Science

Down Boy – Google Reveals Human-Proof Robot Dog

Developed by robot specialists Boston Dynamics, Spot can cope with hills, rough terrain, and even human kicks

9 years ago

SoftBank Enlists Japanese-Speaking IBM Watson As Profit Falls

IBM to teach Watson Japanese to give a helping hand to Softbank

9 years ago

IBM Adds New Services To Watson Developer Cloud

IBM's five new services for the Watson Developer Cloud enhance developer options for tapping into Watson's cognitive computing power

9 years ago

US Navy Builds Robot Fireman – Complete With Plucky Drone Sidekick

But latest trials suggests there is more work to be done

9 years ago

Google vs Uber: The Critics’ View

Is Google really preparing to launch an Uber competitor? And if so, would it succeed?

9 years ago

Alibaba Begins Drone Trials By Delivering Ginger Tea

The Chinese e-commerce giant says the drones will deliver within an hour of ordering

9 years ago

Raspberry Pi 2 Features More Power Than Ever Before, Alongside Free Windows 10

Second generation Raspberry Pi promises six times more juice for the same price

9 years ago

Government Funding To Turn Gloucestershire Nuclear Lab Into Green Tech Research Park

Funding to transform former Nuclear Lab into centre for renewable energy and cyber security skills

9 years ago

One In Five Cars Worldwide Will Be Connected To The IoT By 2020

Gartner report predicts huge rise in the number of connected vehicles across the world

9 years ago

Dell, Intel, University Of Cambridge Send High Performance Computing Into Freak Mode

Their data analytics and cloud platforms for industrial workloads are helping scientists to cure diseases and examine the beginning of…

9 years ago

Google And O2 To Back Government School Computing Drive

Government to announce support of big name tech firms supporting computing skills teaching in school

9 years ago

Elon Musk Reveals Plans For Huge Space Internet

Fleet of satellites to beam Internet from orbit, but Branson announces similar idea

9 years ago

IBM Study: No Self-Driving Cars In The Next Decade

IBM global automotive study claims cognitive cars will be the norm, however

9 years ago

Elon Musk Donates $10m To Protect Humanity From AI Threat

Elon Musk has set aside a $10 million cash pot to protect us from eventual extinction at the mechanical hands…

9 years ago

Can You Fly Drones In London?

Blog: TechWeekEurope looks at the city's no fly zones and the rules about flying drones in the UK

9 years ago

The Critics’ View: Cars, Smartwatches and IoT at CES 2015

TechWeekEurope cherry picks from the best blogs coming out of CES 2015

9 years ago

Bill Gates Touts Omniprocessor For Electricity and Water From Human Waste

Bill Gates drinks fresh water made from human waste, and surprisingly it doesn't taste like urine

9 years ago

Nuclear Plant Discovers Worm Infection

Malware has been discovered in a device connected to the control systems of a nuclear power plant in South Korea

9 years ago

Smartphone Use Alters The Human Brain

Smartphones use is altering the human brain, but not in the sinister way scaremongers would have you believe

9 years ago

Fancy Making Contact With Little Green Men?

UK space organisations team up with Raspberry Pi offer kids the chance to send your computer code into space

9 years ago

NASA Selects Entry For DARPA Robotic Competition

With two possible entries for an upcoming robotic challenge, NASA opts for the more manoeuvrable machine

9 years ago

Driverless Car Tests Set To Begin In Four English Cities

Bristol, Greenwich, Milton Keynes and Coventry will host driverless cars tests ahead of their arrival on British roads next year

9 years ago

Panasonic Kicks Off ‘Sustainable Town’

Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town looks to spur on sustainable power generation, emissions reductions, smart metering and other green technologies

9 years ago

World’s First Digital Animal Created In Robot Body

Is the world's first digital replica of an animal either a dog, cat, or a more exotic animal?

9 years ago

Old TV Signals Could Be Used For Long Range ‘Super Wi-Fi’ Network

German researchers say old TV signals should be made available as "common property" for super Wi-Fi networks that can travel…

9 years ago

Businesses “Must Embrace Innovation On A New Scale” To Solve The Challenges Of Tomorrow, Says Siemens

Ben Collar, director of Research & Development for Siemens Road and City Mobility, explains how businesses need to take a…

9 years ago

Why Has Google Leased Historic Moffett Airfield From NASA?

Will Google use its newly acquired Moffett Airfield for drones or more exotic airborne technology?

9 years ago

Self-Learning Robots Produced With 3D Printers

Norwegian researchers 'print' self-learning robots for potentially hazardous duties

9 years ago