Raspberry Pi

Opteran Technologies

Opteran is a start-up that has replicated the architecture of bee brains in a software package capable of navigation. IDTechEx spoke with David Rajan (CEO and Co-Founder) and Professor James Marshall (Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder)

Clearpath Robotics

Clearpath Robotics is an autonomous mobile platform (autonomous guided vehicles) manufacturer that provides indoor and outdoor unmanned guided vehicles, along with software services for autonomous driving.

LuxAI

LuxAI is a social robot manufacturer headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxAI's product has a unique feature with its 'all-in-one' design, and this is a unique value proposition of the company in comparison with other market players.

FarmBot

American home gardening robotics company - FarmBot

Looking Glass Factory

IDTechEx interviewed Shawn Frayne, the Co-Founder and CEO of Looking Glass Factory, a company that produces and sells holographic displays. The company was founded in 2014 and spent several years developing 3D display technologies before bringing its first product to market in the form of a development kit.

Wearables for Crops: Plant Based Sensor Monitors Arsenic in Soil

Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time.

Artelus

Artelus designs deep learning solutions to complement the knowledge of and assist the clinician in making faster and more accurate diagnoses. The company focuses on early diagnosis of DR in at-risk patients that are not yet showing symptoms, as treatment is often ineffective once symptoms appear.

Internet of Things: Lessons from EAS and RFID

Anti-theft tags (Electronic Article Surveillance) and Radio Frequency Identification RFID have much in common with the newer concept.

Actian

Actian is a software company that develops databases for IoT applications. At the IDTechEx Show 2019 in Santa Clara, Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with Lewis Carr, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Actian.

Machine learning for sensors

Today microcontrollers can be found in almost any technical device, from washing machines to blood pressure meters and wearables. Researchers have developed AIfES, an artificial intelligence concept for microcontrollers and sensors that contains a completely configurable artificial neural network.

Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35 percent

A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.

Ultra-low power chips make small robots more capable

An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences.

MIT engineers build smart power outlet

An MIT team has developed a solution that they are calling a "smart power outlet," in the form of a device that can analyze electrical current usage from a single or multiple outlets, and can distinguish between benign arcs — harmless electrical spikes such as those caused by common household appliances — and dangerous arcs, such as sparking that results from faulty wiring and could lead to a fire. The device can also be trained to identify what might be plugged into a particular outlet, such as a fan versus a desktop computer.

Prediction method for epileptic seizures developed

Researchers have used advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop a generalised method to predict when seizures will strike that will not require surgical implants.

Robotic bugs train insects to be helpers

Tiny mobile robots are learning to work with insects in the hope the creatures' sensitive antennae and ability to squeeze into small spaces can be put to use serving humans.

Using deep learning to forecast ocean waves

Scientists have made amazing advances enabling machines to understand language and process images for such applications as facial recognition, image classification and translation of texts.

Solar powered education in resource-constrained locations

SolarSPELL is a Solar Powered Educational Learning Library: a ruggedized, portable solar-powered digital library over an off-line WiFi hotspot, designed to simulate an online experience.