Budding authors face a minefield when it comes to publishing their work. For a large fee, as much as $3,000, they can make their work available to anyone who wants to read it. Or they can avoid the fee and have readers pay the publisher instead. Often it is libraries that foot this bill through expensive annual subscriptions. This is not the lot of wannabe fiction writers, it's the business of academic publishing.

In this study, we present a hierarchical fuzzy system by evaluating the risk state for a Driver Assistance System in order to contribute in reducing the road accident's number. A key component of this system is its ability to continually detect and test the inside and outside risks in real time: The outside car risks by detecting various road moving objects; this proposed system stands on computer vision approaches. The inside risks by presenting an automatic system for drowsy driving identification or detection by evaluating EEG signals of the driver; this developed system is based on computer vision techniques and biometrics factors (electroencephalogram EEG). This proposed system is then composed of three main modules. The first module is responsible for identifying the driver drowsiness state through his eye movements (physical drowsiness). The second one is responsible for detecting and analysing his physiological signals to also identify his drowsiness state (moral drowsiness). The third module is responsible to evaluate the road driving risks by detecting of the road different moving objects in a real time. The final decision will be obtained by merging of the three detection systems through the use of fuzzy decision rules. Finally, the proposed approach has been improved on ten samples from a proposed dataset.

China's drone-killing lasers have successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from 1,000 feet (300 metres) away. The feat was demonstrated at a recent arms conference in Kazakhstan and comes amid growing tensions with the US. Sources say the portable laser weapon can intercept low-altitude drones and could also gun down moving targets and naval vessels. However, details about exactly how it works have yet to be revealed. China's drone-killing lasers have successfully intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from 1,000 feet (300 metres) away.

Alison Treadaway is a director at Striata. She is involved in defining and executing business and marketing strategy, nurturing organizational culture and promoting compliance. Passionate about organizational culture, she is particularly interested in protecting and enhancing Striata's stories, traditions and unique approach to achieving success. To this end, she interviews 90% of approved candidates to ensure that Striata's work ethic and social culture will continue to thrive as the organization globalizes. Alison has 19 years of experience in the ICT sector, having worked at Internet Solutions and Dimension Data prior to joining Striata in 2002.

The use of drones is already growing across various sectors but an Ajman-based start-up -- Deep Aero -- is fuelling an autonomous drone economy driven by artificial intelligence and blockchain. Gurmeet Singh Anand, CEO of Deep Aero, told Gulf News that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles is increasing exponentially. "In the coming future, we will see millions or billions of commercial drones flying in the air. When that happens, there has to be an autonomous system to manage the drone traffic. Otherwise, it will be a nightmare for regulators," he said.

In three years, it has become the must-attend event dedicated to new technologies! From May 24th to May 26th, the VivaTech Summit took up residence at Porte de Versailles in Paris. During the three days, more than 100,000 visitors from all over the world were able to discover the innovations that will shape the world of tomorrow. At the heart of this third edition is artificial intelligence, which is gradually becoming part of our daily lives. The spotlight was also shone on Africa, which had a dedicated pavilion.

Ever since a Dutch cloth merchant accidentally discovered bacteria in 1676, microscopes have been a critical tool for medicine. Today's microscopes are 800,000 times more powerful than the human eye, but they still need a person to scrutinize what's under the lens. That person is usually a pathologist -- and that's a problem. Worldwide, there are too few of these doctors who interpret lab tests to diagnose, monitor and treat disease. Now SigTuple, a member of our Inception startup incubator program, is testing an AI microscope that could help address the pathologist shortage.

Robotics, AI, and Big Data provide great opportunities for start-ups and agile SMEs, right? According to research the World Economic Forum did with Accenture, the bulk of gains goes to the 20% industry leaders in each industry. Without broader implementation of these new technologies, "an'industry inequality' could emerge, creating a small group of highly productive industry leaders and leaving the rest of the economy behind", with small and medium enterprises in particular at risk. Pepper, a humanoid robot manufactured by SoftBank Robotics, is pictured at the SoftBank Robotics exhibition stand during the VivaTech trade fair (Viva Technology), on May 25, 2018 in Paris. That would be problematic, because these small and medium enterprises that operate at the regional and national level serve as backbones of an economy in many countries.

Following the launch (May 16th) of the FIBR report, "Artificial Intelligence: Practical Superpowers," we are hosting a follow-up webinar to present the paper and its insights. As one of the first reports that looks at AI applied to financial services in Africa, this webinar is for fintech companies and FSPs in Africa, that might be interested or looking to move into AI. By presenting insights from the report and having a panel discussion, we seek to create awareness around the real-use cases of AI for FSPs that can augment the ability of companies to do business better. Panelists: Matt Grasser, Deputy Director of Inclusive Fintech BFA Qiuyan Xu, Chief Data Scientist Cignifi Andrea Ottina, Chief Business Development Officer Access Tanzania Sheel Mohot, Partner 500 startups Moderated by Jane del Ser, Insights & Influence at BFA Related content: Read the report - http://bfa.works/ai-launch An Experimental Gallery of AI Applications for MSMEs and PAYGo - FIBR.AI FIBR stands for Financial Inclusion on Business Runways and aims to learn how to transform emerging business data about low-income individuals and link them to inclusive financial services to deepen financial inclusion and its impact.

At its F8 developer conference, Facebook announced Facebook Dating, an in-app feature that will spice up the social media platform with some romance, meaningful romance--or so Facebook hopes. The feature bears striking similarity to the dating app Hinge, which allows users to scroll through detailed profiles and start conversations not by merely saying hello but by commenting on a specific profile item. For example, you can click on a picture of a crush's trip to Morocco and mention that you've been there, too. You can also simply "like" an image, video, or question response to signify your interest. So far, Hinge's creators have played off the similarities as a compliment, and there's not much else they can do about it anyway.