Lab develops long range fever detector
A federal research facility in Crane, Indiana, has developed a temperature scanning sensor system and software to help contain the coronavirus.
Sep 24, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
ARPA-type funding gives green technology an 'innovation advantage', study finds
A new analysis of the successes and failures of green energy companies in the US has found that those with ARPA funding filed for far more patents in the years after launching than other "cleantech" startups from the same ...
Sep 14, 2020
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Internet
Cities are becoming digital, thanks to the urban data platforms that enable it
A new study covering eighty European cities and their efforts to exploit data to monitor and improve city infrastructure shows an increasing use of data in cities. Improving city operations, enhancing environmental sustainability, ...
May 18, 2020
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Robotics
Inspired by cheetahs, researchers build fastest soft robots yet
Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. The new soft ...
May 8, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
On-demand services bring public transport to the suburbs
The technology-driven revolution in urban transport is largely centred on the inner city. It has completely missed the suburbs, which lack the public transport services and shared micromobility devices, such as e-scooters, ...
Mar 12, 2020
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Security
US needs top cyber coordinator, better hacker 'deterrence': panel
The US needs a top-level cybersecurity coordinator and a better strategy of "deterrence" to protect against hackers and other cyber threats, a congressionally mandated commission said Wednesday.
Mar 11, 2020
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Business
Bosses using tech to spy on staff is becoming the norm, so here's a realistic way of handling it
Workplace surveillance sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but we are having to get used to it. In a sign of the times, the European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that a supermarket in Barcelona was entitled to fire ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Security
Cyberspace is the next front in Iran-US conflict – and private companies may bear the brunt
Iran and other nations have waged a stealth cyberwar against the United States for at least the past decade, largely targeting not the government itself but, rather, critical infrastructure companies. This threat to the private ...
Jan 13, 2020
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Security
White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI
The Trump administration is proposing new rules to guide future federal regulation of artificial intelligence used in medicine, transportation and other industries.
Jan 7, 2020
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Business
Facebook devotes $1 bn to affordable housing in US
Facebook on Tuesday said that it is devoting $1 billion during the coming decade in affordable housing, most of it in its home state of California.
Oct 22, 2019
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