Innovation & Tools
Daimler to release fully autonomous trucks by 2025 - 01/09/2019
In the coming years, German Daimler plans to invest € 500 million to create self-driving trucks. The company intends to release fully autonomous trucks to the market by 2025, Daimler spokesman at the international Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas said. Partially automated trucks will be commissioned as early as 2019, reports Deutsche Welle. The company intends to create about 200 jobs in...
How countries resist drones - 12/25/2018
The incident with two drones, which resulted in closure of London Gatwick Airport for more than a day, forced the public to think about how the world is ready to withstand the threat from drones. As it turned out, the world has already adopted standards for combating drones, but this problem is treated differently in various countries. Trained birds For the first time this method was proposed...
Study: Presence of AI is growing around the world - 12/17/2018
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford and Harvard universities, along with the organization OpenAI and a number of other institutions, published the second annual study AI Index. The paper assessed the level of development, distribution, investment and other indicators in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The goal was to assess the progress in the field of AI on specific...
Why Microsoft agrees to cooperate with military despite of protests? - 12/05/2018
Microsoft won a contract for the supply of augmented reality glasses in the US Army. Despite the fact that the high-tech devices will be used "to increase lethality" on the battlefield, and despite of protests of its employees, the IT company does not intend to refuse the Pentagon money. Microsoft, which created one of the most popular Windows operating systems, won a $ 480 million contract with...
Why NASA sent InSight to Mars? - 11/27/2018
On November 26, 2018, NASA landed its InSight lander on Mars. What can we find there? Mars is one of the most studied celestial bodies, but this only stirs the interest of scientists. Apart from science fiction novels, the prospect of finding a microscopic life or its traces still stirs the minds of scientists. Previously, natural depressions in the surface of the planet (for example, the Gale...
Scientists: AI can create fake fingerprints - 11/19/2018
American scientists have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can create "master keys" for bypassing systems based on fingerprint identification. The fingerprints generated by the neural network were suitable in every fifth case, although the probability of an error in fingerprint scanners should not be higher than one in a thousand attempts. The study was prepared by scientists from the...
Microsoft: 41% of British companies think they cannot compete with artificial intelligence - 11/01/2018
According to Microsoft study, 41% of British companies believe that in the next five years their business model will not withstand competition with artificial intelligence (AI), and 51% of companies do not have a clear strategy to solve problems arising from the rapid development of this technology. Researchers note that business may well adapt and take advantage of AI, but only if it responds...
IEA: Renewable energy generation will skyrocket by 2023 - 10/10/2018
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that the world will face an unprecedented disaster over the next decade, recalling the fragile condition of our planet. However, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) predictions for renewable energy provide a much more encouraging picture, predicting a massive increase in clean energy production over the next five...
Nine future technological trends - 10/09/2018
Analysts at CCS Insight presented a forecast of technology development in the next few years. What will be in the focus of attention of technology giants and consumers? Netflix theater By 2022, Netflix streaming platform will open a branded movie theater, which will solve the problem of nominating their films for the Oscar (according to the academy’s rules, the film must be shown in...
Five jobs that will be replaced by robots - 10/03/2018
Both hardware and software don’t have to look like a human in order to effectively perform their tasks. And there are examples of where technologies successfully replace humans. However, you should not be scared right away: robot automation simultaneously creates new jobs, which, however, may require special competencies. Drivers Development of autonomous driving systems will inevitably affect...
