Facebook, which has scripted a mammoth change in the way people interact, share and communicate with each other over the last decade, celebrated its tenth anniversary on February 4th. Nearly 1.23 billion users of the social networking site were in for a special surprise, thanks to Look Back, a feature that created a sentimental feel,…
Whether networked vehicles that warn of traffic jams in real time, household appliances that can be operated remotely, “wearables” that monitor physical activity, or industrial plants that detect possible production errors in time and notify technical support, the number of intelligent products that communicate wirelessly with other devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) age…
As a marketing or sales professional, knowing your customer is vital for success. Taking extra care to understand what your customer values will help you to communicate in an effective manner with him or her. Customers want to receive assurance about certain things before they purchase a product or invest in a service. They may…
In years to come, robots could assist human users in a variety of ways, both when they are inside their homes and in other settings. To be more intuitive, robots should be able to follow natural language commands and instructions, as this allows users to communicate with them just as they would with other humans.…
WLAN and Bluetooth have limited bandwidth, making conventional wireless communication problematic in the production environment. Nevertheless, numerous components such as sensors and robots need to be wirelessly connected. To overcome this challenge, a team of researchers at Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in Lemgo is working on solutions with help from the Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) University of Applied Sciences…
To fight further spread of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China and globally, and protect states with weaker health systems, the international community has launched a US$675 million preparedness and response plan covering the months of February through to April 2020. “My biggest worry is that there are countries today who do not have…
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[ad_1] My wife and daughter are out of town today so I was going to get caught up on my favorite TV shows: Supergirl, Flash, Supernatural and Legion. I definitely like the superhero shows. I grew up watching Christopher Reeve’s Superman films and reading comics. But when I got home, I decided to take a…