Living in the Internet of Things era
Apr 04 2019

Living in the Internet of Things era

By Elena Nisioti

Back in 1926 Tesla envisioned something that sounded suspiciously similar to what we today call the Internet of Things (IoT). To him, the ability of devices to transmit wirelessly would naturally lead to an interconnected world of instruments, a technological brain present in our mere pockets.

Artificial Intelligence: A layman’s guide
Feb 28 2019

Artificial Intelligence: A layman’s guide

By Elena Nisioti

In 1997, the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Kasparov. In 2011, Watson, an AI-powered computer system also developed by IBM, competed on Jeopardy!, a TV quiz show where participants provide a question in response to general knowledge clues, and won the first place against two former champions. In 2016, Google’s AI…