July 2017

What happened to all those Samsung Galaxy Note 7s?

Whether or not you owned a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, you likely remember the massive issues last year when defective batteries caused several of the devices to burst into flames. To protect customers and prevent any further incidents, Samsung offered exchanges and refunds on the devices.        (photo credit: techcrunch article)

How Will Big Data Transform Industrial Work?

"Big data" and the "Internet of Things" have the power to transform all industries. Most of the buzz in this sector is around home automation and connected cars, two spheres which are easy to understand for a layperson and directly applicable to all of our everyday lives. The fundamental concept of collecting data via sensors and deriving insights from it will transform every industry, 

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Another Aussie challenge for driverless cars: Roos

One of the biggest advantages self-driving cars should be able to give us is a reduction in the number of collisions. For collision detection, self-driving cars use technology such as LiDAR, which fires pulses of light and measures how quickly they rebound, compounding that information with many other environmental variables, or optical camera-based systems. The