Is Uber about to meet it’s match?
Driverless ride sharing is about to go commercial with disruptor, Cruise Automation, unveiling the Origin, a fully autonomous SUV designed for app-controlled urban transportation Uber and rival, Lyft will have to contend with a new kid on the block. And that kid might just be bigger, smarter and cheaper! Yesterday I drove from Silicon Valley […]
A Cyber-attack Can Be as Deadly as a Nuclear Strike, Warns Scientist
Two years ago, Chinese hackers went after Australian F-35 defense contractors, stealing information on the cutting-edge US fighter.
$2.5k for a drone? Take my money!
Updated on April 21st, 2019 We’ve all seen drones. We read about them every day. Drone violations, drone strikes on enemy targets, the next-door kid’s drone has landed in your backyard again. But pay attention ‘coz there’s new tech in town: the Skydio R1. And it’s not your everyday drone; it’s a fully autonomous flying […]
Paper Batteries… Just Add Bacteria!
The dream may be for a paperless office but the reality is very different. Vast amounts of paper are consumed every day – in offices, retail establishments and homes. And while a lot of that paper is recycled, unfortunately, huge amounts go to landfill. In most cases, the paper that’s gone to landfill will break […]
Nuclear Reactors Reinvented?
The promise of nuclear reactors has always been abundant, safe, inexpensive power. As history has shown, the reality has been very different. Apart from the environmental disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima – both rated as category seven disasters, the highest on the existing scale, the issue of nuclear waste hangs over us like the sword […]
The IoT is going to choke us in e-waste!
The Internet of Things or the Internet of Trash? Look around you. How many obsolete devices can you see? Most of us horde them for a while (it’s a ‘just in case thing’, isn’t it?) until we eventually accept that they’re just taking up space. By then, no-one else wants them either. So what to […]
Why a robotic bat is a lot more than a toy…
It’s hard not to be awed by the advances in robotics. From simple tools in the kitchen to huge entities in the workplace, many of us have started interacting with robots daily. And if you’re not interacting directly, you are certainly a beneficiary of the technology. Applications as diverse as medicine and street sanitation are […]
Predictions are so 2017, but…
Predictions are so 2017…so instead, here are a few IoT themes that I’m excited about this coming year: Edge Comes of Age The promise of Edge and distributed computing, may seem like old news, however, much of enterprise processing still takes place on-prem or in the cloud. Corporate change management (painful) coupled with the cost […]
It’s about that USB drive you found… it’s transmitting your passwords!
We’ve all been guilty of it. You find an orphan USB drive. If it’s less than 8GB nowadays, you probably bin it. After all, the chances of locating the owner are about exactly zero. But 8GB or better is an invitation to additional storage. So we keep it for ‘a spare’. Sooner or later it […]
This 16 year old has probably changed the future for millions!
I’m always fascinated by what one – just one – motivated person can do. Sure, results usually require teams, but there is always that one standout personality that drives that result. As you’re about to see and read, Kavya Kopparapu is one of those remarkable people. At just 16 years of age, Kavya has developed […]
