Top tech research, which will include robotics and autonomous vehicles, are among the many features of the 134,000 square-foot facility on the University of Michigan’s north campus. Source: techrepublic.com
Day: March 16, 2021
New 5G and AI studio opens as part of collaboration with IBM, Samsung and M1
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•The studio will support Industry 4.0 use cases for everything from autonomous vehicles to collaborative robots and 3D augmented reality. Source: techrepublic.com
Sony offers STEAM training with virtual robotics and coding summer camps for kids
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•The live sessions will run from June to August and feature an hour of daily instruction from computer science grads. Source: techrepublic.com
Contact tracing: The technology worked, but the implementation failed
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•Sometimes, getting the technology right is not even half the battle. Here’s the story of one “successful failure.” Source: techrepublic.com
8 best lights for video calls, conferences and streaming
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•It’s time to come out of the shadows and improve your lighting set up with one of these adjustable lights. Source: techrepublic.com
Using "Star Wars" as inspiration, hologram maker imagines new future for smartphones
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•IKIN’s founder describes a 3D hologram tool that works without glasses or goggles and can even be seen in daylight and more. Source: topic/hardware
Google Play store to cut fees for Android app developers
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•App-makers will be charged a 15% cut of their first $1m of sales rather than the current 30%. Source: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml
Intel buys time with 'retrofit' Rocket Lake desktop PC chips
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•Firm re-engineers laptop chip designs to work with old transistor tech to get performance gains. Source: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml
Google Nest 2 home device tracks body activity in bed
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•The new features have been criticised for collecting data when users are “most vulnerable”. Source: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml
Instagram cracks down on adults messaging teens
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•Older users will be able to privately message teenagers who follow them only. Source: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml