Connected vehicles, automobiles equipped with internet connectivity and a range of sensors that enable them to communicate with other vehicles, infrastructure, and external systems, continue to garner significant attention and adoption. This connectivity promises benefits including enhanced safety, improved traffic management and efficiency. Immersive in-car...
Amazon said last week that its Innovation Fund is ramping up its investment in robotics. And as a report Monday (March 4) by Bloomberg News notes, the company already has robots working for it, with a humanoid device called Digit moving bins in one of its warehouses. The...
Earnings season’s puts and takes in the electric vehicle industry show just how long and winding the road will be to ubiquity. There will be bumps on the journey, with massive consumer acceptance a fervent hope from scores of firms making the vehicles and chargers,...
After a star turn at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, the connected home continues its momentum with new manufacturers tying their once analog, manual products into automated, digital solutions. Many of the developments show that builders are taking the connected home from a “ground up” approach,...
A new trial in Australia is set to test roads that wirelessly charge electric trucks as they drive, potentially revolutionizing the trucking industry. The $8.2 million Australian dollar (about $5.4 million) initiative, partially funded by a government grant, is led by a research group from...
“There’s an app for that.” Fifteen years ago, that was Apple’s tagline for its iPhone, letting customers know that whatever they wanted a smartphone to do, they had an application that could do it. Now, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is introducing a phone that doesn’t have...
Samsung’s latest wearable device reportedly comes with health-tracking features. The smartphone maker’s Galaxy Ring — the company’s first ring product — is set to go on display for the first time Monday (Feb. 26) at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, CNBC reported, citing an...
History tends to repeat itself. For example, picture this: Bitcoin is trading above $50,000 and one of the world’s biggest technology companies just launched a mixed reality headset. Only it isn’t 2021. The year is 2024, and bitcoin has risen from the ashes of a...
When it comes to technological advances, the small things frequently have the biggest impact. And for the 21st century’s connected economy, there is no bigger, smaller thing than semiconductors — the preeminent component of the computer chips powering electronic devices and digital transformations that have...
