6 More Vital Design Tips for Wearables
Wearables are everywhere, and they’re moving past the usual smartwatch territory into new areas, like clothing, glasses, and rings. Although all wearables connect to your mobile device for a more detailed experience, we’ve come to expect a lot from the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) of wearable screens. For health app developers that […]
Can ‘Quantum Brains’ Accelerate AI?
There’s an unexpected chemical element that could become the basis for a new type of computer: cobalt. Cobalt could help us combine our brain’s capabilities with quantum mechanics, paving the way for a kind of computer that no one’s ever seen before. And one of the most innovative parts about this new computer is that […]
Do You Really Need Machine Learning for Your Chatbot?
Developing chatbots can involve as little or as much complexity as you want, depending on your budget, desired accuracy, and business application. Although chatbots can be as simple as pattern-based applications or as involved as machine learning (ML) applications, they can always be upgraded to the newest technologies when the time is right. With the […]
5 Ways AI Is Fueling the Next Phase of Space Exploration
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been achieving amazing results recently, allowing us to solve or get closer to solving decades-long problems in all kinds of industries. One major field that AI applications could make a big splash in is space and aeronautics. Although space exploration and technology isn’t a household name yet, the industry has been […]
Has COVID-19 Catalyzed an Automation Revolution?
Robots are getting better at their jobs, and robotics engineers are building more life-like robots than ever. The technology is a tool in the larger field of automation, which, like all industries, was largely affected by COVID-19. As stay-at-home orders were enacted and employees became infected, companies that had automation in place were much better […]
How AI Helps Us Tell Conspiracy Theory Fact from Fiction
Conspiracy theories are everywhere these days, and social media is perpetuating how fast people learn about them. What once were doubtful ideas with little evidence supporting them, conspiracy theories have moved into the realm of causing harm and danger to whoever or whatever is thought to be the cause of the theory. Forums that draw […]
AI & Alcohol: How Machine Learning Helped Make Hops-Free Beer
The worlds of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology are becoming increasingly intertwined. We’ve seen some pretty remarkable things grow out of synthetic biology: lab-grown meat, recyclable biofuel, and super-powered yeast cells that create life-saving drugs like insulin. A subfield of biology, synthetic biology, often gets down and dirty with genomics and gene editing to develop […]
Benefits and Challenges of Big Data in Healthcare
New advancements in data science, machine learning, and big data may be just what the doctor ordered for the healthcare industry. According to Global Market Insights, the market share of healthcare analytics is predicted to grow by 12.6% by 2025. Increased access to medical databases has opened up more possibilities for predictive analytics, focusing on […]
AI: The Answer to Road Rage?
When we think of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cars, most of us jump straight to self-driving cars that take away the most difficult parts of driving: the anxiety, the constant attention required, and avoiding a collision. But an AI application in the form of a road rage chatbot may end up having the most profound effect […]
IoT Cybersecurity: Common Hacks and Effective Countermeasures
The Internet of Things (IoT) is vast and constantly evolving. To secure such a complex system of devices, software, cloud platforms, and private customer information, businesses around the world spent $1.5 billion on IoT security in 2019 alone. This may sound like a lot, but for companies that have skipped out on securing and strengthening […]