The smart cameras of 2018 are getting smarter still. Startup Horizon Robotics has debuted a new HD smart camera that boasts serious artificial intelligence capabilities and can identify faces with an accuracy of up to 99.7 percent, the company claims. That’s probably better than most humans. The company claims the new HR-IPC2143 smart camera is...
German low-cost company FlixBus is beginning daily service of a new green bus. The service will link the French capital to the northern city of Amiens, a 160 kilometres journey which will take a little over two hours. The bus, which seats 49, has all the advantages of an electric vehicle: zero emissions, quiet, and drives more smoothly than its...
We’ve seen many examples recently of machine learning platforms providing services for diverse industries such as medicine and policing. Now, aiLearn is putting its own AI algorithm to the test with an educational platform. Generalized education systems don’t always cater to every child. Some need additional support or to be taught at a slower...
The world's first electric roadway, which can charge commercial and passenger vehicles while on the move, has opened in Sweden. An electric truck working for the logistics company PostNord will over the next 12 months use the road to stay charged as it shuttles deliveries between Arlanda Airport and its distribution centre 12km away. The truck...
With more than half of its business funneling in through the drive-thru, Long John Silver's brand revitalization program made this channel a top priority, culminating in new outdoor menu boards designed to knock drivers' socks right off the floorboards. The roll-up interactive drive-through menu boards fill drivers' vision with three 55-inch,...
The American Center for Mobility (ACM) is the world’s first highway test facility for autonomous driving technology and features a landscape that provides a variety of real-world environments and infrastructures. The facility is located on a 500-acre site and features a 2.5-mile highway loop and a 700ft curved tunnel in addition to a number of...
Want your news delivered with the icy indifference of a literal robot? You might want to bookmark the newly launched site Knowhere News. Knowhere is a startup that combines machine learning technologies and human journalists to deliver the facts on popular news stories. Here’s how it works. First, the site’s artificial intelligence (AI) chooses...
One ongoing concern in university education is that too many students drop out before finishing their degrees. This can happen for many reasons, including personal or financial issues, or students feeling overwhelmed. The University of Arizona is tracking freshman students’ ID card swipes to anticipate which students are more likely to drop out...
West Virginia is trialing a voting system for absentee voters in the military using a mobile app powered by blockchain technology. In a statement, the West Virginia Secretary of State, Mac Warner, said the pilot is being offered to deployed military personnel and their dependents from the counties of Harrison and Monongalia for West Virginia's...
Ericsson's Connected Urban Transport platform serves as the virtual bus driver for the shuttles in Stockholm, communicating with smart, sensor-enabled bus stops, traffic lights and road infrastructure. As connected and self-driving vehicles start to transform transportation, Connected Urban Transport makes it easier to keep pace with tech...