At the 2017 edition of IAA, better known as the frankfurt motor show, AUDI has unveiled its ‘aicon’ concept car — an all-electric luxury vehicle that can travel up to 800 kilometers (500 miles) on a single charge. according to its designers, the autonomous sedan, which features four doors, but no steering wheel or pedals, combines innovations relating to the drivetrain, suspension, digitaliz...

CoinDesk's Q2 2017 State of Blockchain report summarizes key trends, data and events in the public and enterprise blockchain sectors in the second quarter of 2017.Q2 at a glance:Cryptocurrencies hit all-time valuations.ICOs emerge as an industry force.The asset class diversifies and bitcoin's total dominance wanes.1. Crypto prices rallyThe story of Q2 begins with a rally that saw the total valu...

New technologies are opening a new era in automation for manufacturers—one in which humans and machines will increasingly work side by side.[click to enlarge]Over the past two decades, automation in manufacturing has been transforming factory floors, the nature of manufacturing employment, and the economics of many manufacturing sectors. Today, we are on the cusp of a new automation era: rapid...

IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.IBM and MIT recently launched a new collaborative research lab designed to propel breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence over the next decade. The deal involves a US$240 million dollar investment over 10 years from IBM, one of the largest ever seen between a u...

Scientists have invented a gentle, handheld device that can determine within seconds whether tissue is cancerous or not. The tool could give surgeons precise information during an operation about which tissues should be removed or preserved.The pen-shaped instrument, which relies on the chemical analysis technique mass spectrometry, was developed by scientists at the University of Texas at Aust...

A controversial study claims a person's sexual orientation can be identified with a high degree of accuracy from a single facial image.A study published late last week from two Stanford researchers has caused shockwaves around the world. The duo reportedly developed a neural network that could detect the sexual orientation of a person just by studying a single facial image. The startling degree...

Older people still watch more live TV, but that’s changing.Millennials don’t watch live TV most of the time. People aged 18-34 spend 55 percent of their video-watching time consuming content after it has already aired on live TV, according to a new study from the Consumer Technology Association. Only 45 percent of that time is spent with live television.Of the video millennials do watch, 35 p...

W+K's The Lodge experiments with AR, object tracking and projection.Nike and Wieden + Kennedy’s The Lodge have unveiled what they believe is a glimpse into the future of retail with an experience in New York City that lets visitors design their own one-of-a-kind sneakers, which are ready to wear in less than 90 minutes.The Nike Makers’ Experience (it is invite-only at the moment) is housed at...

ALI COLA celebrates diversity with a soda that comes in six different 'skin' colors.The concept for ALI COLA started back in 2012, when german politician thilo sarrazin published some controversial comments about human intelligence being directly influenced by genetic characteristics. in protest of this idea, and in celebration of ethnic diversity, hamburg-based entrepreneur aydin umutlu develo...