Internet of Things
Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have built ReAAP, a reconfigurable processor that pairs a smart software compiler with adaptable hardware to run deep neural networks up to 5.7x faster than a leading GPU and 3.3x faster than an ARM CPU.
Researchers in Texas have created a graphene leaf tattoo that reads a plant’s moisture in real time and can act as an artificial synapse, raising the prospect of forests and fields that monitor fire and drought themselves.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI has its own official language now and it’s been using it to great effect – and great amusement. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are situations where being able to extend WiFi is useful and important, such as IOT and Smart City applications,…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are occasions where tracking someone’s motions is useful, such as in rehab, sports, or the elderly so you can…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Decades ago humans would try to visualise the outcomes of things in our heads, but what now we can run…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly we’ll be able to spray all sorts of things onto surfaces, from sensors and compute, so solar panels which…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 6G will be able let people download content almost 10x faster than on 5G, but the WiFi vendors want it…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Industry 4.0 was about AI, automation, IOT, and was tech-centric, Industry 5.0 is human-centric and promotes more ethical and responsible…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI is getting to the point where it’s consuming more energy than small countries, and so researchers are trying to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies have been trying to tie up online and offline purchase behaviours and data for years, and this seems like…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating crypto-mining routers that lets T-Mobile offload their cellular data to a mesh network based backhaul operator T-Mobile’s customers…
