What Does the Smart Home of the Near Future Look Like?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is revamping numerous industries. Soon, it will also redefine how we live. In just ten years, many of our homes will be transformed by IoT development. Combined with artificial intelligence (AI), IoT will allow our homes to learn about their inhabitants and anticipate their needs. Machines will lend a hand […]
5 Ways the Internet of Things Is Improving Healthcare for Providers
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expanding to nearly every industry, and each sector is leveraging this connected technology to reap different benefits. But perhaps no other field is being transformed by IoT more than medicine. An analysis by Grand View Research Inc. shows that IoT applications in the healthcare market will reach a value […]
The Internet of Things Is Transforming the Travel Industry
With its unparalleled ability to push, pull, and act upon data from the real world, the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought drastic improvements to many industries like agriculture and entertainment. But unbeknownst to many, IoT development has also been quietly transforming another sector: Travel. Let’s take a look at four ways it’s doing this. […]
Can Quantum Computing Make Machine Learning Better?
There’s no doubt machine learning applications have given businesses and consumers extraordinary capabilities that weren’t possible before. But the truth is the technology is being held back by hardware; traditional CPUs and machine learning don’t exactly work well together. Can quantum computing help machine learning developers take things a step further? A new study from […]
Why Even Experts Don’t Know How Much AI Will Transform Our Workforce
For the better part of a decade, experts have expressed serious concern about artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on job security and unemployment rates. But economists have widely varying projections about just how many jobs will be automated in the next decade. Different Pictures of the Same Scenario In one study, researchers at the University of […]
M.I.T. Plans to Invest $1 Billion In New College for AI
Countries and companies around the world are racing to leverage the profound capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, many of them have even given themselves deadlines. For example, China would like to be a world leader in AI by 2025. The Boston-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is throwing its hat into the ring […]
California Wants to Stop Hackers from Controlling IoT Gadgets
Democratic California governor Jerry Brown is making history by signing a bill into law that sets cybersecurity standards for Internet-connected devices. This includes all Internet-connected devices: your smart refrigerator, thermostat, car, computer, and everything in between. His signature would make California the first state to pass a law surrounding cybersecurity of the Internet of Things […]
Soon, Doctors Will Be Able to Track Your Health – Without Any Wearables
Dina Katabi is a renowned professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT in Boston. She’s built a box in her research lab that can live in your home; it tracks physiological signals while you move: breathing, gait, sleeping, heart rate, and much more. She hopes this box will become the non-invasive standard for measuring biological […]
Is Slowing Down Innovation the Key to a More Secure Internet of Things?
It may sound counterintuitive, but could cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) be improved with a slower rate of innovation in the field? With IoT, security compromises don’t just mean a smartphone or computer getting hacked; the interconnected nature of IoT means entire groups of cars, homes, hospitals, and offices could be hacked at […]
AI Can Finally Explain Its Thought Process (Sort Of)
Artificial intelligence (AI) that can comprehend and explain its thoughts is a “holy grail” in the field — one that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is dedicating $2 billion to over the next five years towards. Now, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says they’ve accomplished the […]