There are still many questions surrounding COVID-19. Why do some people have worse symptoms than others? How can someone without symptoms be identified as having…
Rise of the Chatbots Amid COVID-19
Chatbots get a bad reputation when many of us would rather talk to a real person. But when phones and staff are overwhelmed, like other…
Blockchain Part III: The Role of Blockchain Amid COVID-19
Previously, we discussed what blockchain is and some of blockchain’s applications. In the wake of COVID-19, blockchain has garnered attention (and some implementation) as a…
Blockchain Part II: Blockchain Applications
Previously we answered the question “what is blockchain?” and discussed the use of blockchain in edge computing. But there are many more applications of the…
Blockchain Part I: What Is Blockchain?
Blockchain has come into the public eye through Bitcoin – a peer-to-peer transaction of electronic money that allows online payments to be sent between parties…
Social Robots Aid Interaction
Social robots can perform the same tasks as other AI helpers – remind you of your schedule, report the news or the weather and play…
Virtual Reality in the Time of COVID-19
With the social restrictions of COVID-19 came the societal need to virtually connect or escape the world. Through virtual reality (VR), a person can sit…
Accelerating Computer Vision with VPUs
Sight is a sense humans often take for granted. We can identify faces and objects in a photograph with little thought. Teaching a machine to…
IoT Explained Part II: The Four Stages of Data Collection, Conversion and Transfer
In our last article, we discussed what IoT is, its history and how it became the spearhead of Industry 4.0. But how does IoT work?…