Organs-on-a-Chip
A spinout of Harvard's Wyss Institute, Emulate develops clear plastic chips that can simulate human organs. They're used to test out drugs without having to use animal guinea pigs.
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Nanotech in healthcare. (And no, I don’t want to live forever.)
A brief look at how nanorobotics will be used in healthcare.
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Tesla Tech News Is Always Interesting
I’m always interested in automotive-related tech, so I’m always interested in reading about what Tesla is up to.
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We’ve come a long way since Smokey the Bear
Technology is being increasingly deployed for fire-spotting. Some of the systems being used are satellite-based, or are optical solutions that search for smoke. Emerging systems are sensor and IoT based.
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Rock-a-Bye Baby, brought to you by the Internet of Things
And now there’s the Snoo, a $1,500 AI-robotic bassinet that helps babies (and their folks) get some much-needed sleep. The Snoo wasn’t around when I was a new dad, but – although I’m just reading about it now (no grandkids yet!) – it’s been available for a few years now.
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Chip Design via AI
Google is always up to something interesting, and one of the interesting things they’ve been up to is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate the chip design process.
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“The science behind the boom”
The past year has been a tough one. Most of us very likely know people who’ve had covid; many have lost family members, friends, colleagues. Most of us have very likely seen small businesses – shops and restaurants – close permanently. Many know folks who lost their jobs. We’ve all been missing out a lot […]
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After a decade, there’s a new Arm architecture
Early this year, after nearly a decade since the release of the Armv8, Arm introduced its new Armv9 architecture. This new architecture is in response to the ever-increasing demand for the specialized processing required to keep up with the explosive growth of the Internet of Things, AI applications, and 5G.
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When the chips are down…
Even if you haven’t been directly impacted – at least not yet – if you’re reading this post, you’re most likely aware of the current chip shortage.
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A brand new Mayflower is “setting sail”, and it’s a technological marvel
Thanks to the pandemic, it's a year late, but to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, an autonomous ship - Mayflower AS - is heading from England to America. No captain or crew on board. Just plenty of leading edge technology.
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