November 2024 – Page 3 – ENGGtalks®

Robot Photographer Takes the Perfect Picture

November 23, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Finding it hard to get the perfect angle for your shot? PhotoBot can take the picture for you. Tell it what you want the photo to look like, and your robot photographer will present you with references to mimic. Pick your favorite, and PhotoBot—a robot arm with a camera—will adjust…

November 22, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids Summit: 11–12 December 2024, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAEnjoy today’s videos! Proxie…

22 Nov 24

How we built Pixel Buds Pro 2 for even better sound and comfort

Computer & Information Technology

Learn more about how Google teams designed Pixel Buds Pro 2 for even audio with a more comfortable fit than the first generation.

22 Nov 24

How the UK’s coolest coffee brand is using AI to brew up success

Computer & Information Technology

Grind Coffee is partnering with Google to explore the impact that habit formation could have on AI upskilling and adoption. The partnership is part of the Google AI Work…

22 Nov 24

UK hospitality startup Lighthouse enters unicorn club with $370M raise

Computer & Information Technology

London-based startup Lighthouse just raised a hefty $370mn from American investment giant KKR at a valuation of over $1bn, making it Europe’s latest unicorn tech company. The funding will supercharge the company’s ambitions to shake up the $15bn travel tech market. What’s on the to-do list? Refining its AI tools,…

22 Nov 24

Google’s approach to learning in the AI era

Computer & Information Technology

This week, we convened leaders from education and technology at our Learning in the AI Era event.

21 Nov 24

How developers are using Gemini API

Computer & Information Technology

We’re announcing the winners of our Gemini API Developer Competition.

November 21, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

As transportation sectors like shipping and aviation remain difficult to decarbonize, a French startup claims to have developed a promising solution to reduce carbon emissions in these industries. Aerleum, founded in 2023, says its technology can pull carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into methanol, which can be…

21 Nov 24

Candela brings electric flying ferry to US shores after $40M raise

Computer & Information Technology

Candela is flying high — and across the Atlantic. The Swedish startup has secured $14mn, marking the close of its Series C round at a cosy $40mn. This puts its total funding at just shy of $90mn. Candela has also sold its first P-12 ferry in the US, amid burgeoning…

21 Nov 24

2024’s greatest hits on Google TV

Computer & Information Technology

See Google TV’s top entertainment from 2024 in collections like “most watched movies” and “most watched shows.”

Month: November 2024

Robot Photographer Takes the Perfect Picture

Video Friday: Cobot Proxie

How we built Pixel Buds Pro 2 for even better sound and comfort

How the UK’s coolest coffee brand is using AI to brew up success

UK hospitality startup Lighthouse enters unicorn club with $370M raise

Google’s approach to learning in the AI era

How developers are using Gemini API

French Startup Aims to Make Fuel Out of Thin Air

Candela brings electric flying ferry to US shores after $40M raise

2024’s greatest hits on Google TV

Google won two major awards at MWC Barcelona 2025.

Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode

This MRI Can Run on Batteries

The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law