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This High-Performance Blockchain Promises to Protect the Art World
Although blockchain came into existence in 2008 with the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, this technological platform can be applied to many other innovations that have nothing to do with money. Blockchain holds promise for networking, transportation, real estate, energy management, government, public records, cybersecurity and more ...
How Will Car Maintenance Evolve In the Autonomous Vehicles Era?
Imagine the day when your car not only diagnoses its own maintenance needs, but schedules its own appointment and then drives itself to the shop, leaving you with plenty of free time to do as you please. This scenario is a distinct possibility in the ...
7 Tips to Improve Your Small Business Cybersecurity
Don’t make the mistake of thinking your small business cybersecurity isn’t at risk due to size. According to a 2017 report from the Better Business Bureau, smaller businesses that were a target of a cyber attack had an estimated overall annual loss of $80,000 as a result ...
The Difference Between AI Ethics in Theory and in Practice
As we move forward in the age of artificial intelligence, the ethics of AI become crucial to product design. What seems ethical when developing AI products – programming machines with the ability to choose right from wrong – often changes when putting those products ...
Use Standards Education to Stand Out
Approximately 90% of all households in the United States use wireless services and an estimated $1.1 trillion is spent on wireless communications worldwide. But just three decades ago, none of the wireless technology we know today existed. What started as a simple business need – ...
Assessing the Safety of Utility-Owned Smart Grid Equipment
One of the biggest frontiers in electrical engineering today is the development and implementation of smart grid technology. Fueled by the global demand for greener technologies and alternative fuels, environmentally-friendly smart grid technology has the ability to stimulate stagnated economies and change the way ...
New Course Program Now Available: AI and Ethics in Design
Be among the first to bring Part 1 of IEEE’s Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in Design to your employees! Led by thought leaders in AI, philosophy and policy management fields, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in Design is a five-course training from IEEE Continuing Professional Education ...
How Improved Battery Life Leads to Unlimited Innovation
The Internet of Things (IoT), the ability for devices in our everyday environment to connect and share information, offers amazing potential for positive impact in government, education, finance and transportation, as well as nearly endless consumer applications. Companies are working to deploy billions of ...
Upskilling Employees Effectively in 2018
The forecast calls for digitization that will put people out of work. However, the reality is a blizzard of job openings that may pile up due to an untrained workforce. Although talk of automation and artificial intelligence often leads to fear of unprecedented unemployment, advances ...