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14 Oct 23

How Generative AI Helped Me Imagine a Better Robot

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This year, 2023, will probably be remembered as the year of generative AI. It is still an open question whether generative AI will change our lives for the better. One thing is certain, though: New artificial-intelligence tools are being unveiled rapidly and will continue for some time to come. And…

14 Oct 23

Video Friday: Strandbeest

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.ROSCon 2023: 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANSIEEE SSRR 2023: 13–15 November…

13 Oct 23

Japan’s Moonshot Program Aims Sky-High—at the Weather

Computer & Information Technology

Japan’s Moonshot Research and Development Program is a large-scale, long-term, multitargeted national endeavor that aims to make extraordinary advances in nine fields of research. These include ultra-early disease prediction and intervention, creating a sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources, and realizing self-learning autonomous robot helpers. The inspiration…

13 Oct 23

How One Technology Precinct Is Attracting the World’s Most Progressive Innovators

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Home to Atlassian, Canva and Afterpay and ranked #1 tech startup ecosystem in the southern hemisphere, Sydney’s Tech Central is redefining how large tech companies, startups, and academic institutions can work together to drive global change.Download tech & innovation ebook to learn moreAs the startup capital of Australia, Sydney is…

13 Oct 23

Google to pay €3.2M yearly fee to German news publishers

Computer & Information Technology

Google has agreed to pay German publishers €3.2mn per year for publishing their content on its News search engine. The compensation is part of an interim agreement between the tech giant and Corint Media, pending a decision by the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), which will determine the final…

13 Oct 23

VC funding in Europe rose in Q3 2023, but favoured late-stage startups

Computer & Information Technology

In the third quarter of 2023, European startups raised $16.4bn (€15.6bn) in VC funding — a 28% increase quarter over quarter. The findings are based on an analysis by Crunchbase, which also unveiled that the fresh capital has mostly favoured late-stage rounds. In contrast, funding for seed and early-stage companies…

13 Oct 23

GG Microsoft! UK clears $69B Activision Blizzard deal

Computer & Information Technology

After a lengthy process of regulatory scrutiny, the biggest deal in gaming history finally has the all-clear. Today, the final hold-out in the saga, the UK’s CMA, said it had approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, after the parties had made “gamechanging” amendments to the terms. The antitrust watchdog stated…

13 Oct 23

Households face higher bills due to relaxation of climate targets, experts say

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Last month, Sunak reduced ambitions on a raft of green policies, including pushing back the ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035; phasing out 80 per cent of new gas boilers, rather than all of them, by 2035; delaying the ban on off-grid…

12 Oct 23

Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit, held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.The event was hosted by AeroFarms, an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility.…