UC Riverside researchers are combining connected vehicle technology and evolutionary algorithms to make PHEVs more efficient.UCPlug-in hybrid cars are far more fuel efficient than internal combustion engine cars, but it turns out that the way the cars' energy management systems balance the energy load between the battery and gas engine isn't always the most efficient.Researchers at the Universi...

When it comes to innovative tech for the elderly, the mind jumps to helper-bots, to smart homes and facilitative infrastructure. there can be a tendency to mollycoddle, promoting a static or sedentary life, when often the opposite approach is needed. Unveiled at london design museum’s exhibition NEW OLD, the aura powered suit is a collaboration between designer yves béhar and superflex, a pow...

Before the heroics of Super Mario and Lara Croft captured our imaginations, video games were primarily used on an academic basis.In the 1950s, scientists built the first video games as instructional tools or to demonstrate the capabilities of new technologies. Academics tested out rudimentary forms of artificial intelligence on games like tic-tac-toe or chess, while showcasing their findings to...

A ranking of the 100 most promising private artificial intelligence companies globally.[click to enlarge]The AI 100 recognizes the teams and technologies that are successfully using AI to solve big challenges. The award winners will be announced on January 10th at The Innovation Summit being hosted at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara, CA.Companies were selected on the basis of their Mosaic sc...

Despite delays, Apple’s AirPods had a great holiday season according to a new report on wireless headphone online spending over the past several weeks.The report from Slice Intelligence–which collects its data from hundreds of millions of anonymized e-receipts–found that the $159 AirPods have accounted for more than a quarter of all online wireless headphones revenue since pre-orders for the...

Handset shipment growth is expected to have increased only by 0.6% in 2016, intensifying competition among top players Apple, Samsung and Huawei. Apple’s iPhone 7 phone on display in New York. Apple, which unveiled the first iPhone a decade ago this week, is increasingly relying on its services business for growth.Advances in hardware have become incremental, and growth in handset sales has la...

The first sequencing of the whole human genome in 2003 cost roughly $2.7 billion, but DNA sequencing giant Illumina has now unveiled a new machine that the company says is “expected one day” to order up your whole genome for less than $100.Illumina’s CEO Francis deSouza showed off the machine, called the NovaSeq, onstage at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in downtown San Francisco today,...

A jobs revolution is underway. How do we prepare?. Over the course of the last year, at World Economic Forum and elsewhere, I have asked participants two questions. First I ask for a show of hands on whether they feel confident about their current skills taking them through to the end of their careers – about one in five raise their hands. Then I ask if they feel confident about advising their...

One of the more interesting products I got to test at CES was a pair of VR sneakers from Japanese gadget-maker Cerevo. The Taclim VR system consists of a pair of sneakers and gloves that are designed to give you a more immersive virtual experience.The sneakers use haptic feedback to simulate different surfaces that you're walking over. The demo I tried attempted to simulate walking on sand, woo...