innovation

Tech City Chair Denies London’s Tech Success Is At The UK’s Expense

Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge says the whole country is on the cusp of a "fourth industrial revolution" - not…

9 years ago

Chronos Wi-Fi System Tracks Users’ Position Within Centimetres

MIT's 'Chronos' positioning system relies on a novel technique that works with a single commodity access point

9 years ago

MWC 2016: Stripe Will Help Startups Set Up ‘Anywhere’

New Atlas platform will allow business to set up in the US quicker than ever by setting up bank and…

9 years ago

Google Set To Trial ‘Project Loon’ In Sri Lanka

Google's balloon-based Internet access system is set to begin testing with end users across the South Asian island

9 years ago

Google Patent Application Details Radar-Based Gesture Control System

The system could be used to control smartphones, smart watches or household appliances, according to Google

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

‘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

Will Avast’s New Headquarters Help It Level Up In The Antivirus Game?

The most successful tech company in the Czech Republic aims to improve its service by bringing Silicon Valley to Prague

9 years ago

Researchers Aim To Prevent Smartphone Location Data Leaks

Researchers said their smartphone app aims to block location-sensitive data from being collected and misused by third parties

9 years ago

EMC CTO: Dell Takeover Will Drive Innovation, Not Hinder It

The costly acquisition of EMC will drive innovation insists Dell's CTO, after venture capitalist expresses doubts

9 years ago

Gates, Musk, Hawking Called ‘Innovation Killers’ For AI Comments

A US think tank has accused Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking of 'alarmism' for raising concerns about artificial…

9 years ago

Super Fast Circuit Board Printer Wins Dyson Prize

The Voltera V-One, designed by four Canadian graduates, prints functioning circuit boards in a matter of minutes

9 years ago

Cisco, Ericsson Team On IoT, Enterprise

The two companies said they plan to resell one another's products and co-develop networking and connected-device technologies

9 years ago

William Hill’s New VR App Wants To Put You In The Saddle

Betting firm trialling immersive VR headset experience to get punters really involved

9 years ago

Get Ready – The Age Of The 3D Printer Is Coming

Gartner report forecasts 103 percent rise in 3D printer shipments next year as total numbers hit 5.6m by 2019

9 years ago

IBM Officially Launches IoT Unit

The company said it plans to invest £2bn in IoT over the next four years as it appoints Harriet Green…

9 years ago

London Continues To Set The Pace For Financial Services Innovation

As London FinTech Week kicks off, BT’s Michael Cooper talks us through the key trends from this year and what…

9 years ago

Google To Work With Sanofi On Diabetes Sensors

Partnership with French firm aims to improve diabetes care through continuous monitoring

9 years ago

3D Printing Now ‘Mainstream’ In Health Care

3D printing technology is set to move into the manufacture of living tissues for human transplant, according to Gartner

9 years ago

MIT, Samsung Research Boosts Battery Capcacity With Solid Electrolyte

Researchers demonstrated that a solid electrolyte can be used to solve many of the problems of today's batteries

9 years ago

MIT Researchers Program Bacteria For Gut Biosensors

Genetically engineered bacteria could help detect and treat digestive-system diseases, said MIT

9 years ago

MIT System Automatically Repairs Security Bugs In Code

The CodePhage research system solves crashes by 'grafting' security checks from a 'donor' program

9 years ago

Boffin Reveals Folding Battery Powered By Bacteria

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

9 years ago

Ricoh Invents Green, Flexible Energy-Generating Material

The 'energy-generating rubber' could be used in connected sensors and other Internet of Things devices, Ricoh said

10 years ago

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

10 years ago

Three Digital Catapult Centres Created To Help Foster Innovation Outside London

Digital Catapult promises £9 million of benefit to local digital economies as new centres officially open

10 years ago

McLaren Wants To Bring F1 Technology To Other Industries

McLaren Technology Group says its expertise and innovations can help other sectors

10 years ago

Tech City Awards £1m To UK Internet of Things Start-Ups

Seven winners of Internet of Things Launchpad competition announced

10 years ago

Final G.Fast Broadband Standard Promises 1Gbps Over Copper

ITU finalises G.Fast standard and claims it will make it cheaper and less complex to deploy 1Gbps broadband than FTTP

10 years ago

Bluetooth 4.2 Is Faster, More Secure And IPv6 Compatible

Bluetooth 4.2 hopes to establish the wireless standard as essential for the IoT

10 years ago