Category Archives: Innovation

16Apr/23

Fidelity International Launches Metaverse Experience, Developed by TerraZero Technologies, Inc., to Encourage Financial Literacy in the Digital Age

April 16, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Fidelity International, Financial literacy, Metaverse, TerraZero Technologies Inc., Virtual reality in fictionadmin

TerraZero Technologies, Inc. (“TerraZero”), a technologies products and services firm and in-house creative studio, in collaboration with Fidelity International (“Fidelity”) has completed and deployed a 64-parcel activation to the Decentraland Metaverse, marking Fidelity’s first major step into the Metaverse and Web3 together.

The new Metaverse experience within Decentraland aims to encourage financial literacy and educate users on the importance of financial planning, money management and investing. Continue reading

03Apr/23

QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge Now Accepting Applications

April 3, 2023InnovationAlternative education, Articles, Business, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Human resource management, Internships, Mentorship, Psychological resilience, QBE, Sustainabilityadmin

Now in its fifth year with Govtech accelerator partner Leading Cities, the QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge is open to entrepreneurs whose ventures utilize smart-city solutions to address risk, equity and sustainability in urban environments. Primary challenge winners will receive up to $150,000 in prize money to fund a city pilot project, as well as publicity, mentoring and access to unique web-based courses. Continue reading

03Apr/23

AI will soon become impossible for humans to comprehend – the story of neural networks tells us why

April 3, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural networks, Beatrice Fazi, bell laboratories, Bing, Carver Mead, Cognitive science, Computational neuroscience, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, David Beer, David Rumelhart, Deep learning, Edward Rosenfeld, Emerging technologies, Harry Collins, IBM, Jack D. Cowan, James Anderson, Jay McClelland, Katherine Hayles, Larry Hardesty, Leon N. Cooper, London, Machine learning, Mead, Microsoft, Neural network, Richard Waters, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stephen Grossberg, Taina Bucher, Teuvo Kohonen, Walter J. Freeman, Walter Pitts, Warren McCulloch, Wilfred Taylor, Yann LeCunadmin

David Beer, University of York

In 1956, during a year-long trip to London and in his early 20s, the mathematician and theoretical biologist Jack D. Cowan visited Wilfred Taylor and his strange new “learning machine”. On his arrival he was baffled by the “huge bank of apparatus” that confronted him. Cowan could only stand by and watch “the machine doing its thing”. The thing it appeared to be doing was performing an “associative memory scheme” – it seemed to be able to learn how to find connections and retrieve data.

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02Apr/23

2023 HBS New Venture Competition: Bringing Out the Best in HBS Students and Alumni, with Ideas and Ventures to Change the World

April 2, 2023InnovationHarvard Business School, HBS, Manitoba Provincial Road 272, Meir Joe, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railwayadmin

Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Klarman Hall was packed to capacity yesterday evening, with spectators there to support the 12 student finalist teams competing in the finale of the 26th annual HBS New Venture Competition (NVC). At stake was $225,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes to fund the startups. The top prize in the Student Business Track and Student Social Enterprise Track was $75,000 each, with runner-up prizes of $25,000; two audience prizes of $5,000; and $15,000 in Tough Technology prizes. Continue reading

31Mar/23

How data intelligence is tackling the climate crisis delivering better outcomes for the planet and the bottom line

March 31, 2023InnovationArticles, Carbon neutrality, Geotab, Geotab Inc., Greenhouse gas emissions, Natural environment, Nature, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Sustainable developmentadmin

Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”) — a global leader in connected transportation solutions — today released its 2022 Sustainability and Impact Report, titled “Unlocking the power of data for a sustainable future,” which outlines the company’s environmental, social and ethical impact, and highlights how data intelligence is a key driver of success in the carbon reduction journey. The report also includes examples of how organisations in the transportation sector are starting and managing carbon reduction initiatives using data intelligence to inform their decision-making and transition. Continue reading

27Mar/23

SERAPHIC and Partners Jointly Launched Smart Projector Solution supporting the world’s Top video streaming services

March 27, 2023Innovationadmin

The global large-screen ecosystem service provider – SERAPHIC Information Technology (SERAPHIC), continued to cooperate with the world’s leading semiconductor company and well-known OEMs/ODMs to have launched smart projector solution that supports world’s top video streaming services for global market. This solution started mass production in 2022Q3, and gained excellent feedbacks from market. Continue reading

27Mar/23

UpEnergy issues world’s first carbon credits linked to electric clean cooking devices deployed in sub-Saharan Africa

March 27, 2023InnovationCook stove, Cooker, Cooking appliances, Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, Home appliances, Kampala, Ovens, Stove, Stoves, Ugandaadmin

UpEnergy, a leading social enterprise based in Kampala, Uganda, announced it has issued the world’s first ever carbon credits linked to emissions savings from the use of electric clean cooking devices. The emissions reductions were created in a new UpEnergy-led project aimed at replacing traditional, biomass burning stoves with an innovative electric stove created by climate tech startup PowerUP. The PowerUP electric pressure cooker (EPC) is designed for low-income households in several countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The credits, which are verified by The Gold Standard, represent the opportunity for African consumers with access to electricity to abandon the toxic burning of unsustainable, wood-based fuels and breathe cleaner air with healthier, zero-emissions electric cooking. Continue reading

24Mar/23

OpenAI: Ethics and intelligence

March 24, 2023InnovationAdam Smith Tech, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Bing, Elon Musk, Existential risk from artificial general intelligence, France, Issy-les-Moulineaux, OpenAI, Paris, Sam Altman, Technologyadmin

By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent

OpenAI rolled out GPT-4 last week, the new artificial intelligence service that powers ChatGPT.

The main addition to the new model is that it can now “understand” images – writing captions and descriptions, as well as explaining jokes behind memes – and write computer code. Continue reading →

22Mar/23

Data science, machine learning on menu at Gartner® ‘Bake-Off’

March 22, 2023InnovationAnalytics, Articles, Business intelligence, Contents, Economy, Orlando, SASadmin

The oven mitts are off as one of analytics top chefs SAS prepares to take the stage at the Gartner Data Science and Machine Learning Bake-Off in Orlando, FL, on March 22. Part of the Gartner Data and Analytics North America Summit, the Bake-Off will serve up a smorgasbord of data analytics delicacies, expertly prepared on the machine learning platforms of select advanced analytics vendors in head-to-head, live-action demonstrations. Continue reading

20Mar/23

Spring budget 2023: AI announcements hint at data grab behind the scenes

March 20, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial general intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Computer security, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, Cyberwarfare, Data protection, Eerke Boiten, General Data Protection Regulation, Information Commissioner's Office, Information privacy, Northern Ireland, Patrick Vallance, Privacy law, SHUTTERSTOCK, Technology, United Kingdomadmin

Eerke Boiten, De Montfort University

In the area of digital technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), the UK budget can be a barometer of technological development and hype. However, there is a worrying drive towards deregulation in the background – combined with an apparent desire to encourage the rights holders for data to share it with companies involved in AI.

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