Innovation

Why Super Bowl 50 Will Be The Most Technologically Advanced In History

Richard Dodgson, founder of Timebased Events, discusses the state-of-the-art tech that will ensure Super Bowl 50 is awesome

9 years ago

Drone Ban Ordered For US Super Bowl

FAA creates 32 mile exclusion zone for drones around the stadium hosting the American Super Bowl

9 years ago

Apple, Amazon And Google Data Centres Use Far More Coal Than Everyone Thinks

Web giants are underestimating their data centre coal usage by 30 percent because of “obsolete” data tools

9 years ago

Ireland’s Technology Teachers Strike Over Funding Cuts

Budget cuts blamed in Ireland as lecturers down tools and distrupt tech teaching to students

9 years ago

Why Virtual Reality Could Be The Real 6 Nations Winner

Accenture’s virtual reality app looks to put fans in the thick of the match

9 years ago

Porsche Turns Down Driverless Cars

Consumers would much rather enjoy driving a sports car themselves, Porsche boss says

9 years ago

Dutch Police Unleash Drone-Killing Eagles

Birds of prey trained to take down drones that pose a threat to public safety

9 years ago

Decommissioned GPS Satellite Knocked Out UK Digital Radio Broadcasts

A GPS satellite taken out of service last week by the US Air Force caused a software glitch that affected…

9 years ago

Researchers Invent Automated Software Patching Technique

MIT researchers say their machine-learning technique achieves results 10 times better than previous automated methods

9 years ago

Wearables Sales To Reach Record 275m In 2016

Apple Watch and VR headset sales will continue to push wearable numbers ever higher, according to Gartner estimates

9 years ago

Greenwich Will Host UK’s First Driverless Cars In July

Testing of fully autonomous cars on public roads in Southeast London will commence in July

9 years ago

These Ultrathin Chips Could Lead To Super-Efficient Computers

Ultra thin laptops of the future could become a lot thinner, after MIT breakthrough with chip construction

9 years ago

Tim Cook Gives Virtual Reality The Thumbs Up

Apple CEO drops further hints that the company will be working on “really cool” VR technology

9 years ago

Google Glass Removed From The Web

Time for a refresh? Social media accounts for wearable device removed

9 years ago

Hive Releases Window, Door Sensors And Smart Plug

Hive seeks to boost the energy efficiency and security of the smart home with two new devices

9 years ago

This Rechargable Battery Could Enable Homes To Be Taken Off Power Grid

Eli-Home can help make better use of solar power cells and provide a backup source in the event of outages

9 years ago

‘First $15 Supercomputer’ Attracts $1.7m Kickstarter Investment

The Pine64 A64 offers 64-bit supercomputing power in a tiny package starting at just $15

9 years ago

Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub

Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and…

9 years ago

UK Cities Get £40m Fund For Electric Car Rollout

Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners in Department for Transport’s electric car project

9 years ago

Czech Mate: World’s Greatest Chess Player Slams Musk And Hawking Doomsday Predictions

Garry Kasparov, the first pro chess player to lose to a computer - and guest of honour at the opening…

9 years ago

Apple Hires Virtual Reality Expert

Virginia Tech professor Doug Bowman is also an expert in Augmented Reality and has worked with Microsoft HoloLens in the…

9 years ago

One In Seven Brits Now Own A Wearable

Apple Watch spurs on 118 percent growth in wearable sales during 2015 as sales reached three million in the UK

9 years ago

Lexmark Wants To Make Throwing Away Ink Cartridges Illegal

Printer and cartridge vendor Lexmark pushes EU to implement compulsory recycling schemes

9 years ago

Government Urged To Adopt ‘Block Chain’ Technology

The government's scientific adviser has recommended an active approach to developing distributed ledgers for service delivery

9 years ago

Amazon Web Services Indiana Wind Farm Goes Live

Fowler Ridge adds to AWS' 40 percent renewable energy goal by the end of 2016

9 years ago

World Economic Forum: Automation ‘To Cost 5.1 Million Jobs’

Robotics, artificial intelligence and other developments are to contribute to a net loss of jobs, finds the World Economic Forum

9 years ago

LG Ramps Up Solar Panel Production

Electronics giant is going green with six more solar panel production lines planned

9 years ago

Google Creates Virtual Reality Business

Former Google apps and Cardboard head Clay Bavor to run new specialised VR division

9 years ago

Ford Wants To Use Wearables To Make Driving Safer

Carmaker sets up new research facility to investigate links between wearables and driving

9 years ago

Apple Watch Controls Half The World Wearable Market

Apple Watch is now the most popular wearable with 52 percent of the global market, Juniper figures reveal

9 years ago