Science

Nokia Tests Drones For Telco Network Inspections

Nokia teamed with Middle East telco Du to run a PoC showing how drones can be used for everything from…

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Microsoft Offers $500k Bonus To HoloLens App Developers

Five grants and HoloLens headsets are on offer to successful applicants

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Linux Founder: Fears AI Could End Human Race Are ‘Bad Sci-Fi’

Linux founder Linus Torvalds dismisses the fears of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and others, claiming there is nothing to be…

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Factory Robot Crushes Man To Death

Rise of the Machines? Robot crushes a man to death but officials blame “human error”

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Microsoft Loses Two HoloLens Headsets After SpaceX Rocket Failure

"Space is hard..." says Satya Nadella as SpaceX's CRS-7 unmanned resupply mission breaks apart just after launch

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Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Predicts AI Will ‘Treat Humans As Pets’

Steve Wozniak changes his mind about artificial intelligence and predicts benevolent machines

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Microsoft’s HoloLens Will Be Used By NASA In Space

WATCH: International Space Station reveals video showing astronauts training with HoloLens in parabolic flight

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MIT Develops Solar-Powered Sensor To Keep IoT Data Flowing

Researchers invent solar-powered sensors to harness Internet of Things potential

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Will Robots Replace Border Guards At Airports?

Aeroplane passengers in the future could be greeted by robot border guards instead of immigration officers

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SoftBank’s Emotional Robot Pepper Goes On Sale

An 'emotional' robot that promises to be genuinely interactive will go on sale in America this weekend

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BBC Toys With Mind Control Headset For iPlayer

Beam me up Scotty! Headset that reads brainwaves being developed to control BBC iPlayer platform

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Airbus To Build Fleet Of 900 Internet Satellites

OneWeb selects Airbus Defence and Space as manufacturing partner for 2018 satellite constellation launch

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Boffin Reveals Folding Battery Powered By Bacteria

Breakthrough design could mean smaller, more powerful batteries than ever before

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Jaguar Land Rover’s Smart Cars Can Now Spot Potholes

Road monitoring technology helps spot obstacles in the road and hopefully minimise damage to your vehicle

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Google Sidewalk Labs Targets Smart City Life

New startup Sidewalk Labs looks to develop unique technology to benefit the urban dweller

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Baidu Teams Up With BMW For Self-Driving Cars

Chinese search giant may even beat Google in getting its vehicles out on the roads later this year

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Artificial Intelligence Could Assimilate CIOs, Says Gartner

Total singularity may still be science fiction, but it's still worth CIOs 'raising awareness' of the issue to ensure appropriate…

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Google Futurologist: Humans Will Have ‘Cloud Gateways’ In Brains By 2030

Nanobots in brains will be able to connect us to the Internet within 15 years, claims Google’s Ray Kurzweil

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IBM CTO Says Artificial Intelligence Won’t Overtake Humans “For Centuries”

Contrary to Stephen Hawking’s claims, IBM Watson Fellow says artificial intelligence fear comes from "gross underestimation” of humans

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IT Life: The Journey To Business Manoeuvrability

Thoughtworks' Ian Cartwright takes us through his career in IT, admiration for Elon Musk and his predictions for the future

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Intel Gives Us A Gaze Into The Connected Future

Connected homes, smart TVs, and drones that fly themselves all form part of Intel’s future view

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Google Self-Driving Cars Involved In Eleven Accidents

Prototype vehicles have been in only a handful of accidents in six years and over a million miles of testing,…

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BAE Systems’ Oculus Rift VR Tech Could Revolutionise Warfare

‘Mixed Reality’ displays will allow control of the battlefield from hundreds of miles away

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Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Completes Test Flight Of New Spacecraft

Amazon founder's Blue Origin space firm carries out maiden test flight of re-usable spacecraft in Texas

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Google Achieves US Patent For Robot Personalities

Who needs humans? Google granted new patent to give robots customised personalities

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Driverless Cars ‘To Add Billions’ To UK Economy

KPMG report predicts wide range of benefits from next generation of vehicles

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‘Ageing Population’ Causing Health Nanotechnology Boom

Increased governmental support and higher R&D spending will also help medical nanotech reach $8.5bn by 2019

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Man Arrested For Filming Football Matches With Drone

The ultimate cheap seat! Man charged after drone was used to film a number of English premiership football matches

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Carbon3D Printer ‘Grows’ Objects From Pool Of Liquid

Terminator film used as inspiration of new 3D printer that “grows” objects from a pool of liquid

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Pornhub Gets Touchy-Feely With The Man-Powered Wearable

Ever wanted to save the planet from the safety of your bedroom? The power is in your hands…

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