What is FreeSense, and why might it create more problems than it solves?
Objects fitting the IoT (Internet of Things) definition present the challenge of balancing security with ease of use. Those who design and use them have been struggling to balance this equation. A recent discovery by researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University, has potentially solved this problem. The IoT issues The problem with having all of your […]
Europe’s Brexit Brain Boom – How the British Talent Exodus is Christmas Come Early for EU Tech Industry
The surprise vote The UK’s shocking Brexit vote was a bolt from the blue for most of the world, who had expected the vote to go by far the other way. It shocked even those who had been instrumental in backing it. Suddenly they found themselves heading one of the most difficult diplomatic […]
Goldman Sachs Granted Patent for SETLCoin Cryptocurrency
Many industries such as asset or investment fund management and banking are loaded with inefficiency due to their standing as a trusted third party. As a result, cryptocurrency and blockchain projects have emerged to help reduce these inefficiencies. Goldman Sachs has introduced their own blockchain-based settlement network for resolving transactions across many levels of […]
Drone flying: the legal nightmare and the end of leisure flight
Landing on an aircraft carrier Not a week goes by without some news on a drone “misconduct” (latest was landing on one of UK’s aircraft carrier). They gather about as much interest as they spark fear. Try flying a drone, just about anywhere, and before you’re first battery is up, you’ll have a small crowd […]
NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office set to test Earth-saving device
Though a Planetary Defense Coordination Office sounds like something from a futuristic sci-fi movie containing giant lasers, alien bugs and a stereotypical hero, it is actually a very real department within NASA. Its duty? To protect planet Earth. What is the Planetary Defense Coordination Office The Planetary Defense Coordination Office is headed by […]
French Tech Friday: The Swello Story
How a summer break idea is tackling the big names in Social Media Management Tools (SMMT) Meet Jonathan Noble, a 22-year-old French entrepreneur. Seven years ago (yep, your math is right), while in high school, he noticed his tweets were gathering more engagement when posted during school hours. Back in 2010, with no smartphone […]
Parity Hacked: More Than 30 Million Dollars Lost
Parity got hacked?? On Wednesday, July 19th, 2017, several Parity multisig (multisignature) addresses were compromised by a group of “MultiSig Blackhat Exploiters.” Since the attack, only 70,000 of the estimated 153,000 stolen ETH has been withdrawn by the blackhat group who was involved. While the client itself was not directly breached, a contract […]
Robotic Pizzeria takes Silicon Valley by Storm
Though robotics and artificial intelligence have been used extensively in the military, research and finance sectors, it seems that they have finally found exactly where they need to be. In the most important sector of all to humanity as a whole. The sector of delicious pizza. Silicon Valley start-up Zume, founded in 2015, […]
The Knightscope K5 – Why the toddler-bashing, drunk-fighting, self-drowning security bot is a great help for Robotics PR
The Knightscope K5 and Robotics PR The Knightscope K5, Silicon Valley’s very own mini Robocop, is a small robot which undertakes advanced security duties around the building. It may look like an upper-class trashcan, but it’s actually an incredibly advanced robot which has a host of advantages over a human security guard. It constantly monitors the […]
Rebranding France
How President Macron is putting France on the top spot France has become the world’s top soft power nation making a big leap from n°5 to n°1 within a year. This makes France the most influencial nation, overtaking the U.K. and the United States. Not long ago, this would have been unthinkable. There […]