With a click of the fingers, researchers foresee a new user interface
The way we interact with computers, smart watches, and other devices could be transformed after computer scientists at St Andrews University made further advances in the use of miniature radar. The...
The Exascale: a billion billion reasons why the global supercomputing ‘arms race’ is heating up
Mark Parsons sounds remarkably alert for a man who is just back from an exhausting tour of some of the world’s biggest supercomputing functions and facilities. In the previous fortnight...
The art of the possible
Autonomous vehicles, the internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, big data, artificial intelligence, smart cities applications, 5G, and distributed ledger technology, of which blockchain is one example. They all...
Driving innovation in Scotland’s law sector
As a nation, Scotland rightly is proud of its history of innovation. As a profession however, lawyers around the globe have been slower to harness the advantages technology can bring....
Software can help track waste on construction projects
Waste in the construction industry is often seen as inevitable – regardless of whether you are building a new house or office, a road or a railway track, or refurbishing...
Trail-blazing suspension tool using IoT gives mountain bikers a better ride
If you’re hurtling downhill over rocks and mud at 50km/h, you want your bike suspension to work for you, not against you. But suspension set-up is a dark art for...
Home security specialist partners with product design and development firms
Home security start-up Boundary has signed contracts with consultancy i4 Product Design (i4PD) and product developer Invent, Design, Build (IDB) to bring its “disruptive smart home security alarm to life”. ...
Lone worker safety firm launches app to transform smartphone into protection device
Lone worker devices and services firm Safe Shores Monitoring has launched Companion, an app that transforms a smartphone into a protection device “with unrivalled safety features”. The Glasgow-based lone worker...
Video games and robots take centre stage in V&A Dundee’s 2019 programme
Videogames, robots, and the future of design will be the focus of the V&A Dundee’s 2019 international exhibition programme. It will be the first exhibition to fully consider the complexity...
Scottish company demonstrates system that could replace GPS navigation
The UK’s first quantum accelerometer for navigation has been demonstrated by a team from Glasgow-based M Squared and Imperial College London. Most navigation today relies on a global navigation satellite...
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