TinyML (machine learning) enables the performance of data analytics on low-powered hardware with low processing power and small memory size. ABI Research says it could revolutionise IoT. ABI Research says a growing number of devices are being developed to support AI at the network edge, but are underpowered for such a task, and TinyML could […]
The end of cloud as we know it?
Every year for the past several years Cisco ANZ CTO Kevin Bloch has produced a list of his top 10 ICT trends for the year “selected for their impact on the networking industry.” This year he is predicting “the end of cloud as we know it.” That might seem a rash forecast given the still […]
Microsoft and Nokia debut IoT collaboration
Microsoft and Nokia have formed a strategic collaboration they say will accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with cloud, AI and IoT by bringing together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia’s expertise in mission-critical networking. The two companies say they are uniquely positioned to help enterprises and communications service providers transform their businesses, by combining Microsoft’s […]
NZ company develops face recognition for sheep
A Dunedin based company, Iris Data Science, aims to develop what it says will be the world’s first sheep facial recognition software, eliminating the need for electronic identification or ear tagging. It will prototype the technology this year after receiving a $40,000 grant from the New Zealand Government’s innovation agency Callaghan Innovation towards the $100,000 […]
Domino’s AI pizza watcher now a people watcher
The Domino’s pizza parlour chain is using artificial intelligence to monitor the performance of pizza making staff and, now, to rank against one another the franchisees that employ them. Earlier this year Domino’ introduced image recognition and artificial intelligence technology to scan its pizzas and check that the pizza produced was the pizza ordered. It said […]
Five ways to increase manufacturing productivity through AI
Rob Stummer, CEO Asia Pacific of ERP software company SYSPRO, argues Australian manufacturers should explore ways to develop application-specific AI and find new avenues to enhance existing processes with AI to achieve significant improvements in productivity. The Australian Productivity Commission has blamed falling investment in research and development and a lack of innovation by local […]
Domino’s delivers artificially intelligent pizzas
Domino’s Pizza has introduced a pizza checker enabled by artificial intelligence in a move designed to tackle a frequent complaint from customers: that the pizza they receive does not closely resemble the image of the pizza they ordered. The DOM Pizza Checker uses a smart scanner that sits above the pizza cutting bench and checks […]
SenSen launches GeminEYE: AI smartphone app for smart city management
ASX listed artificial company SenSen Networks (ASX: SNS) has launched a smartphone app for city council staff that it says will contribute to the development of smart cities by making operations related to civic compliance, asset management, traffic data collection and analysis, security and surveillance more affordable, accessible and versatile. It claims the app, GeminEYE, […]
