Lift-off for flying taxis not such a flight of fancy
Flying taxis may not be the stuff of pipe dreams but rather part of our new reality pretty soon. What is being developed in this space and what are the implications? Read More: Where is my flying car‽...
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Tech ‘should bring collective intelligence to issues that are common to us all’
From dictionaries and religious texts to Wikipedia, YouTube, IMDB and Quora, our collective intelligence allows us to share knowledge at an unprecedented rate. While we are making full use of...
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What happens when British intelligence partners with a global innovation hub
GCHQ Accelerator Program Manager Sarah Martin reveals how and why the British intelligence agency partnered with global innovation hub Wayra to accelerate startups in Manchester. What does a British...
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AR will allow ‘liberation from problems afflicting modern democracies’
Augmented reality (AR) has already become a hit in social media. Those of you who don virtual hats and moustaches on your selfies or chase Pokémon around your house already know this. Apart from social...
View ArticleAugmented retail a new reality for the buying public
Earlier this week, Jack Daniels announced that it was rolling out an augmented reality (AR) app to take consumers on a ‘virtual journey’. AR is providing an opportunity to inform customers in a more...
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‘We want diverse backgrounds in AI, so everyone brings their different...
Spain’s TheAcademy.ai sees young startup founders, doctors, bankers, and people with diverse backgrounds wanting to learn the role of AI in their own professions, and this diversity brings different...
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An overview of Qazaqstan’s emerging startup scene
The startup scene in the country of Qazaqstan, formerly known as Kazakhstan, is in transition. With an abundance of oil, wealth, and a government that has so firmly placed its support behind improving...
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Fusion, not fission, a way back for nuclear power?
A US Department of Energy study is published, indicating a major breakthrough in the process of creating power through nuclear fusion. Read More: Embracing the power of Earth with green geothermal...
View ArticleWomen entrepreneurs in STEM still find themselves cash strapped
While women continue to surge ahead in the field of business, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) still remains a male-dominated sector. Female US Army veterans have been found to...
View ArticleShould govt be transparent about its facial recognition use?
Government transparency in deploying facial recognition software could gain more acceptance among citizens than trying to use it behind their back and later claiming it was for the greater good. As the...
View ArticleWhen private companies gain access to ‘classified space’
Powerful private players like Microsoft and Amazon have been working on building sensitive intelligence related tools for the government’s intelligence services. Most regulatory bodies in Western...
View ArticleUS military prepping robots for underground combat, emergencies
Use of underground tunnels and catacombs has often been used by terror outfits to render military technology above ground almost useless. Now, with the US military honing its underground warfare...
View Article‘Privacy is a myth’: AI for surveillance startup Wobot CPO
Wobot Intelligence Chief Product Officer (CPO) Tanay Dixit talks with The Sociable about privacy in the age of mass surveillance from the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland. Read More: Over 80 startups...
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The broadening appeal of synthetic speech use cases
Neuroscientists at University College San Francisco (UCSF) have created a brain-computer interface that can generate speech through brain activity. It is one of the latest developments in the...
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DARPA tests its chemical threat sensors at the Indy 500
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announces the results of its chemical threat sensors it deployed at the Indy 500. Over the past five years, DARPA has been in the process of...
View ArticleUnattended bots to take on govt jobs without ‘standard work hours’
Internal bots are a great success for organizations looking to speed up the organizational tasks, and soon unattended bots are expected to take on government jobs. The US government’s Defense Logistics...
View ArticleYour personal data is yours to sell
If personal data is big business, shouldn’t we be the ones getting paid for it? We look at the options that can facilitate that. We have come to realize in recent years that the largest tech companies...
View ArticleDARPA is turning soldiers’ skin into a mosquito repellent
Screw malaria pills, says DARPA; let’s engineer your skin microbiome to keep those pesky mosquitoes and their rampant diseases at bay! “DARPA wants to apply the tools of biological engineering to...
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Govt Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge offers $250K to predict the future
How many missile test events will North Korea conduct in August 2019? Will there be a locally-transmitted case of the Zika virus in Brazil in July 2019? These are just a couple of the hundreds of...
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Medical delivery drones are creating cross-industry job opportunities
Last month marked the first time an organ was delivered to a patient via a drone, which utilized the combined knowledge of experts across various industries. The success of drones transporting medical...
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