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Innovation on the edge: how compute is shifting away from the core and demanding new ideas
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A selection of notable quotes and comments we’ve come across this month
“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.”
Mona Nia, global director for AI/ML solutions at Tecnotree, writing about the future of connectivity and how AI and 5G can pave the way for 6G innovation.
“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.”
Jasper Krauser, quantum technology central coordinator with Airbus, talking about quantum entanglement. From our article, Is quantum communications technology the backbone of tomorrow’s digital economy?
“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.”
Ekaterina Almasque, general partner at early-stage tech VC OpenOcean and board member of quantum computing company IQM, reacting to NIST launching its set of post-quantum cryptography standards.
“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.”
Dimitrios Stoimenou, investment director at UK-based capital ventures company Mercia, talking in our regular Venture View series about the challenges and opportunities of deep tech investing.
“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.”
Sabine Hauert, professor of swarm engineering in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Technology at the University of Bristol, talking about joining forces with Lancashire Fire and Rescue and Windracers to test a swarm of self-coordinating drones for firefighting.
“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.”
Former Synapse founder Sankaet Pathak talking to Techcrunch about his new $11m-funded robotics start-up, Foundation.
“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.
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