A robot has passed the written test of China's national medical licensing examination, an essential entrance exam for doctors, making it the first robot in the world to pass such an exam. Its developer iFlytek Co Ltd, a leading Chinese artificial intelligence company, said on Thursday that the robot scored 456 points, 96 points higher than the...
Dubai’s police force is set to add a series of hoverbikes to their vehicle fleet, with speeds of up to 70 km/h (43 mph) on electric power. The Scorpion hoverbike, created by Hoversurf, is a single-seat aircraft using a quadcopter blades. It is a unique electric-powered vessel combining a motorcycle seat with quadcopter drone technology,...
The BLACK+DECKER Smart Dog Collar is an intelligent tracker, specially built to monitor the whereabouts and safety of pets. Precise location tracking lets you know where your dog is at all times. And virtual fencing buzzes to let him know he is out of bounds. GPS tracking lets you keep a record of everywhere your pet goes. Too much information...
The latest smartphones have been built to accommodate fancy biometric authentication techniques like face scans, fingerprints, and voice tests. But as of yet, there aren’t many apps that rely on these new forms of ID. Enter payments giant Visa, which wants to give these emerging password-killers a boost. Yesterday, the company unveiled an API-...
Store No 8 is Walmart's technology incubator for investing in ideas that will transform the future of commerce. Along with Virtual Reality developers they look to solve many different problems in the v-commerce space, including scan and capture, rendering, social interaction and product education. 8i X Bonobos is showcasing volumetric video...
Lowdown Focus is the first brain sensing eyewear in the world that gives you accurate, real-time feedback on your brain’s activity level during a cognitive training session with the Smith Focus App. The glasses are meant to help you do cognitive training - such as relaxation, improved mood and reduced stress. Invisibly wrapped in the Lowdown...
The future of work could soon see the ability for manufacturing blue-collar workers to carry out tasks remotely by wirelessly controlling machines in their real-life factory space. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a system that uses an Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset and...
Exterion Media has launched London's first fleet of digitally "wrapped" geo-targeted buses with Google onboard as the first brand to use the ad tech. Each bus carries a digital screen on its side. The techology allows brands to run imagery and copy that is pertinent to the locations of the buses, for instance according to nearby shops or London...
Think an eticket is cutting edge? How about using a biometric implant? Recently, companies have been experimenting with novel ways to pay, such as a credit card that uses biometric fingerprinting and cashless payment methods. Now, state-owned Swedish rail operator SJ is the first travel company in the world to allow passengers to use a...
Deutsche Post, a DHL group, has been chosen as test site for delivery robot that would accompany mail deliverers on their routes, PostBOT. This smart robot is a self-propelled electric robot that carries all mail items. PostBot is able to carry up to 6 post trays, releasing carriers from that heavy loads, at the same time, it also frees up the...