By Chuck Martin The Lego Group is launching an augmented reality feature integrating the technology with buildings created with the iconic Lego bricks. In the […]
Continue readingPedestrian Movements To Be Predicted by Self-Driving Cars
By Chuck Martin In yet another twist on the road to autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars are being taught to recognize and predict pedestrian behavior. By […]
Continue readingGoogle Assistant Gets First-Aid Voice Feature from Mayo Clinic
By Chuck Martin The Mayo Clinic has added its first-aid voice application to Google Assistant and […]
Continue reading5G Coming to Chicago, Minneapolis
By Chuck Martin Expanding its rollout of 5G technology, AT&T is adding two more cities to the seven markets previously targeted for 5G this year. […]
Continue readingHumans Still Needed in Driverless Cars
By Chuck Martin Self-driving cars are racking up the miles in test mode but in many cases, the backup drivers in those cars have had […]
Continue readingKroger Launches Mobile Payment System
By Chuck Martin The Kroger Co. is launching its own mobile payment system providing shoppers with a single-use QR code on their phone for checkout. […]
Continue reading$95 Million Raised by Self-Driving Truck Company
By Chuck Martin Another self-driving truck startup has raised funds to increase production. TuSimple announced it has raised $95 million in Series D funding, giving […]
Continue reading100 Million Wearables and Counting
By Chuck Martin The wearables wave continues. Driven by smartphone sales, wearable device growth reached shipments of 105 million devices last year, based on a […]
Continue readingSales of Smartwatches Up 61% In a Year
By Chuck Martin Dollar sales of smartwatches in the U.S. increased 51% totaling nearly $5 billion in sales, according to a new forecast from the […]
Continue readingDigital Voice Assistants Projected to Reach 8 Billion
By Chuck Martin The number of digital voice assistants in use will grow to 8 billion by 2023, according to a new forecast by Juniper […]
Continue readingFlying Taxis Draw Some Consumer Support
By Chuck Martin Even before self-driving vehicles hit the market in any kind of mass numbers somewhere down the road, researchers are already looking at […]
Continue reading$13M Raised for AI Company’s Real-Time Sensors
By Chuck Martin A company focused on creating artificial intelligence in sensors has raised $13 million. The company, AI Storm, raised the financing from Egis […]
Continue readingDriverless Delivery Startup Nuro Gets $940M From Softbank
By Chuck Martin Softbank is investing $940 million into Nuro, the robotics company that makes self-driving vehicles for deliveries. Nuro has now raised more than […]
Continue readingVoice Assistants, Virtual/Augmented Reality Reach Into Retail
By Chuck Martin More smart, connected technology is coming to retail. Retailers are moving ahead with more in-store tech ranging from virtual and augmented reality […]
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