According to Forrester, over a third of European job roles could be rendered redundant by automation over the next two decades as companies battle against unproductivity and a thinning workforce. In their latest Future of Jobs Forecast, the tech analysts…
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Driver on Autopilot in Fatal Crash is charged with a Felony
Prosecutors in California have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against a driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light and killed two people in 2019. From research, the defendant appears to be the first person to…
Smart T-shirt Detects Breathing Problems
A group of researchers in Canada have created a smart T-shirt capable of monitoring the breathing of the wearer, which could be useful for medical and athletic applications. An advantage of the smart T-shirt is its ability to conform to…
New Wearable Sensors can Track Hand Use in Amputees
Researchers at the University of Missouri, Columbia recently developed a system to track hand use in people who use a hand prosthesis or have undergone a hand transplant. The technology tracks hands’ movement, and monitors how people make use of…
“To the Moon” Increase in Job Postings Involving Cryptocurrency
Recent studies carried out in LinkedIn found that the amount of job postings containing the terms ‘cryptocurrency’, ‘ethereum’, ‘blockchain’ and ‘bitcoin’ grew 395% in the U.S. between 2020 and 2021. A significantly lower growth occurred in the listings for the…
New Portable Diagnostic Platform can Rapidly Test Hundreds of People for Coronavirus
Engineers at the University of Texas, Austin recently created the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ platform, a portable disease diagnosis platform which could spot asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, as well as test for other ailments in their early stages. The platform is capable of detecting…
Judge Rules That Only Humans, not AI Machines Can Get a U.S Patent
In the global debate on the handling of computer-created innovation, a Federal judge has ruled in the first American decision that a computer using artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on patents. This is because under U.S. law,…
Workers Prefer Flexibility to Higher Pay
With unemployment at an all-time low as a result of the Great Resignation, many workers now feel empowered to go out and get what they want, including the salaries they think they deserve. According to a recent study by Bankrate,…
Lack of diversity: A cause of the Great Resignation
According to Labor Department data, there were over 10 million jobs available in the U.S. at the end of June— a record. To explain this, experts have referred to what they call the ‘Great Resignation’, where large amounts of people…
Teen Wins Global Tech Award for Paediatric Occupational Therapy App
A teenager recently won a global technology award for her invention: Stellar, a paediatric occupational therapy app which provides quick and affordable services to children in need of them. Saanvi Kaushik, a 13 year old from Cork City won the…