Autonomous flight startup merlin lab announced their partnership with aircraft provider Dynamic Aviation earlier this year. The Boston-based company now revealed its plan to launch autonomous planes. The company said their software & hardware is capable to work in any plane and it has conducted many test flights with the autonomous plane but with a safety pilot. Merlin CEO Matthew George says he is in this industry to “make air space safer and more efficient.” The startup is planning to load packages onto autonomous planes. Autonomous planes are a relief…
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Corning Gorilla Glass With DX, DX+ specifically made for back cameras
Corning announced two new gorilla glass composites named Corning Gorilla Glass with DX and Corning Gorilla Glass with DX+, exclusively designed to protect back camera lenses. The new composites are expected to improve scratch resistance & durability. Samsung is going to be the first company that uses Corning Gorilla Glass with DX and Corning Gorilla Glass with DX+, But the new composites will make its way to other devices soon. Aymin Amin, Vice President, and General Manager, Corning Gorilla Glass says, “Antireflective coatings have long been used on conventional cameras…
Read MoreImagery based BMI system for people with paralysis
Researchers from a multi-institutional team led by the lab of Woon-Hong Yeo at the Georgia Institute of Technology introduce a new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system that combines wireless soft scalp electronics and virtual reality. It allows the user to think action and wirelessly controls a wheelchair or robotic arm. The system is of great advantage for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis. “The major advantage of this system to the user, compared to what currently exists, is that it is soft and comfortable to wear, and doesn’t have any…
Read MoreQualcomm announces Snapdragon 888 Plus with increased AI capabilities
Qualcomm on Monday announced its new smartphone processor with Ai enhanced gameplay the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The new processor features increased clock speed on the CPU. Qualcomm also boosted the AI capabilities of the processor by 20 percentage, which will immensely improve the video call and gameplay experiences. Qualcomm said that the phone makers are trying to bring more than 130 designs using the Snapdragon 888 and 888 Plus. “It feels profoundly intelligent entertainment experiences with AI-enhanced gameplay, streaming, photography, and more,” Qualcomm’s incoming CEO, Cristiano Amon, said during a…
Read MoreDazzling drone display at Tokyo Olympics 2021
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2021 witnessed 1824 drones. They initially turned to the Tokyo 2020 emblem and then transformed into a revolving globe high in the sky. In the Backdrop, a rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine,”. Which was modified and recreated by Hans Zimmer for the Olympics, played. This time the Olympic stadium was almost empty due to the covid 19 pandemic restrictions. The drones were from Intel, which has put on memorable shows around the world including the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show. However, the opening…
Read MoreBetter Behaving robots: Researcher receives global recognition.
ANU researcher Hanna Kurniawati and her team receive global recognition with the Robotics Science and Systems Test of Time award. Kurniawati and her team’s contributions in the field of robotics are prominent in developing better behaving robots. Hanna kurniawati has spent many years in research for finding reliable ways to build smart, and ethically behaving robots that can not only think like us but empathize too. “I think there needs to be a differentiation as to whether artificial intelligence (AI) and robots are behaving ethically and whether the development of…
Read MoreFacebook rolls out cloud games for apple devices, following Microsoft & Amazon
Facebook on Friday rolled out cloud games on Apple devices through a web app for the Safari browser. With the new update, users can play games instantly on a mobile device or web browser without downloading them. Facebook released the cloud games after Apple’s update updates to its cloud gaming policy, which says each streaming game must be submitted to the App Store as an individual app for review. Previously, Microsoft and amazon launched cloud games on apple devices. Vivek Sharma, vice president of Facebook Gaming explained, “We’ve come to…
Read MoreApple to Introduce mini-LED MacBook Air In 2022
The tech giant Apple announces the launch of the MacBook Air next year. An apple insider report claims that the MacBook Air will feature an extremely fresh design with a 13.3-inch standard LED-backlit display. The M2 is likely to be made on an equivalent advanced 5nm process as was the A15 Bionic for the iPhone 13 lineup.it will also feature, four performance and 4 efficient cores, with the likelihood of nine or ten graphics processing cores. Apple is also launching mini-LED to the 11-inch iPad Pro come next year for…
Read MoreMajor security vulnerability on Windows 10/11: exposed by a Twitter user
Microsoft is having a tough time since a Twitter user reported a major vulnerability in windows10/11. As per the reports, this vulnerability exposes admin passwords to local users which can be considered as an important security flaw of the OS. Microsoft has confirmed that they are aware of the issue through an executive summary on its Security Vulnerability page. Microsoft says “this new vulnerability is a result of inadequate protection of access control lists on several system files, which include the SAM database. An unauthorized person could use the vulnerability…
Read MoreAlphabet’s Intrinsic to unlock the potential of industrial robots
Alphabet’s industrial robot company intrinsic is all set to “unlock the creative and economic potential” of the $42 billion industrial robotics market. The company is working out on software tools that make more affordable and user-friendly industrial robots. industrial robots gained popularity in the past year due to their widespread application in the war against covid 19. Wendy Tan-White, a VP of Moonshots at Alphabet, who now has the title of Intrinsic CEO penned in a blog that “Over the last few years, our team has been exploring how to…
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