A selection of notable quotes and comments we’ve come across this month
By Marc Ambasna-Jones 04 Sep 24 Reading time: 3 mins
“5G, with its impressive bandwidth and ultra-low latency, provides the perfect infrastructure for AI algorithms to operate in real time. This enables novel use cases for distributed connected devices operating at the edge.”
“A slightly eye-watering percentage of vaccines are lost each year because they come out of the cold chain.”
Richard Bungay, CEO at Imophoron, recalls talking to someone involved in the development of one of the COVID-19 vaccines who was tasked with buying all of the -80℃ freezers in the world. From our article AI and quantum computing can accelerate drug discovery.
“If you want to really exploit quantum technologies and what they can do in terms of computing and sensing, you need to be able to connect different quantum devices. This won’t be like the internet as we know it today with bits of information flying around. Instead you will need quantum entanglement to be able to share information between these different devices.”
“If Europe and the UK want to direct their own quantum funding efficiently and build public confidence in PQC [post-quantum cryptography], they need a clear and well-communicated strategy that reaches start-ups, the public sector, and other key stakeholders.”
“I think early-stage investors should be looking at 6G. Obviously the standards are not there yet, but what definitely struck a chord with me is the move away from looking at energy efficiency on a bit per hertz type of level, to now looking at the absolute energy consumption of a network.”
“Finding and tackling wildfires before they become a problem requires many robots to work together as a swarm. We’ve spoken to firefighters around the world to design a swarm that is useful and easy for them to operate.”
“Success won’t come from just software or hardware alone – it requires strength in both, plus the right infrastructure… Near-term goal is to have a walking humanoid robot by year-end.”
“There are probably other really interesting places there where you could drive more automation, and maybe even improve and speed up global freight, which I think is an important thing right now. There’s huge bottlenecks and inefficiencies in global shipping and freight.”
Ben Blume, a software and deep tech-focused investor at VC firm Atomico, talking to Sifted about Atomico’s investment in robotics warehouse visualisation start-up Dexory, and opportunities for robotics innovation.
Working as a technology journalist and writer since 1989, Marc has written for a wide range of titles on technology, business, education, politics and sustainability, with work appearing in The Guardian, The Register, New Statesman, Computer Weekly and many more.
