As we head into 2026, AI, blockchain, and other emerging technologies are moving from experiments into core healthcare systems. That shift promises tangible benefits: fewer people left untreated, faster discovery of lifesaving treatments, and simpler, lower‑cost ways to move money and data across borders. It also brings real risks — speculative hype, erosion of institutional…

Africa, data and Internet of Things The history of IoT starts with the old hands in the factories knowing their machines inside out and hearing when they would break down. From the fifties their skills were exchanged for tailored sensors for all of the indicators that the factory people knew: vibration, heat, sound, rhythm… The…

The Fairphone 5, released this week for pre-orders, is based around the QCM6490 eight core IoT chipset rather than a SnapDragon mobile phone chip. There are ten replaceable and repairable modules, from the 90MHz OLED screen and 4200mAh battery to the Sony camera modules, dual SIM holder and the micro SD card holder. It comes…

Introduction Hai Yu : To discuss the question of the spatiality of society is to discuss the spatialized existence of society in essence….Spatial agency also works, for example, when one recalls old memories at familiar sight.  (Shanghhai Narrative, Springer, 2023) In Digital Territory there are no more humans, only information spaces. At a particular moment from a…

Title of my Proposal Idea A 6G phone and independent data, media, AI ecosystem. Objective of my Proposal Idea The goal is to initiate standards and framework activities to develop a technical reference architecture framework for an open 6G device ecosystem which provide all the capabilities of current smartphones, together with a fully secure digital…

….Tom White, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of 5Values Group, said the region represented a significant growth opportunity. “The MENA region is one of the most dynamic areas of technological development globally,” he said. “Working with Yasser and SAS Arabia gives us the experience and regional insight needed to support organisations delivering ambitious deep-tech programmes.”…

Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, December 15, 2025. Permalink: https://drive.proton.me/urls/24CY3J3RMW#BxNDq2q07OA5 Introduction On Friday, December 12, 2025, at the Things Conference in Amsterdam, the first Project Kenner Garage session was held. This document is a report about what happened and what the outcome was. Report Summary Three teams of eight participants produced five visions for a citizen-centered mobile ecosystem…

The history of IoT starts with the old hands in the factories knowing their machines inside out and hearing when they would break down. From the fifties their skills were exchanged for tailored sensors for all of the indicators that the factory people knew: vibration, heat, sound, rhythm… The data from these sensors was stored…

Hello, I’m pleased to inform you that we have launched three major product series, providing a comprehensive cloud-edge-device solution: 1. ARMxy series ARM controllers, ranging from A7 to 8 cores, with up to 6 TOPS NPUs, selectable I/O options, and over 1000 possible combinations. They are compatible with AWS IoT Core, Thingsboard, Node-Red, OpenPLC, and…

The series starts by warning against our own naive realism. We need to take a step back from our view of reality as being made up of objects moved around by forces, and from our belief that this is the only way we can have access to reality. In consecutive conversations, Cosmolab presents different views…