Gartner has predicted the number of connected devices to reach 25 billion by 2020, a nearly five-fold increase from the 4.9 billion projected for 2015. Gartner said Tuesday the automotive sector will see a 96-percent growth of connected things in 2015 and that consumer applications will drive the expansion of Internet of Things. The forecasts also says the utilities […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a new optical systems technology center in Palo Alto, California, that will house the company’s design teams and partners from industry and research universities who are collaborating on optical payload technologies. “The Optical Payload Center of Excellence will benefit from the digital tapestry that links all stages of development, from initial concept and design […] More

IBM researchers have produced a computer chip that is designed to simulate human brain function without needing to consume large amounts of energy under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s SyNAPSE program. The computing architecture is built with 5.4 billion transistors and 256 million programmable logic points that are modeled after the brain’s neuronal structure, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

Royal Philips has become the first patron sponsor of a UNESCO-led project to raise worldwide awareness on the importance of light-based technologies in the areas of energy, education, agriculture and health. The International Year of Light will commence in 2015 and will leverage the recent innovations in lighting for the benefit of the public, Royal […] More

The Conrad Foundation has announced the winners of its 2014 Innovation Summit, which was presented by Lockheed Martin. The four teams of highschool students who won, showcased their work in the aerospace and aviation, cybertechnology and security, energy and environment and health and nutrition categories, winning a total of $47,500 in awards, The Conrad Foundation […] More

National Strategic Protective Services, a joint venture of Triple Canopy and Securiguard, has completed its first year of a security contract with the Department of Energy‘s Oak Ridge, Tenn. facility. During the past year, NSPS received a “very good” rating and a 96 performance score from the DoE for its work on the Oak Ridge facilities, the company announced Monday. […] More

Microsoft has introduced a new cloud-based mobile tool built to detect and gather location data from GPS satellites, The Register reported Monday. Simon Sharwood writes the Cloud-Offloaded GPS Experimental Kit is developed for mobile devices to log GPS signals for cloud processing. Microsoft built the Low Energy Assisted Positioning cloud server to receive GPS signals and […] More