This Startup Is Changing Farming With Drones and AI
Feeding a planet with nine billion people by 2050 will be a major challenge. But tech companies are increasingly looking to sell solutions to the problem using the latest in computing technology. On Monday, a Swiss startup called Gamaya announced that it’s raised 3.2 million Swiss francs ($3.2 million) to build its business around on using drones and artificial intelligence to help farmers grow th
Drones Could Soon Be Delivering Mail in the Land Down Under
Drones could soon be delivering letters, soap, and other small items in the land down under. The Australia Post, the Australian government-owned postal service, said on Friday that it will commence a two-week test of drone deliveries drones in the city of Melbourne. As part of the trial, the postal service will use drones built by a robotics company called ARI Labs. The goal of the tests are to de
Formula E is Putting Fans in the Driver’s Seat With Virtual Reality
Formula E is Putting Fans in the Driver’s Seat With Virtual Reality 2015 Formula E Buenos Aires e-Prix, Argentina Friday 5 February 2016. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA), DS Virgin Racing DSV-01 Photo: Sam Bloxham/FIA Formula E/LAT ref: Digital Image _G7C9351 Initially, fans will only be able to download the virtual reality experience in the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive App stores after a Formula E race, start
VR At SXSW: Games to Fashion to Porn
The availability of Samsung Gear VR’s and the planned debut Oculus Rift and HTC over the next two months is helping make virtual reality one of the hottest topics at this year’s South by Southwest. Interest at the annual interactive, film, and music conference is showing that the technology has a much wider potential reach than the current focus on the video game industry. Companies from a variety
Virtual Reality Roller Coasters Are Now a Thing
Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (Macintosh) Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (Macintosh) Disney theme parks have been using virtual reality to design new rides and attractions, and Landmark Entertainment is building a virtual reality theme park in China. But now Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is bringing virtual reality to actual roller coasts across nine of its theme parks this month. Six Flags (SIX) has
March Madness Basketball Shoots for Virtual Reality
Fox Sports to Stream March Madness Basketball in Virtual Reality Ismael Sanogo #14 of the Seton Hall Pirates dunks the ball against the Providence Friars during a game at the Prudential Center on February 25, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Porter Binks/Big East Conference) *** Local Caption *** Fox Sports and NextVR are teaming up to kick off March Madness season in virtual reality. As part
AMD Powers Associated Press VR News Channel
The Associated Press has launched a dedicated virtual reality site in collaboration with AMD to increase its focus on bringing 360-degree news storytelling to the growing number of mobile headsets in the global marketplace. As a part of the collaboration, the AP will leverage AMD Radeon graphics and LiquidVR technology to create virtual reality content that will play on high-end platforms such as
Counter-Drone System Will Safely Hijack and Capture Rogue Drones
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The Coolest Things We Saw at CES 2016
As CES 2016 begins to draw to a close, there’s a truth show officials probably don’t want to admit: This was not a show with a breakaway item. That’s not a bad thing. By taking a year to catch their breath, electronics companies were better able to refine products that are still in the process of catching on with the mass market (or, in some cases, just about to test the waters after lots of sneak
NextVR to Bring NFL Virtual Reality Experience to Super Bowl
NextVR, which sponsored Turner Sports’ CES Sports Business Forum on Thursday, is ready to capitalize on the advances announced at the show, according to Brad Allen, executive chairman at NextVR. NextVR worked with Qualcomm (QCOM) to test its new 820 chip, which is shipping this quarter in new smartphones. Allen says these new phones will provide a more vibrant virtual reality experience by adding
Virtual Reality Takes Off and 4 Other Social Media Trends in 2016
Virtual Reality Takes Off and 4 Other Social Media Trends in 2016 BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 12: A visitor uses a mobile phone in front of the Facebook logo at the #CDUdigital conference on September 12, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The world's largest social media network was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard College roommates in 2004, and had its initial public offering in February 2012.
How Anyone Can Explore Mars Through Virtual Reality
Although NASA isn’t planning on sending astronauts to Mars until the 2030s, anyone with a virtual reality headset will be able to walk on the Red Planet next year. The Mars 2030 Experience, a collaboration across NASA, Fusion, and MIT’s Space Systems Laboratory, will debut in March 2016 at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The free virtual reality experience will be playable on G
Why the Army Is Using Virtual Reality for Patriot System Training
Why the Army Is Using Virtual Reality for Patriot System Training Virtual reality is changing the way the U.S. Army trains its soldiers. With the influx of affordable VR headsets like Oculus Rift, soldiers training to operate the Patriot air defense system can work as a team together before actually stepping foot in the field. Raytheon, using Rift headsets from Facebook(FB)-owned Oculus and the Un
Why ‘The Walking Dead’ Creators Are Exploring Virtual Reality
Skybound Entertainment, the company that turned The Walking Dead into a cross-media global juggernaut, has entered the virtual reality fray with the world’s first 360-degree episodic thriller. Gone, which was developed with startup Wevr and funded by Samsung for its $99 Gear VR mobile headset, introduces a mystery involving Meredith Clover’s missing daughter, Emilia. In addition to being able to l
You Can Now Practice With the Patriots in Virtual Reality
FOXBORO, MA - DECEMBER 06: Connor Barwin #98 of the Philadelphia Eagles sacks Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots during the first quarter at Gillette Stadium on December 6, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images) Football fanatics can now see what it’s like to be on the field during a New England Patriots practice using virtual reality. Google Cardboard, Bank of A
Sci-fi tech used by Walmart to spot shoplifters raises privacy questions
In the old days, when a store caught someone stealing, a detective would march the thief to a backroom and take his picture with a Polaroid camera. The photo would be added to the retailer’s in-house rogues gallery to help store security keep an eye out for bad guys. But earlier this year, Walmart (WMT) showed how times have changed. It tested a system that scanned the face of everyone entering se
Dating at 100: Imagining a New Reality
Growing old, at least as we know it today, is about inexorable loss — loss of hair, loss of teeth, loss of family and friends, loss of home and money, perhaps. As the population ages, and more people are expected to reach 100 years old and beyond, it can seem a mixed blessing. Is old age something we want to prolong? After all, many old folks do today find themselves cut off, shut in and lonely. R
GE is using drones to inspect the power grid
Imagine a situation in which a power line goes down in rural Mississippi. You see a drone fly onto the scene, snap a photo, and transmit that data to a utility worker in another location. Pretty cool, right? The sudden emergence of the unmanned aerial vehicle—that is, drone—has given rise to a raft of alluring applications: military missions, farm surveillance, even package delivery (we’re looking
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