More »
Japan plans to build the world’s fastest-known supercomputer in a bid to arm the country’s manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend 19.5 billion yen ($173 million) on the ... Read More »
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is harnessing sophisticated technology to catch nighttime poachers in Eastern Africa. Since the deployment of thermal imaging cameras and human detection software nine months ago, more than two dozen poachers have been arrested in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, the wildlife conservation organization announced this week. The ... Read More »
Japan plans to build the world’s fastest-known supercomputer in a bid to arm the country’s manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend 19.5 billion yen ($173 million) on the ... Read More »
Marvin Minsky, the cognitive scientist and co-founder of the MIT artificial intelligence laboratory, used to say, “You don’t really understand something if you only understand it one way.” This is especially important to remember if you’re trying to understand potential of information technology, one of the most powerful amplifiers for human ... Read More »
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — The future of transportation across the region is arriving at a pace quicker than many might think. And the infrastructure must be ready when that future gets here. “Fifty percent of all vehicles will be fully automated in the not-too-distant future,” Illinois Director of Transportation Randall ... Read More »
The chief technology officer at Callaghan Innovation returned home four months ago after 20 years of working in the United States, and is now touring the country advising Kiwis how to integrate newer technologies with their businesses. “I noticed when I came back that our distance and isolation doesn’t have to hurt us,” he said. ... Read More »
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland — Dante Spinotti, who served as a jurist on this year’s Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition at the Camerimage film festival, is a firm believer that changing technology benefits filmmaking at all levels. The Italian-born DP, who has credits that go back to the 1970s, says that the advent of ... Read More »
