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What's really neat about this is that it swims the way a fish (or perhaps we) swim, not using a propellor but but by flexing its body. And the flexing isn't based on simple mechanical actions (like leg mechanics on a robot). The "muscles" are dielectric elastomers embedded in silicone structures...
It was in the cards anyway, but now it's official. And the impact, unsurprisingly, is heavy.
(reuters) Shares in Imagination Tech (IMG.L) crashed more than 70 percent on Monday after the British company said its biggest customer, Apple (AAPL.O), would stop using its graphics technology in...
(Reuters) With the ink barely dry on the $15 billion sale of his autonomous driving technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) to Intel (INTC.O), inventive Israeli entrepreneur Amnon Shashua now has his sights set on taking another start-up public by the end of next year.
Roughly a decade after...
UK supercomputer investment includes "world's first decent-sized ARM-based HPC"
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has allocated £20 million for six new tier 2 supercomputing centers spread across the United Kingdom. The facilities are aimed at supporting both...
(Reuters) Artificial intelligence (AI) will become the primary way banks interact with their customers within the next three years, according to three quarters of bankers surveyed by consultancy Accenture (ACN.N) in a new report.
Four in five bankers believe AI will "revolutionize" the way in...
Adapting Disney Beauty and the Beast to a parable on the dangers of automation. Not for the humor-challenged.
'Beauty and the Beast,' Still a Cautionary Tale About the Smart Home | WIRED
(From Business Insider) The all-star roster of tech veterans that Facebook began assembling one year ago is quietly making progress, steadily expanding the size of its ranks and the hardware prototypes under development.
The group, known as Building 8, currently has four simultaneous projects...
(Reuters) Swatch Group is developing a Swiss-made operating system as it seeks to offer a smaller, more flexible alternative to the dominant systems which connect items such as smartwatches to the internet, its chief executive said on Thursday.
The Swiss are known for their watches but reaction...
A wake-up call for the US, particularly for government investment in this area.
(from ComputerWorld) Advanced computing experts at the National Security Agency and the Department of Energy are warning that China is "extremely likely" to take leadership in supercomputing as early as 2020, unless...
By a hair
(from Seeking Alpha) Synopsys (SNPS -1.4%) replaces Harman International Industries (NYSE:HAR) in the S&P 500 Index.Harman was acquired by Samsung in a deal that closed today.
(from Reuters) U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) agreed to buy driverless car-technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) for $15.3 billion on Monday, positioning itself for a dominant role in the autonomous-driving sector after missing the market for mobile phones.
Intel to buy driverless car-tech firm...
Nvidia Corp's quarterly revenue surged more than 50 percent for the second straight quarter and beat expectations, helped by rising demand for its graphics chips and strength in rapidly growing areas such as self-driving systems and artificial intelligence.
Graphics-chip maker Nvidia's revenue...
Hisroshima University, NIICT and Panasonics have developed a transmitter able to transmit data at over 100Gb/s in a single channel, using the 300 GHz band. An exciting application would be satellite-based THz communication which could greatly improve global access. Of course users would still...
Not sure if this has been covered already (I couldn't find anything on a quick search). Researchers at Stanford have developed transistors that can be stretch and twisted sufficiently to conform to human/animal skin or organs. The semiconducting polymer DPPT-TT was already known, but since it is...
More exactly, embedding organic electronics in 3D objects as you print them. The first prototype apparently is a semi-transparent self-heating tea mug. The mind boggles at the possibilities.
Researchers merge 3D printing and organic electronics - Highlighted Articles - Elsevier
Rough legal times for Qualcomm, most recently the Korea fine, now this. The suit's for what you expect - anti-competitive practices in licensing.
U.S. antitrust agency sues Qualcomm over patent licensing
| Reuters
Not the way you think in the semiconductor world. This is more in Big Data, Deep Learning and all that other stuff that's trending. Turns out a lot of hot companies are recruiting physicists for their math backgrounds coupled to modeling experimental data. And the pay is a lot better, as I can...
This one is Android-based and selling exclusively in China. It's not actually from Nokia, it's from HMD global, who own the right to use the Nokia brand on mobile phones. Still, the name lives on.
HMD Global launches first Nokia smartphone
| Reuters
