Category: Technology

Researchers at the University of Virginia demonstrated tweets could predict certain kinds of crimes if the correct analysis is applied.

In January, the U.S. software company said Xbox One sales had crossed three million as of the end of 2013.

Vita is a robot which can be manoeuvred around hospital wards from afar.

Users must be 18 years old and are required to fill in an online form in order to be eligible to buy the device.

The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was intended to move the BBC away from using and storing video tape.

A robotic mannequin that can run, sit and even mimic the movement of a soldier has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence.

By Mark Ward The first System 360 mainframe was unveiled on 7 April 1964 and its arrival marked a break with all general purpose computers that came before.

NEW YORK — The spotting of ocean debris by satellites during the search for the lost Malaysian airliner has drawn attention to those orbiting platforms.

Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, said Sony had been working on the technology – called Project Morpheus – for three years.

Journalist and programmer Ken Schwencke created an algorithm that automatically generates a short article when an earthquake occurs.

Mystery continues to surround the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared without trace more than a week ago.

The richest man in the world explains how to save the planet.

It would allow developers to create wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers using the Android operating system.

The project, led by Noriko Arai at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, is trying to see how fast artificial intelligence might replace the human brain so that people can start training in completely new areas.

By Jane Wakefield The firm has been showing off the designs for its concept crewless ships.

By James Morgan Archaeologists have made a virtual reconstruction of a Roman gladiator school discovered on the banks of the River Danube in Austria.

By Jonathan Amos Using supercomputers, they simulated the shape of a key protein involved in HIV infection in an individual patient and then ranked the drug molecules most likely to block the activity.

To feel what you touch — that’s the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward that goal, European researchers created a robotic hand that let an amputee feel differences between a bottle, a baseball and a mandarin orange.

The idea to distribute millions of the digital coins to all of Iceland’s 333,000 citizens has been dreamt up by entrepreneur Baldur Odinsson.

A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time.

By James Morgan The “deepest ever” image of a group of galaxies – “Pandora’s Cluster” – has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Intel has said that laptops featuring 3D-camera technology developed by the chipmaker will go on sale this year. It said seven firms would release products that contained its software and hardware, which would be indentified by the RealSense brand. At…

David Shukman With the fastest supercomputer in the world and a rover exploring the Moon, Chinese science is enjoying an unstoppable rise. And it’s backed by spending on a scale that would turn most Western scientists green with envy.

The testing and Commissioning of 33/11 KV power sub-station in Thakurerdighi area under Kholahati union of Sadar upazila in the district was done on Thursday.

From smartphones to smart TVs, from connected homes to connected cars, these are the shows and showcases around the globe that are going to have the biggest impact on the future of our technological lives.