How bioelectronics will make humans more robotic than ever

In 2013, president Obama launched the BRAIN Initiative as a large-scale effort to equip researchers with insights necessary for treating a wide variety of brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.

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Quantum computing will impact the ecosystem of the IoT for industrial use

A growing number if IT companies are working on developing new computing models equipped with innovative interaction methodologies that guarantee secure communications between humans, sensors and data analysis platforms.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence machines in the data centre to be explored at Datacloud Europe 2017

Datacloud Europe, a networking and deal-making event for EMEA data centre and cloud leaders will explore the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the data centre industry during a special Disruption and Data Centres session. The event will be held in Monaco from June 6-8th 2017.

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Nexeon acquires licence to 86 IoT patents and receives ISO 13485 certification

Nexeon MedSystems, a company that provides deep learning systems for implantable medical devices has licensed a portfolio of patents from Marathon Patent Group.

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Smart thinking: Smart watches and speakers will be the next retail battleground, says Fastlane

Apple Watch sales doubled last year, and smart speakers such as Amazon Echo will be a £7 billion (€8.3 billion) market within five years. But are consumers and retailers ready for the revolution in shopping habits they will bring, asks e-commerce provider Fastlane International.

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​Wael Elrifai, resident IoT expert at Pentaho, urges us all to embrace complexity

As a child, what job did you want to have when you grew up? An astronaut of course, for the discovery and adventure!  I settled for a private pilot’s licence. To me the cool thing about flying is the ‘invisible complexity’. Engines, rockets … all of the motion is encased in the hull.

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CK Telecom and Shenzhen Sang Fei enhance device security with Trustonic TEE technology

Device and application security provider, Trustonic has announced two new partnerships with key players in the expanding Chinese smartphone, tablet and wearable markets.

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A new category of IoT devices

Moore’s law has been famously increasing the computing power at our behest, and has helped power the third industrial revolution of information technology and digital services. Many suggest that we are now at the beginning of a fourth industrial revolution, powered by connecting ‘things’, other than just computers and phones.

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Vortex to offer low latency real-time data connectivity to simplify the integration of complex IIoT systems

PrismTech™, a global provider of software platforms for distributed systems, has announced the availability of version 2.4 of its Vortex™ Intelligent Data Sharing Platform for the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Trends in online privacy: Revolution vs Resignation

It’s a myth to believe that the Internet is a free and democratic medium, where anonymous, private information exchange is the norm. Today, says Christian Bennefeld CEO of eBlocker, data is the new fuel.

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Mobile World Congress 2017: My highlights

Barcelona was the scene of another festival of technology, as the world’s most influential companies, journalists and engineers travelled to Mobile World Congress (MWC). MWC tends to be associated with new handset launches, but this year’s show was about more than just devices.

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‘Clear potential’ for virtual reality headsets after a slow start, says CCS Insight report

CCS Insight‘s latest global forecast for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices reflects the relatively slow start to this nascent market.

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Automotive navigation providers grapple with BYO solutions and approach of autonomous driving, says report

Providers of automotive navigation solutions and location-based services are grappling with a marketplace where automakers are integrating brought-in (or bring your own) navigation apps with in-dash systems. So says a new report from industry analysts, Strategy Analytics (SA).

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How the insurance industry is responding to connected cars and autonomous vehicles

The insurance space is traditionally a slow-moving industry, but for once it appears to be changing up a gear to be part of the automotive industry of the future. It is impressive how quickly IoT has become part of our everyday lives, when only a couple of years ago it was considered a tech ‘buzzword’.

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Remote patient monitoring revenues to reach €32.4bn in 2021, according to Berg Insight

Revenues for remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions reached € 7.5 billion(US$ 8 billion) in 2016, according to a new study released by Berg Insight.

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The IoT revolution explained: It’s not about smart hairbrushes, whistles or toothbrushes

OK, so that’s what the Internet of things (IoT) is NOT about. Here Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of IoT Now, asks Pilgrim Beart what is really being achieved with IoT. He should know. Not only is Pilgrim DevicePilot’s CEO he is described as the man behind the smart home technology Hive which was sold to British Gas in 2015

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