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Your Own Environment Bubble That Follows You Around A Smart Building
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Memoori Discusses the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society with MIT Professor Thomas Kochan
Advancements in cyber physical systems and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our society, promising a world where machines can do almost any task that a human can do and, more often then not, do it better. This creates a problem, however. If AI enabled machines take all the jobs then unemployment will rise to unprecedented […]
We Need To Talk About Artificial Intelligence
On the 11th of May 1997 Chess enthusiasts watched World Chess champion Garry Kasparov lose the sixth and final match of a novel but symbolic series. Kasparov lost this deciding match in just 19 moves against the IBM’s Deep Blue computer in New York. For many is was the first sign that computers would one […]
New Research Allows Smart Buildings To Be More Resilient To Extreme Events
Earthquakes, explosions and even day-to-day vibrations can cause structural damage to a building that may go unnoticed until it starts to cause dangerous problems. New research, however, is allowing technology enriched smart buildings to sense this type of internal damage so it can be fixed before issues arise. Over the past few years, scientists at […]
“Unleashing Synergies Between Human And Machine Intelligence” Memoori Speaks To MIT’s Carlo Ratti
The smart city and wider smart technology sector, like many new sectors, is made of many pioneering converts from its founding industries as well as a new generation of experts born into the field. Few, however, blur the lines between these two groups, and perhaps none more so than MIT professor Carlo Ratti. An architect […]
Creating More Efficient Sensors For The Internet Of Things
Be it under the umbrella of Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Buildings or Smart Cities; Sensors and the data they produce are making our society more energy efficient. However, in a world full of sensors are we making sure the sensors themselves are energy efficient? At present, 80% of the energy consumed by the sensors […]
Building Automation Start-Up Ecovent closes $6.9 million Series A funding
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) start-up, Ecovent, announced this week that it has closed a $6.9 million Series A funding round led by Emerson Climate Technologies, and includes participation from Tamarisc and Blue Fog Capital. The Boston based firm produces intelligent home zoning systems designed to deliver room-by-room climate control. The company, established through a […]