Land Rover Utaric is a concept of an autonomous delivery van.It’s a project done during a study at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wrocław. It’s undeniable that autonomous transportation system is a real vision, all automotive manufacturers take this seriously as the future generation of vehicles. Today, the technology of autonomous systems is not just a fantasy, work on implementing such...

Everybody loves a little competition. It levels the playing field and ensures prices and products are kept affordable and available. But how do you measure and track the competitiveness of specific sectors?The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is a commonly accepted measurement of market concentration, and in today’s case, we use it to show which mineral sectors have healthy competition between...

The AI Index is a starting point for informed conversations about progress in artificial intelligence. The report aggregates a diverse set of metrics, and makes the underlying data easily accessible to the general public. The AI Index Report is broken into 4 large sections:Volume of ActivityThe Volume of Activity metrics capture the "how much" aspects of the field, like attendance at AI confere...

The Emerging 30 Technologies – What Will Impact Us The Most Over the Next Decade.[click to enlarge]After exhaustively going through an inventory of 100+ technologies, we’ve landed on the top 30 ranked technologies we believe are going to have the most impact over the next decade (2018-2028).Unlike some studies, we took a different tact by: ranking their impact, using a number of data and qual...

A new study suggests genes that influence acne also play a role in hair follicle formation.In one of the largest studies ever completed investigating the genetic origins of acne, researchers have homed in on several genetic regions that could be associated with the condition. Fascinatingly, it was revealed that many of these genetic regions are also associated with hair follicle function, highl...

If you build it, the saying goes, they will come. But they have to be able to get there. In cities around the world, getting there is a challenge, fraught by growing traffic congestion and deteriorating public transit systems. All of this piles on travel time and impedes access to urban locations. But it’s more than a source of frustration—the mobility problems that cities face threaten their...

You can even 3D print a life-size replica of a human head — and not just for Hollywood. Forbes reporter Thomas Brewster commissioned a 3D printed model of his own head to test the face unlocking systems on a range of phones — four Android models and an iPhone X.Bad news if you’re an Android user: only the iPhone X defended against the attack.Gone, it seems, are the days of the trusty passcod...

The Dow Transports is seen as a barometer of the economy, but this time may be different.To the list of areas where Amazon is wreaking disruption, from retail to cloud computing, add another candidate: a stock market index that has been watched by investors as a barometer of the US economy. The Dow Jones Transportation Average, the less well-known sibling of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in...

Keep track of your timers on a more traditional clock.Amazon’s $29.99 Echo Wall Clock is now here to complete the set of minimalist Alexa devices (including a smart microwave and outlet plug) that the company announced earlier this year. Like some of those other products, the analog Wall Clock doesn’t actually have a mic for Alexa built in; it’s meant for those who already own an Echo. If yo...