Consumer-grade EEG could be headed for VR
Published in IoT
Thursday, 04 February 2016 11:54

Consumer-grade EEG could be headed for VR


Must have read your mind

Boffins from the University of Memphis have been looking at the use of consumer-grade EEG equipment to provide meaningful and accurate recognition of the wearer’s mental state.

Apple jumps on VR bandwagon
Published in News
Friday, 22 January 2016 12:38

Apple jumps on VR bandwagon


Will be late, but will still  claim to have invented it

With even Microsoft being active in the VR market, it seems that Apple thinks there might be mileage in the technology.

Virtual Reality might kick-start the PC market
Published in IoT


Current PC’s don't have the spec

Before Christmas we were saying that the reason the PC market is in the dole-drums is because there is nothing around which would lead you to need to upgrade, but now it appears that there might be – virtual reality.

Facebook open sources its artificial intelligence
Published in News


Because everyone wants Facebook’s intelligence

Social notworking site Facebook has announced it will open source its artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.

MIT develops fuzzy computer
Published in News
Friday, 11 December 2015 11:54

MIT develops fuzzy computer


Fuzzy makes us human


Researchers at MIT, New York University, and the University of Toronto have developed a computer system which can create fuzzy systems like humans

Reality will be the next big thing
Published in IoT
Friday, 20 November 2015 10:14

Reality will be the next big thing


Augmented and virtual everything by 2020

New research suggests that the next big thing in technology will be augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

Apple converts Nvidia's AI expert
Published in Graphics
Monday, 26 October 2015 11:50

Apple converts Nvidia's AI expert


Acadamy Award winner Jonathan Cohen


Missionaries from the fruity cargo cult Apple’s HR department have converted one of Nvidia’s top AI brains.

Apple tries to buy intelligence
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 08 September 2015 11:02

Apple tries to buy intelligence


Running out of ideas

Desperate to find new ways to flog its iPhones in a dying market, fruity cargo cult Apple is turning to artificial intelligence.

HTC Vive headset aiming for October
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 11:07

HTC Vive headset aiming for October


Seen at Comic-Con

HTC received some attention for its new wireless controllers for its HTC Vive headset at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 and it appears that they will be in the shops in mid-October.

Nvidia adds AI improvements to CUDA
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 10:24

Nvidia adds AI improvements to CUDA


Updated to 16-bit floating point arithmetic

Nvidia has sexed up its CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) parallel programming platform and application programming interface.