As we all know supply chain disruptions over the past two years do not seem to be going away any time soon. However, businesses are turning to new artificial intelligence-powered (AI) simulations, known as “digital twins,” to help get products and services to consumers on time – especially as we head into the holiday shopping
Worldwide Plans for Apps and Cards to Prove Your Vaccination Status: Are There Privacy Concerns?
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Posted in Coronavirus, Data Privacy
A new commercial has hit the airwaves in Israel. It begins with a door swinging open to reveal a beautiful seaside patio with a couple awaiting their dinners as a voiceover says, “How much have we missed going out with friends?” Well, with the Green Pass “a door simply opens in front of you” and…
Just How Small Does a Drone’s “Brain” Need to Be? The Push to Miniaturize a Drone’s Computer Chip
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Imagine consumers (and businesses alike) buying a bottle cap-sized drone that they can integrate with their smart phone, fly from the palm of their hand and land it there again, all while instantaneously uploading video and photos captured by the drone onto their phone and sharing it with others. Current ‘mini-drone’ prototypes are certainly small…
Sense-and-Avoid Software Tests Successfully in Recent Drone Flights
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northrop Grumman, and Aviation & Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) recently announced a series of successful drone flights testing sense-and-avoid systems. One of the key issues with flying a drone beyond-visual-line-of-sight is that the sense-and-avoid technology is slow to come to market. While it is certainly out there and being…
Massachusetts develops a remote-controlled contraceptive chip
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Posted in Data Security, HIPAA and Health Information
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the remote-controlled contraceptive computer chip. Releasing measured doses of the levonorgestrel hormone, these computer chips can be implanted under a woman’s skin as a new form of birth control, presumably starting in 2018. While there are certainly other types of contraceptives that can be implanted under a woman’s skin, the only…