Technology & Innovation

Jul 19, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Members of the military present the flag during the national anthem before the game between the American League and the National League at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

How the Defense Department is pursuing a culture of innovation

Kathleen H. Hicks, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, July 21, 2022

**VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Philadelphia on 25 May, British technology firm Dyson gave a glimpse of its top secret plans for household robots.During the event, Dyson outlined their ambitions in advanced robotics, and offered a sneak peak at its development of an autonomous device capable of household chores and other tasks. A film, which has also been released on social media, showcases the latest developments of Dyson-designed robotic hands grasping objects, indicating that the tech company is moving beyond robotic floor-based vacuums. The secret R&D work at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire is being led by Dyson’s Chief Engineer Jake Dyson. Jake said: “Dyson employed its first roboticist 20 years ago and this year alone we are seeking 250 more experts for our team. This is a ‘big bet’ on future robotic technology that will drive research across the whole of Dyson, in areas including mechanical engineering, vision systems, machine learning and energy storage. We need the very best people in the world to come and join us now.” Dyson is half-way through the largest engineering recruitment drive in its history, as 2,000 people have joined the tech company this year, of which 50% are engineers, scientists, and coders. The company is supercharging its robotics ambitions, recruiting 250 robotics engineers across disciplines including computer vision, machine learning, sensors and mechatronics, and expects to hire 700 more in the robotics field over the next five years. Their master plan: to create the UK's largest, most advanced, robotics centre at Hullavington Airfield and to bring the technology into our homes by the end of the decade.New recruits will be based at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire, a new London laboratory close to the Dyson Robotics Lab at Imperial College, and Singapore at Dyson’s global headquarters. Over the past six months, Dyson h

How to safeguard America’s national competitive edge in STEM talent

Steven Chu, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, June 9, 2022

A wafer (a thin slice of semiconductor) on display during SEMICON 2020, in Taipei, Taiwan on September 23, 2020.SEMICON Taiwan is the only professional semiconductor exhibition in Taiwan and the second-largest in the world, according to event organizer Semi Taiwan. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Can semiconductor manufacturing return to the US?

Morris Chang, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, April 14, 2022

The reception in the Co-Creation Hub in Yaba, Lagos, an area in Nigeria's economic capital once nicknamed "Yabacon Valley" because of the number of tech start-ups in the area. (Photo by Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Connecting Africa’s tech talent with the world

Cecilia Värendh Månsson and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Introducing Vying for Talent, a podcast about the role human talent plays in the U.S.-China competition

Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

A researcher works inside a laboratory at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jackson Njehia

Investment in science and technology is key to an Africa economic boom

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Landry Signé, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

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Building for the Future: Advancing Digital Competitiveness through Broadband Access and Adoption

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Dispatchers for the Rescue.co free ambulance service look at computer screens during the coronavirus night curfew in Nairobi, Kenya June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner REFILE - CORRECTING SERVICE'S NAME

Data governance in Africa

Lesly Goh, Buhle Goslar, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021