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“In a keynote address at the North American International Automotive Show (NAIAS), BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) Executive Chairman and CEO, John Chen, today unveiled BlackBerry Jarvis, a transformational software cybersecurity product. BlackBerry is initially marketing this solution to …
“Engineers at Caltech and ETH Zürich in Switzerland have created a method to systematically design metamaterials using principles of quantum mechanics. Their work could pave the way for wider use of metamaterials in more mainstream applications by creating a purpose-driven …
“Machine learning, the field that’s driving a revolution in artificial intelligence, has cemented its role in modern technology. Its tools and techniques have led to rapid improvements in everything from self-driving cars and speech recognition to the digital mastery …
“Nature has produced exquisite composite materials—wood, bone, teeth, and shells, for example—that combine light weight and density with desirable mechanical properties such as stiffness, strength and damage tolerance. Since ancient civilizations first combined straw and mud to form …
News Panasonic Conducts Demonstration Experiment of Autonomous Signage Robot, “HOSPI(R)” at Narita Airport
“Panasonic Corporation is conducting the first demonstration experiment in an airport of the autonomous signage robot, “Signage HOSPI” from January 15, 2018 with the cooperation of the Narita Airport Corporation. “Signage HOSPI” is an autonomous robot “HOSPI(R)” equipped with …
“The nominal cell operating life of perovskite solar cells is strongly influenced by their inner architecture.This was shown by two scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Technical University of Munich. They combined experiments with numerical simulations in order …
“A new major research project between quantum physicists and neurophysiologists will increase our understanding of the brain. In the past couple of years, quantum physicists have developed new measuring technologies which, by measuring fields rather than electronically, make it possible …
News Samsung Electronics Starts Producing Industry’s First 16-Gigabit GDDR6 for Advanced Graphics Systems
“Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has started mass production of the industry’s first 16-gigabit (Gb) Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) memory for use in advanced graphics processing for gaming devices …
“Photons with energy higher than the ‘band gap’ of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons. The extra energy in respect to the band gap is lost very fast, as it is converted into …
“What if you could run your air conditioner not on conventional electricity, but on the sun’s heat during a warm summer’s day? With advancements in thermoelectric technology, this sustainable solution might one day become a reality. Thermoelectric devices …