In its first worldwide 5G forecast, International Data Corporation (IDC) projects the number of 5G connections to grow from roughly 10.0 million in 2019 to 1.01 billion in 2023. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 217.2% over the 2019-2023 forecast period. By 2023, IDC expects 5G will represent 8.9% of all mobile device connections. Several factors will … [Read more...] about Worldwide 5G Connections to Reach 1.1 Billion in 2023
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Worldwide Wearables Market to Top 300 Million Units in 2019 and Nearly 500 Million Units in 2023
"Wearables started out as a device for early adopters and morphed into multiple devices for the mass market," said Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables team. "In the process, wearables have accomplished several objectives: enable greater convenience, surface new insights, and keep the user connected in ways that other devices – even the smartphone – have been … [Read more...] about Worldwide Wearables Market to Top 300 Million Units in 2019 and Nearly 500 Million Units in 2023
Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service available in more cities
Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband mobility service is available in 19 US cities with seven 5G-enabled devices Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service is now available in Los Angeles, Boston, Houston, Sioux Falls, Dallas, Omaha, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Providence, St. Paul, Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Phoenix, Boise, Panama City, and New York City. Verizon plans … [Read more...] about Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service available in more cities
What 2020 Might Bring for the Expansion of Platform-Independent Computing
Fastly Shares the Most Notable Internet Infrastructure Milestones of 2019 The State of Internet Infrastructure in 2019 This year saw a groundswell of grassroots protocol improvements, sweeping shifts toward encryption due to increased focus on data privacy, and a preview into WebAssembly’s possibilities at the edge, as well as: New satellites that took to the sky and … [Read more...] about What 2020 Might Bring for the Expansion of Platform-Independent Computing
World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier SUISO FRONTIER Launches Building an International Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Aimed at Carbon-free Society
Tokyo, December 11, 2019 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today its official naming and launch at Kobe Works of the SUISO FRONTIER (Kawasaki hull no. 1740), the world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier. This vessel was developed to provide a means of transporting liquefied hydrogen at 1/800 of its original gas-state volume, cooled to –253°C, safely and in large … [Read more...] about World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier SUISO FRONTIER Launches Building an International Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Aimed at Carbon-free Society
AMD Radeon™ Professional GPUs Offer Breakthrough Graphics Performance for Apple Mac Pro
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that its powerful new AMD Radeon™ Pro W5700X GPU is a configuration option in the latest Apple Mac Pro, adding to the previously released ultra-high performance AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega II and AMD Radeon™ Pro 580X GPUs. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X GPU is designed to help Mac Pro users cut through all types of professional visual … [Read more...] about AMD Radeon™ Professional GPUs Offer Breakthrough Graphics Performance for Apple Mac Pro
USPTO recognizes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners and inventors
December 10 is Nobel Prize Day, the day on which Nobel Prize laureates are awarded their medals by the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. On behalf of the USPTO, I congratulate this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino. These inventors have made valuable contributions in the field of electro-chemistry, … [Read more...] about USPTO recognizes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners and inventors
Hydrogène de France Announces the World’s First Plant for Mass Production of High-Powered Fuel Cells (Over 1 MW)
Hydrogène de France (HDF) becomes a French industrial company by launching its high-powered fuel cell production plant in Bordeaux. This plant, with an annual production capacity of 50 MW, will be the first in the world to mass produce high-powered PACs (greater than 1 MW) using PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) technology. The industrialization and standardization of these … [Read more...] about Hydrogène de France Announces the World’s First Plant for Mass Production of High-Powered Fuel Cells (Over 1 MW)
Ballard and HDF Energy Sign Development Agreement For Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cell Systems
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Hydrogene de France ("HDF Energy"; www.hdf-energy.com), an Independent Power Producer dedicated to renewable power generation, for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt (MW) scale fuel cell system into HDF Energy's Renewstable® power plant … [Read more...] about Ballard and HDF Energy Sign Development Agreement For Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cell Systems
AI-Powered Hearing App ‘HeardThat’ turns a smartphone into a sophisticated hearing assistive device enabling clear conversations even in noisy places
HeardThat utilizes advanced machine learning machine algorithms to separate speech from noise. It listens to the noisy environment and delivers denoised speech, to the individual’s Bluetooth-enabled hearing aid or other listening devices via their smartphone. Sharpe concludes, “Machine learning algorithms require too much processing power to run on hearing aids or other small … [Read more...] about AI-Powered Hearing App ‘HeardThat’ turns a smartphone into a sophisticated hearing assistive device enabling clear conversations even in noisy places