The eighth annual National Robotics Week kicks off April 8 with STEM-focused events happening across the country. Founded by iRobot and established by Congress in 2010, National Robotics Week raises awareness around the importance of education focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and the role these subjects play in shaping the future of … [Read more…]
Looking for a job? Make sure you dust off your credentials because tech sector employment gained by 3% in 2016 according to an annual analysis conducted by CompTIA. This report, titled Cyberstates 2017™, provides a state-by-state breakdown of tech sector employment growth. Total employment in the tech sector now totals 6.9 million workers working directly … [Read more…]
Robotics, AI, and the Macro-Economy | Jeffrey Sachs Despite setbacks that include successful judicial challenges to his immigration policies and the walking back of his promise to make Mexico pay for a border wall, President Trump is keeping one campaign promise to pursue policies that force manufacturers to keep jobs in U.S. territory. As a … [Read more…]
Recent research conducted by staffing specialists Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group show that businesses are less eager than consumers to adapt new technologies, despite the opinion of an overwhelming majority of CIOs and advertising and marketing executives that it is “very” or “somewhat” important for department leaders to test new technologies. This comes … [Read more…]
A global research team has built five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, meaning that 30 percent of a key organism’s genetic material has now been swapped out for engineered replacements. This is one of several findings of a package of seven papers published March 10 as the cover story for Science. Led by NYU Langone geneticist … [Read more…]
Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber material that represents a breakthrough for creating soft, stretchable machines and electronics. The findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. The new material, nicknamed “thubber,” is an electrically insulating composite that exhibits an unprecedented … [Read more…]
Hyperloop One, a company founded with the goal of boosting innovation in transportation by developing the world’s first Hyperloop, released never-before-seen images of its development site (‘DevLoop’) in the Nevada desert at Middle East Rail, held in Dubai. Providing the international keynote address at the 11th annual conference, CEO of Hyperloop One, Rob Lloyd, shared … [Read more…]
Families, aviators, and kids of all ages got up close and personal with aviation today, climbing into the open cockpits of many of the historic aircraft in Hangar 79 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. The event was the Museum’s annual “Open Cockpit Day,” and more than 800 people attended. “Open Cockpit Day” featured pilots, … [Read more…]
Launch of the First 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites SpaceX Iridium-1 Aireon announced that Thales has officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data. Aireon and Thales signed an initial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June of 2015 and the start of data validation marks a major … [Read more…]
FlowPlay, creator of the most powerful immersive gaming platform, has announced a $60,000 donation to the Technology Access Foundation (TAF) Academy as part of the company’s 10-year anniversary celebration. FlowPlay’s contribution is allocated for the development of The Lighthouse Design & Engineering Lab, one of three new start-of-the-art labs being constructed during TAF’s 2017 campus … [Read more…]