As artificial intelligence technology advances at a rapid pace, policymakers are attempting to anticipate a prepare for the problems and opportunities AI could create. Europe has now approved the world’s first laws for regulating AI. Kelvin Chan reports for Reuters: European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting […]
Touch Sensitive Robots Could Revolutionize Manufacturing
Motion Lib, a startup in Japan, claims to have made advancements in an area of robotics known as haptics, which replicates the sensation of touch. Robots with better touch sensitivity could be used to enhance many manufacturing processes, or help humans work better with robots from remote locations. Nikkei Asia’s Aya Onishi reports: A Japanese […]
Yet Another Battery Company Makes Big Promises
In nearly every country on earth, leaders are pushing electric vehicles on their citizens. The spartan lifestyle being pushed by Joe Biden and politicians hoping to fight supposed climate change demands an end to the internal combustion engine, and a near complete transition to electric vehicles. Whoever discovers battery technology that allows electric vehicles to […]
Tech Ever More Important in the Auto Industry
The world has learned over the last year just how important computers are to the modern auto industry, as shortages of vehicles, or of vehicles with certain options, have been created by a lack of chips to put in vehicles at the factory. An average 2021 automobile has around 1,400 chips in it. With so […]
Moore’s Law Slowing Down, Companies Chart New Chip Course
As the pace of traditional chip innovation slows down, companies are working on building chips that aren’t just faster, but better for their own applications. Asa Fitch reports in The Wall Street Journal (abridged): The world’s largest semiconductor companies face a growing competitive threat: their biggest customers making their own chips tailored to the supercharged […]
Tiny Slovenia Becomes Artificial Intelligence Powerhouse
Originally posted on April 15, 2020. Mark Minevich explains Slovenia’s pioneering AI technology in Forbes, writing (abridged): Slovenia has positioned itself as a true AI powerhouse––a maverick that has been crowned king of global artificial intelligence endeavors. AI technologies, such as neural networks, data modeling, statistical analysis and prioritized the education of said technologies across academic […]
Hi-Tech Fleeing the Bay Area and San Francisco
The Economist reports that after years of explosive growth, Silicon Valley may be beginning to wane. Last year San Francisco county lost population. As Americans leave Silicon Valley, it is a sign of caution for the tech industry and the economy in general. The Economist’s Leaders write: Last year more Americans left the county of […]
Electric Vehicles(EV): Investing Billions!
At RealClearEnergy.com, Constance Douris, Vice President of the Lexington Institute, tells readers of the coming wave of investment in Electric Vechicles (EVs). Automakers are all in on EVs, and there is a wave of public money behind them. Douris writes (abridged): In coming years, automakers will unveil dozens of new electric vehicle (EV) models. Ford alone […]
Breaking News: BP’s Explosion in Battery Technology
There aren’t many events that could change both the dynamics of international affairs and the discussion surrounding the environment faster than a major innovation in battery technology putting electric automobile performance on par with internal combustion engine powered machines. Not to mention that entire sectors of business would be created and possibly destroyed by such […]
Silicon Valley Geeks to Monitor Acceptable Speech?
What was the main reason Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was hauled before three committees of Congress, asks Daniel Henninger in the WSJ. The Russians. Did the Russian bots exploit the personal Facebook data obtained by Cambridge Analytica to help win Donald Trump the White House? The live Zuckerberg testimony was torture, forcing anyone interested to hear innumerable senators […]