Deep Space Industries reveals Prospector-X spacecraft
Posted on 22 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US-based asteroid mining company Deep Space Industries (DSI) has recently revealed a new spacecraft called Prospector-X.
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Intel to buy autonomous car tech company Mobileye
Posted on 15 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US-based silicon chip manufacturer Intel is planning to buy Israeli autonomous car technology company Mobileye.
World’s largest nuclear waste site to use new safer storage method
Posted on 8 Mar 2017 by Aiden Burgess
A Rutgers University researcher has developed a new method which could help store radioactive nuclear waste for millions of years by turning it into glass. Tech giant IBM bets big on IoT
Posted on 6 Mar 2017 by Jonny Williamson
When IBM bets, it bets big and the horse its currently backing is one powered by the Internet of Things. Jonny Williamson reports. Online supermarket Ocado tests robotic hand
Posted on 1 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
The world's largest online supermarket, Ocado, is testing the use of robotic hands for use in its grocery distribution warehouses.
Internet of Things comes of age
Posted on 1 Mar 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Jonny Williamson provides an overview of IBM’s new global headquarters for its Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, Germany. What does the factory of the future look like?
Posted on 1 Mar 2017 by The Manufacturer
Manufacturing has been earmarked by the World Economic Forum and the European Union as a major driver of increased employment opportunities, reduced carbon emissions and better educational prospects for young people. This huge ambition largely rests on the advent of the smart factory and the rollout of Industry 4.0, which will make manufacturing more affordable in high-wage countries. Intel to boost CPU performance with release of new Cannonlake chips
Posted on 1 Mar 2017 by Aiden Burgess
Intel is set to boost its CPU performance with the introduction of its new Cannonlake chips, which are set to improve on the performance benchmark of its current Kaby Lake chips by 15%. BMW to launch fleet of autonomous vehicles in partnership with Intel and Mobileye
Posted on 22 Feb 2017 by Aiden Burgess
BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye are set to test a fleet of 40 autonomous vehicles later this year as part of a joint partnership between the three companies in a huge step towards making autonomous driving a reality. Japanese scientists demonstrate ‘drone bee’ prototype
Posted on 20 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A group of Japanese researchers have successfully demonstrated that a small 'drone bee' can be used to artificially pollinate flowers.