Today, driving can be frustrating if you’re stuck in traffic—which tends to be a regular experience for many commuters. In the United States alone, 5.5 billion hours of productivity are lost from waiting in traffic each year. So what is an automated vehicle? Given that the term means different things to different people, let’s start […]
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Experts have warned about two separate but related security problems with the Internet of Things, which is slated to connect 20 billion consumer devices to the internet within the next four years. The explosion of web-connected devices heralded by the Internet of Things risks making us all more vulnerable online, NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett warned business leaders Tuesday. “It
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Plugging utilities and factories into Web services and third-party apps is no easy feat. Just ask Rich Carpenter, the executive behind the Industrial Internet Control System that GE claims is the first to make such connections. The portfolio of new systems represent a milestone of blending PC and industrial-control technologies in
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IU Health Leaving Health Insurance Marketplace By Alex Brown Multimedia Journalist 2016-09-26T21:52:19Z Indiana University Health Plans is dropping its individual policies from the Health Insurance Marketplace. The insurance arm of IU health says the move is the result of a restructuring of its product offerings for 2017 due to “heightened financial uncertainty” of Obamacare in
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With all the talk surrounding Apple and its latest incarnation, the iPhone 7, we’re quick to ignore the other odds and ends that come popping out of Apple’s treasure chest. One interesting nugget has been Apple’s express desire to change the way we run our homes. With the Home app users can control a vast array
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Honeywell’s latest thermostat works with Alexa and Siri, and is $100 cheaper than Nest. The ranks of Apple HomeKit devices expanded today with Honeywell’s new Lyric T5 Wi-Fi Thermostat. Also compatible with Amazon Alexa, the Lyric T5 is aimed at connected home enthusiasts who would otherwise be considering a Nest thermostat or those who already
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Apple is getting ready to go head-to-head with Amazon with its own smart home hub similar to the latter’s Echo. The system will be very similar in functionality, allowing user’s to interact with it via Siri, Apple’s voice-activated AI assistant; Amazon’s devices, meanwhile, feature its Alexa system. Users will be able to control connected home
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PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New name, new targets, new location and most of all a new format for TRUSTECH. The TRUSTECH Confex is now completing the CARTES Exhibition with a high level conference programme. Numerous international speakers and opinion leaders from payments, financial services, business, telecommunications, identification and data security will share their insights on topics like blockchain,
We’re not in the past or the present any more. This is the future. Get in from work, and your location-aware iPhone talks to your iPhone-aware house. The lights come on, the blinds go up, the kettle starts boiling and the music starts. For added sci-fi points, you can say “Hey, Siri… I’m home”. It’s
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DIY computer-maker Kano is moving into the internet of things. The British startup has announced a new Kickstarter campaign for a trio of gadgets designed to let children (and adults) build their own speakers, cameras, and pixelated LED displays. Fancy making your own motion-sensitive security camera? Or a speaker that farts every time your favorite team
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