http://europeanmakerweek.eu/ European Maker Week Is an initiative promoted by European Commission and implemented by Maker Faire Rome in collaboration with Startup Europe. Events will be held around Europe between 23-29 October. →
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/innovation-should-be-school-subject-commissioner-navracsics_en.html Innovation should be taught as a subject in European schools, according to Tibor Navracsics, the EU’s Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, who says that education can be a defining factor in the life of young scientists. ‘Education can be a decisive force, an engine in the socialisation of young scientists,’ he said. ‘It →
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609048/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/?utm_campaign=add_this&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post We are surrounded by hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics—hysteria about how powerful they will become, how quickly, and what they will do to jobs. A story in MarketWatch that said robots will take half of today’s jobs in 10 to 20 years. The claims are ludicrous. Today’s robots and AI systems are incredibly narrow in what they →
https://www.hackster.io/contests/ESP8266 The Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot topic in today’s tech conversations. Many times, IoT development and prototyping cycles are too long and too expensive due to the time and complexity it takes to build a simple IoT prototype. But the creation of IoT projects doesn’t have to be complex or expensive. myDevices, →
https://hackaday.com/2017/09/11/these-twenty-assistive-technologies-projects-won-1000-in-the-hackaday-prize/ This page introduces the winners of the Assistive Technologies projects. Take a look at many interesting open hardware projects. →
https://www.recode.net/2017/9/1/16236506/tech-amazon-apple-gdp-spending-productivity Tech companies lead top U.S. companies in R&D spending. Amazon is No. 1. That’s notable because spending on research and development is a key indicator for U.S. productivity, a measure of how well our economy is doing, and productivity has been decreasing lately. Amazon, Alphabet, Intel, Microsoft and Apple, tech companies spent more on research →
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies Emerging technologies are those technical innovations which represent progressive developments within a field for competitive advantage. This is an interesting list. →
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/298943 The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to evolve and expand in terms of the number of companies, products, and applications. There are numerous IoT companies you may not yet be familiar with but that could enhance how you work and live. This article introduces 25 innovative IoT firms and products. →
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-source-is-driving-digital-transformation-according-to-mainstream-businesses/ Many of us declared victory for open source years ago, once it came to dominate key industry trends like big data, mobile, and cloud. But the real sign of winning is when mainstream enterprises talk about open source as part of their earnings calls. Once open source becomes a key component of financial performance, →
https://blog.hackster.io/tiny-ai-devices-invade-the-maker-movement-928c01b185df It is no secret that AI is among the top growth areas in technology today. Interest Deep Learning has caused an explosion of industry investment into software such as Facebook’s Caffe2 and Google’s TensorFlow frameworks. There is the theme of providing small edge devices with more intelligence has grown stronger. More and more inventive developers and teams seem to →