If you live and breathe all things robotics you might want to consider reserving your place in any one of these great events coming up in 2020. We have scoured the internet for some of the best robotics events you might want to consider checking out next year. VEX Worlds 2019 is a robotics competition that was run between the 24th and 27th of October 2019. It was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville in Kentucky. The VEX IQ Challenge is a fun competition presented by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation.

In our new book Longevity Industry 1.0 - Defining the Biggest and Most Complex Industry in Human History, Dmitry Kaminskiy and I distill the complex assembly of deep market intelligence and industry knowledge that we have developed over the past five years. We present the full-scope of the Global Longevity Industry showing exactly how we managed to define this complex and multidimensional industry and how we created a tangible framework for systematization and forecasting. This article includes the preface and the foreword from our book. Every cause of death is, in principle, preventable. I became aware of this in the 1990s and since then I have been following aging research very closely.

Sony's PlayStation 4 is now second to only one video game console in the tech company's portfolio: the PlayStation 2. Sony said it sold 2.8 million PS4s to retailers during the quarter ending Sept. 30. That puts total sales over the 100 million mark for the console, which debuted in November 2013. With total sales to retailers of 102.8 million, according to Daniel Ahmad, an analyst with Niko Partners, the PS4 surpassed the original PlayStation and now trails only the PlayStation 2, released in 2000 and the best-selling console game system ever, surpassing 155 million units sold. The PS4 is the consoles that has hit the 100 million mark the fastest, Ahmed says. Streaming video:HBO Max will be more expensive than Netflix, Disney or Apple.

Since 2008, HGTV has built--and given away--12 brand new houses outfitted with the latest smart home products. Located in Roanoke, Texas, a 33-mile drive from Dallas, the 2019 HGTV Smart Home is valued at over $1.2 million. Step inside of the Old World oasis, and the home you'll find is anything but archaic. The impressive smart home is loaded with dimmers, switches, light bulbs, shower systems, toilets, and more--all of which can be controlled by voice, tablet, or smartphone. Although a winner for the latest HGTV Smart Home has already been selected, there's no reason you can't create your own "smart home" with the help of the right products.

Hexagon Capability Center India (HCCI), the research and development unit of Swedish technology major Hexagon AB, will set up an AI community centre in Hyderabad next year in association with Nasscom, a top company official said. The upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) centre will be accessible to all from high-school level, and will provide free education on AI topics, HCCI Vice-President and Country Manager Navaneet Mishra told reporters after presenting awards to winners of a 24-hour hackathon, named Hexathon, which was conducted recently by the company. He said they recently signed an MoU with Nasscom, and the centre will cover about 350 students every year in multiple batches. HCCI, which currently has 1,400-plus employees at its facility in Hyderabad, will touch a 1,500-workforce by the end of this year, Mishra said, to a query on expansion plans. Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said 2020 will be celebrated in Telangana as the'Year of AI' and to have a community-focussed AI initiative supported by Hexagon will be a good activity as a part of the year-long programme.

At AIT he has implemented a digital safety and security research program, resulting in an international leadership role in important key areas, including cyber security, data science, large-scale sensor networks, intelligent vision systems, autonomous systems, highly reliable software and systems as well as optical broadband and 5G wireless networking technologies. He is currently focusing on cyber security, post quantum encryption, safety of complex IT systems, critical infrastructure protection, next generation wireless (5G) and Blockchain technologies. During his assignment with Telekom Austria, he was acting as CTO and thus responsible for IT and network infrastructure development as well as product management for the overall wireline product portfolio. As part of this role, he was the driving-force behind Telekom Austria s cultural change program, transitioning the organization from a telephone network operator to a multimedia service provider. He was mainly responsible for the all optical and broadband internet infrastructure roll-out ads well as the interaktive TV service portfolio (IPTV/aon.tv).

Orbita, Inc., provider of healthcare's most powerful conversational AI platform, today announced the release of the Voice Assistant Consumer Adoption Report for Healthcare 2019. To develop this report, Orbita sponsored independent research by Voicebot.ai, Based on a survey of 1,004 U.S. adults, the report includes these key highlights: The 40-page report includes 20 charts, ten case studies highlighting today's real-world voice-powered healthcare solutions, and 35 pages of analysis. It is available at no cost for download at voicebot.ai. "This report is the first comprehensive analysis that considers how consumers are using voice assistants today for healthcare-related needs, explores features they'd like to see in the future, and highlights how provider and technology organizations have responded to the opportunity thus far," said Orbita President Nathan Treloar.

Paper Digest is a new research tool that uses artificial intelligence to produce summaries of research papers. In this post David Beer tests out this tool on his own research and reflects on what the increasing penetration of AI into cognition and research tells us about the current state of academic research. When you arrive at Paper Digest you are welcomed with a stark message: 'Artificial Intelligence summarizes academic articles for you'. Conjuring a vision of automated thinking and a world in which technology does the heavy lifting for us. These types of messages are everywhere, folded into the projected promises of what AI might yet achieve.

University of Bristol researchrs developed a handheld robot that predicts a user's plans, then frustrates the user by rebelling against those plans. Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have developed a handheld robot that predicts a user's plans, and then frustrates the user by rebelling against those plans, demonstrating an understanding of human intention. The robots hold knowledge about the task at hand, and can help the user through guidance, fine-tuned motion, and decisions about task sequences. While the technology helps fulfill tasks quicker and with higher accuracy, users can get irritated when the robot's decisions are not in line with their own plans. The team used a prototype that can track the user's eye gaze, along with machine learning, to derive short-term predictions about intended actions.

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