Artificial Intelligence

Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die in car accidents. It's a horrific reality, but one that has become normalised. With the exception of drunk driving and texting while driving, seldom do you see campaigns that raise awareness about general traffic accidents and the deaths that arise from them. One of the biggest benefits of self-driving cars is the potential to dramatically reduce the number of traffic fatalities. Author: J...

  According to a recent report by PwC, within 15 years, Artificial Intelligence will take over 38% of US jobs. This trend is expected to continue. What will employment look like? Which jobs will disappear and what does all of this mean for education?

  Austin-based molecular data company, Nano Global, has announced that it is developing a chip using Intellectual Property (IP) from Arm, semiconductor IP company. The technology will help redefine how global health challenges - from superbugs to infectious diseases, and cancer are conquered.

Supplier of advanced embedded voice and audio interface solutions, XMOS, has announced that its VocalFusion voice technology has been selected by Shenzhen eMeet Technology Co for its mobile smart office assistant, eMeet OfficeCore M1. This commercial solution, which is available now from online retail stores, is the first output of this partnership. The compact and portable speaker uses a USB and Bluetooth connection with a mobile phone...

The next evolution of DLP technology for in-vehicle Head-Up Display (HUD) systems has been announced by Texas Instruments. The new DLP3030-Q1 chipset, along with supporting Evaluation Modules (EVMs), gives automakers and Tier-1 suppliers the ability to bring bright, dynamic Augmented Reality (AR) displays to windshields and place critical information within the driver's line of sight.

  Rockwell Automation has announced its investment in a Silicon Valley innovation fund and co-creation studio, The Hive, to gain access to an ecosystem of innovators and technology start-ups with a focus on applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to industrial automation.

Developments in quantum technology and artificial intelligence, AI, are predicted to transform research, as well as business and society as a whole. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding a total of SEK 1.6 billion over ten years to these promising fields, in two separate research projects involving several Swedish higher education institutions. Together with other funding, the budget amounts to well over SEK 2 billion.

The initiative Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), in which KTH is included, is getting substantial capital injection. Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) will contribute a total of SEK 1 billion. The AI investment can be divided into two parts. The major part, led by Danica Kragic Jensfelt, Professor of Computer Science, will focus on machine learning, deep learning and next generation AI (eXplainable AI).

The famous European Commission’s Innovation Radar submits to the vote of European citizens a selection of EU-funded innovations every year, in order to choose the one they find the more promising. Five different categories are represented in the panel: Industrial & Enabling Tech, Excellent Science, Best Young SME, Tech for Society and Best Early Stage Innovation.

Autonomous systems conjure up a future filled with self-driving cars, humanoid robots, and buzzing drones bearing packages from Amazon. The underlying technology continues to mature at a rapid pace, and in doing so is pulling designers in hundreds of new directions. In fact, the sheer number and variety of design options raises an interesting question: what does 'autonomy' actually mean to us? By Jim Tung, MathWorks Fellow