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 […]
5 Essential Design Tips for Wearables
Wearable devices have consistently penetrated the consumer market over the past several years. Globally, the number of connected wearables is expected to grow to more than one billion by 2022. For wearables development companies, like San Francisco-based Fitbit and Apple, the competition has only grown recently with the introduction of more wearables options from companies […]
Will AI Generate Wealth for Everyone?
Every year, we invest a lot of time, effort, and money to make emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G into a reality. Although many of the benefits that these technologies bring us are obvious (more automation with AI, deeper connectivity with the IoT, and faster internet with 5G), […]
Can AI Help With Human Loneliness?
All of the quarantining at home during the pandemic has made many of us feel lonely and isolated, and phone calls and video chats are no substitute for in-person interaction. New artificial intelligence (AI) technology has become available for people who are looking for comfort and connection. This technology, similar to chatbots, offers the ability […]
5 Things We Must Do to Make AI a Force for Good
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) applications have had an eventful journey that involved autonomous car crashes with pedestrians, discriminatory recruiting technology that favored men over women, and racist AI tools. And although these issues sparked intense debate and discussion over AI ethics, the fact of the matter is that talk is nothing without […]
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 […]
5 Wearable Tech Trend Predictions for 2021
The new year is when millions of us set goals for the upcoming months, and many of us wish to work on improving our health and fitness. Wearables have rapidly ascended to become the top choice of fitness devices in the past two years, and medical tech developers like Fitbit, Samsung, and Apple are manufacturing […]
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 […]
The Top 5 Most Infamous and Damaging DDoS Attacks
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are getting bigger and more frequent, and they can reach any online service: websites, emails, and connected devices. A DDoS attack can slow down your device or completely stop it from working, and it doesn’t matter if your company is a small startup or if it’s an international corporation. […]
This AI Rates Attractiveness… For Science?
A new artificial intelligence (AI) application from a team of researchers in the European Union (EU), called “How Normal Am I?”, is shaking up a lot of people’s self-confidence today. Sure, not everyone is as photogenic as the models in the above image, but we’re all beautiful in our own unique way, right? This AI […]