The problem with the phrase “buzzword” is the unspoken implication that the technologies and innovations being labeled as such don’t provide real value, at least not yet. Digital twins, and the industrial metaverse more broadly, have for years been buzzwords hovering around the industrial economy,...
What do the movies “Blade Runner,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Back to the Future Part II” and Spike Jonze’s “Her” all have in common? These science fiction movies, each depicting various versions of a future full of fantastic technologies, all take place in the year...
As wildfires ravage parts of Los Angeles, residents are turning to digital tools to stay informed, with technology proving vital in tracking fires and managing communication. Watch Duty, a wildfire-tracking app, has become a lifeline for many, amassing 1.4 million downloads in 48 hours as...
Despite their low-tech reputations, the industrial and agricultural sectors are being reimagined by autonomous solutions. The advent of autonomous commercial vehicles, as well as across warehouse operations, couldn’t be coming at a better time. Within agriculture alone, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates there are...
Will 2025 be the year of the public-facing workplace robot? It’s something operators want to happen in the coming year, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Dec. 31). The robotics/drone industry had drawn in roughly $12.8 billion in venture capital funding by mid-December, the report said,...
Samsung says startups from its C-Lab will display a range of products at CES 2025. The startups will showcase efforts in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), digital health and robotics at the Consumer Electronics Show, kicking off next month in...
Organizations are grappling with the dual challenges of their legacy infrastructure and rapidly evolving technological demands to operate. A business case and contract request shared by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), for example, revealed that when it comes to core back-office platforms such as enterprise...
The biggest tech show in the world, CES 2025 next month in Las Vegas, is landing squarely on the connected economy next month with innovations expected in connected homes, digital health, and mobility leading the charge. “AI [artificial intelligence] has to be one of the...
Old-fashioned technology is coming back into fashion, and we’re talking more than just dumb phones. Take pagers, for instance. Earlier this month, Sega’s Japanese toys division announced on its YouTube channel the launch of an emoji-only toy pager. The device, dubbed Emojam, allows users to...
