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Fable: The Boss With Balls

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46 years ago an entrepreneur told his engineers he wanted them to produce a product which you could “put in your pocket and attend a meeting without having to haul out some damn thing that isn’t convenient.” The engineers turned out a design about the size of a cigarette pack which fitted into the entrepreneur’s …

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Electronica: Osram will release matrix headlamp led

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Osram Opto Semi will show products at Electronica in Munich including a new surface mountable Oslon Black Flat S multi-chip led for pixelated headlights, and a laser diode specifically for lidar. Also, “results from current research projects will provide insights into the future of light,” said the firm. See it at booth 107 hall A3 …

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Car sensor technology can save lives of solders

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Potentially life-saving sensor technology for the army has been developed in the UK. Design firm Plextek has developed a sensor technology which can identify damage to a soldier’s body armour on the battlefield, saving both lives and money for the UK military. Even hairline fractures to a soldier’s ceramic armour plate will mean they’re not …

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Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

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The White House has produced a weighty tome on AI, which makes you think: Has a machine ever had an original thought? Some people say there’s no such thing as an original thought, only derivations from previous thoughts but, when we see originality, we recognise and appreciate it. And I don’t see much any evidence …

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