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In July of 2006, I first learned of Humpy Wheeler, one of the foremost promotors of NASCAR. He was a guest on NPR’s news quiz show, “Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me!” And what he did thrilled me. Sell Clean Humpy talked about running the motor speedway about 12 miles away from the theater where the…
Tech Explained: Dark Data
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Dark, or “dusty” data is made up of all the redundant, often forgotten data that companies and organisations collect in the course of their activities, but then do not use. It is unstructured, untagged and unanalysed information that tends to just lie around within networks and servers, taking…
New app detects opioid overdose
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a phone app that monitors a person’s breathing rate and detects signs of an overdose. The algorithm for a smartphone, called Second Chance, monitors changes by sending out inaudible sound waves from the phone. The waves detect the person’s breathing…
Belfast pilots smart city programme to attract tourists
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AI uses a child’s game to learn common sense
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Researchers at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) invented a children’s game to teach computers common sense. The game, Iconary (think Pictionary with icons instead of doodles), can train AI to think more like humans. In previous experiments, we learned that AI can master chess and beat a…
Tokyo Olympic organisers make 2020 medals from e-waste
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: The 2020 Olympic organising committee in Tokyo is using old and discarded smartphones, laptops and other electronics (known as e-waste) to make medals for the 2020 Games. This is the first time Olympic medals are being crafted from publicly donated e-waste. Organisers say that from the waste they need…
Startup unveils a lighter, more efficient rocket
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Sophisticated satellite system could make air travel safer
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: US-based Iridium has completed a $3 billion dollar satellite system that could make flying safer. The system includes 66 operational satellites (plus nine spares) and is mainly intended for global telecommunications. Each satellite includes a special receiver, made by Aireon, a US manufacturer of global aircraft tracking and…
Safety garment heats up in cold water
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Scottish startup Iron Ocean has unveiled a three-layer upper body garment that heats up in cold water. Known as the Centurion 3, it was designed by Iron Ocean. Heriot-Watt University constructed a prototype. The self-heating material creates warmth above the average body temperature when submerged in cold water. In a traditional survival…
Robots like Vera could replace your HR team
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