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Smart Cities Can Help Us Tackle The Climate Crisis—Part Two
There is no longer any credible reason to deny our part in the climate crisis.
Read articleposted 4th December 2019“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results” - Sir Winston Churchill
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Drones Need Reliable Flight Data To Keep Skies Safe
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Now much more than harmless toys, commercial drone usage is becoming an urgent issue for users and regulators alike.
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Neuralink Needs Careful Consideration, Not Hasty Commercialization
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Innovation in AI and technological hardware has taken staggering leaps in the last decade, but last week (July 16), Elon Musk’s secretive Neuralink startup strayed into the literary arsenal of sci-fi greats like Arthur C. Clarke
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Jacqueline de Rojas CBE On Women’s Automated Future
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A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that women are twice as vulnerable to automation as men, on the premise that the jobs at risk of automation are overrepresented by women
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IPPR Report Finds ‘Women Twice As Vulnerable To Automation,’ Omits Value Of Human Interaction
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A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that women are twice as vulnerable to automation by robots as men, due to the jobs at risk of automation that are overrepresented by women.
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The Uberization Of Work: Pros And Cons Of The Gig Economy
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As the gig economy has grown it has become an intrinsic part of our digital society.
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Médecins Sans Frontières: Removing Hierarchy
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As the CEO of a company undergoing a transformation towards self-management, I am always pleasantly surprised to find larger multi-nationals that are interested in doing a similar thing.
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Logistics And Infrastructure In Smart Cities (Part Two Of Two)
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Smart cities need smart foundations. The increase in automated homes and buildings shows that there is a real demand for interactive spaces, but for smart cities to achieve the kind of seamless automation that many people imagine there is a . . .
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How Smart Homes Became Automated Offices (Part One Of Two)
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Ask anyone to explain the IoT, and (unless they work in telecoms) they will most likely use a smart home device as an example.
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One Step Closer to Human Intelligence – MIT CSAIL Combine Sight And Touch in AI
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We have moved one step closer towards human-level intelligence. Image recognition technology and tactile sensors are being joined together and are using each other to improve their abilities.
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