Science

Belfast To Host AI Camp Aimed At Teaching Students Machine Learning Digital Skills

The two-week course will take place at the Computer Science Centre at Queen's University Belfast

8 years ago

Taunton And Somerset NHS Trust Turns To Google DeepMind For Mobile App

Google-owned DeepMind signs up yet another NHS Trust as a partner

8 years ago

DHS Wants To Use Neural Networks To Boost Airport Security

Neural networks have many practical applications and body scanning could be one of them

8 years ago

Nokia Goes Big On Digital Health With Connected Portfolio

New products include a Wi-Fi connected BMI scale and a blood pressure monitor

8 years ago

Tech Firms Handed $258m To Develop Exascale Supercomputer

Large chunk of money handed to tech firms from US government to develop 1,000 petaflop supercomputer

8 years ago

Microsoft AI Beats Ms Pac-Man Top Score

The AI training techniques could be used to train better AIs for other tasks

8 years ago

Ford Will Open Smart Mobility Innovation Centre In London’s Here East

The car maker could use Here East's private roads for testing autonomous driving systems

8 years ago

BT: AI Divides Opinion On Whether Robots Will Steal Human Jobs

Some organisations predict the smart technology will create jobs while others speculate big job losses in their own ranks

8 years ago

Softbank Buys Boston Dynamics From Google

Moonshot project shot down. Alphabet finally offloads unwanted robotics division Boston Dynamics

8 years ago

BlackBerry Toughens QNX Against Car Hackers

Hacker proof cars? BlackBerry QNX Hypervisor launch allows for partition and isolation of safety-critical systems

8 years ago

IBM Reveals World’s First 5nm Chip With 30bn Transistors

Big Blue has moved away from FinFET to produce the tiny chip architecture

8 years ago

Toyota Adopts Open Source Software For In-Car Systems

Spread of open-source software continues into vehicles with Toyota opting for Linux-based platform

8 years ago

Nvidia Isaac Is A Virtual Simulator For Training AI And Robots Speedily And Safely

Isaac aims to make robot testing a more scalable process than real-world trials

8 years ago

Ulster University Launches £2m Hub Designed To Accelerate Health Tech Innovation

The innovation hub expands upon Ulster University's commitment to healthcare tech development

8 years ago

AI Discovers Drug That Could Slow Down Motor Neuron Disease

BenevolentAI's technology demonstrated the benefit if AI in healthcare

8 years ago

Nvidia Metropolis Platform Brings AI Smarts To Smart City Video Feeds

The graphics giant is mixing its latest tech together to bolster analytics in smart cities

8 years ago

Amazon CEO Bezos $1bn Stock Sell-Off To Fund Space Firm

Jeff Bezos this week has sold $941m in Amazon stock as he continues to plough funds into space venture

8 years ago

Welsh Universities Receive Supercomputing Investment

Supercomputing investment of £15m to drive 'world-class scientific research', as well as create jobs and industry partnerships

8 years ago

Machine Learning Will Require A Shake-Up Of Higher Education And Tech Skills

The Royal Society launched a report exploring the impact of machine learning on business and society

8 years ago

Elon Musk Wants To Create A Brain Computer Interface In the Next Four Years

The tech entrepreneur aims to achieve this sci-fi goal with his new company Neuralink

8 years ago

Facebook To Connect Human Brain To Computers

Because that's not concerning. Brain interface to allow humans to communicate with computers

8 years ago

Canada Ploughs £120m Into AI Research Institute

Canadian government joins business community for significant investment into research for artificial intelligence

8 years ago

HPE Will Create Intel-Powered Supercomputer To Drive BASF’s Industrial Chemical Research

The supercomputer will aim to reduce research simulations and modeling down from months to days

8 years ago

Google’s Deepmind NHS Data Deal Lambasted By Paper

NHS patient data sharing with Google Deepmind slated in paper, but Google and Royal Free Trust fire back at 'significant…

8 years ago

IBM Watson Powers Virtual Assistant For Arthritis Research UK

The system is currently being tested by 300 people with arthritis to provide immediate and informative answers

8 years ago

Goodyear Puts AI Into Concept Tyres Accelerating Automotive IoT

The Eagle 360 Urban is covered in sensors that allow it to dynamically adjust to road conditions

8 years ago

Boston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ Robot

The two-wheeled robot showed off some of its impressive athletic capabilities

8 years ago

Microsoft and Cambridge University Design AI That Can Create Its Own Programs

The smart software aims to aid not replace human programmers

8 years ago

Connected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky Lab

Hackers could unlock your car or start its ignition via car app flaws discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers

8 years ago

Ford Invests $1bn In Argo AI To Accelerate Self-Driving Car Development

The two firms will combine artificial intelligence and engineering expertise to being an autonomous car to the road in 2021

8 years ago