Whether its grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – in everyday life, we use our hands as a matter of course for the most diverse tasks. In that regard, the human hand, with its unique combination of power, dexterity and fine motor skills, is a true miracle tool of nature. What could be […]
Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has launched a new Artificial Intelligence Working Group to help demystify AI and enable the mining industry to harness its applications. The working group has launched with a workshop hosted by IBM in Australia in November 2018. The group intends to create a greater understanding of AI and its applications […]
It seems it’s become impossible to talk about IT, or business today, without talking about artificial intelligence (AI). The technology has even been hailed as “the new electricity”. In April, Gartner announced that the AI industry will be worth $1,2-trillion in 2018, with customer experience solutions creating the most business value. These solutions are unlikely […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Domain Working Group (DWG) Charter. Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) technologies have started to be coupled with geoinformatics and are bringing geospatial intelligence to various domains, including autonomous transportation, predictable healthcare and sustainable urban planning/design/development, among others. For […]
Earlier this year Microsoft Philanthropies announced US$1-million in cash and technology grants to three innovative South African non-profit organisations to help further their work in driving greater social impact in South Africa. Peace Parks Foundation was one of the grant recipients, and I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the Foundation’s new technologies […]
Biased algorithms are everywhere, so at a critical moment in the evolution of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in education applications, it is important to talk about the issues this poses. Education author Cathy Ruben recently interviewed Ralph Müller-Eiselt, expert in education policy and governance at the Bertelsmann Foundation, to get his view. […]
Thanks to increased processing power and the availability of increasing volumes of data (“sensitisation” of the industry), the discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) in the mechanical engineering sector is gaining momentum. In the case of the advancements required for Industry 4.0, such as predictive maintenance and networked, efficient production, the use of adaptive algorithms offers […]
Omron continues to expand its in-panel temperature controller portfolio with the introduction of its new NX-TC series of temperature controllers with artificial intelligence (AI). Designed for multi-loop applications, these intelligent controllers provide easier in-panel installation. The NX-TC series is a new generation of smart temperature controllers that are designed to achieve optimal and automatic temperature control […]
The interest and use of robotic process automation (RPA) has rapidly increased to support repetitive, labour-intensive and transactional business processes. For many enterprises, RPA has emerged as a best-fit alternative to making huge IT investments in order to make business processes more efficient. Recent studies have found that the service delivery automation (SDA) software market […]
Last year, research by Accenture and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) posited that artificial intelligence (AI) had the potential to double the growth rate of the South African economy and boost rates of profitability by an average of 38% by 2035. This is great news for South African businesses of course, but an […]
