Rather shocking security issue, reported here:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44628399 Long story short, users are seeing video captured from cameras they don't own.Quite pathetic how come the system would allow such a situation to occur so ...
I found out this week that Saturday 23rd June is International Women in Engineering Day. I only see one side of engineering (working in Marketing) which is quite a blinkered view, so I thought I would catch up with our resident female engineer a...
Engineers face a challenge when presenting the product concept they are building to stakeholders (managers, clients, investors, or board members) who need to understand and approve how it works. Explaining functional aspects of the conceptualized des...
Stringent high-performance requirements for reliable products are rising design complexity both in hardware and software; because of this, embedded systems are becoming a key differentiating factor for (technological and commercial) success. This dem...
The company's open source project development will be beneficial to both Microsoft and Github (image via Github) Microsoft is buying GitHub for a price valued at $7.5 billion, as announced on Monday. The software-coding sharing platform was ...
Anne Taylor, part of the Microsoft Accessibility team, is looking to use AI to benefit disabled people. (Image credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is going on an AI kick as of late and one of their most significant announcements at this year’s Build (...
The Adaptive Controller features a pair of large programmable buttons and a host of ports to connect virtually any Joystick, buttons, switches or other controllers to help those with disabilities play games. (Image credit: Xbox) This is a great...
Microsoft is using its developers conference to announce a new compensation plan that the company hopes will attract more developers to its platform. Joe Belfiore at the Microsoft Developer Conference (Image via Microsoft Build 2018) Earlier in ...
HTC's new Exodus phone, the blockchain phone. (Image via HTC) HTC has just announced the creation of a new smartphone called "Exodus" - which comes just before the release of their new phone on May 23rd. The device is meant to be f...
Artificial Intelligence is playing a bigger role in the medical care industry. It has expanded on its role by detecting more severe and life-threatening conditions that the usual diagnostic tools can't. AliveCor, a company known for branding Kard...
A brand new proposal has just sought approval in California that requires solar panels to be built on newly constructed homes. The aim of this is to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions even though it will have the extra cost tied to it when co...
Old radios, almost a shame to recycle them! (Image via free use) Recycling is a movement that took off in the 1970s, but people have been recycling for thousands of years. Initially, early Americans recycled because goods were rare, and products...
The automotive industry is in the middle of a massive transformation due to evolving business models and mobility preferences, but also because of technological developments. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Over the Air (OTA) algorithms, Machine Lea...
The introduction of Google's do-it-yourself kit has a gentle introduction to learning about artificial intelligence and Google has already come out with two separate projects to support this idea. The first one, known as the AIY Voice Kit is a vo...
Magic Leap Inc is slowly introducing its new products to the world step by step. Some developers will get to test the products while others only get to develop an app for the platform. The Magic Leap One glasses (Image via Magic Leap) Secrecy, a...
The Automotive industry is evolving on how vehicles are being conceptualized, designed, built, used, and sold. Because of this, most automotive OEMs are challenging their engineers to use advanced technologies (such as robust embedded computation, in...
A competition is giving the opportunity to five companies to launch a new industry: transportation to the moon. But there is a risk of their ideas never materializing. (Image via XPRIZE) Since 2007, Google has been sponsoring the Lunar XPRIZE co...
Airbus designed CIMON as a mobile, intelligent, interactive astronaut assistant. (Image credit: NASA via Wikipedia) German astronaut Alexander Gerst is set to head to the International Space Station for a six-month mission beginning in June, ta...
Coca-Cola partnered up with the U.S government to shed more lights on the company’s workforce practices. They decided blockchains were the best tool to accomplish that. (Image via Pixabay) Blockchains: many probably still don’t know what it mean...
Researchers at Microsoft have created an artificial intelligence that can translate from English to Chinese and vice versa, as accurately as a person can. Microsoft Logo on a building. (Image via Microsoft) When learning English for the first ti...
No, this is not a joke. Virtual nation Asgardia is journeying to space and is taking over 300,000 citizens for the ride. The entire nation of Asgardia is housed on this satellite. (Photo from Asgardia) First there was the robot citizen in Saudi ...
Goodwin's model circle as described in section 2 of the bill. It has a diameter of 10 and a stated circumference of "32" (not 31.4159~); the chord of 90° has length stated as "7" (not 7.0710~). (via Wiki) Edward J. Goodwi...
Professor Stephen Hawking (Image via REX/Shutterstock) “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persis...
(Image credit: Greg Goebel via Wikipedia) In the US, there is new investment into the declining coal industry as America’s leading power producer, which is now dominated by natural gas, accounting for 34% of the country’s electricity. To put tha...
Hon Hai Precision Industry, the cornerstone company for Foxconn Technology Group, will turn to the stock market to fund its desire to make the company a leader in manufacturing worldwide. But first Foxconn needs to heal its wounds. (Logos via Hon Hai...
