Every smart device can also be a way for cyber attackers to get into your home. Some simple steps can help keep you safe.
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Incorporating innovative technologies into textile design has many applications, including automotive, health and design.
Over half of older adults report using AI, but many also struggle with trusting the technology.
One father over-engineered his smart home so much, his kids struggled to turn the lights on and off.
Many older people could live independent lives in smart homes, but so far the technology has failed to live up to the hype.
The Australian government wants to introduce ‘minimum security standards’ for all smart devices. What will that look like?
With 17 billion internet-connected devices worldwide, AI is subtly creeping into our everyday lives – and making us more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
The Internet of Things will transform industry, agriculture, and our cities. But we need to consider carefully the risks as well as the rewards.
Those designing smart energy systems must take gender into account.
Amazon says it’s the “new neighbourhood watch” but Ring may just be another technology that gives police too much data and lets neighbourhoods double down on their biases.
Forget Alexa – true artificial intelligence will be able to understand dementia patients’ needs and offer help accordingly.
Smart home technology promises to make our lives easier, but how much control do we want this tech to have over our lives? And do we really trust it?
There are mounting calls to dismember the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon, but most people seem to have overlooked the biggest threat of all.
Many homes are already smart – but they’re about to get much smarter.
As the number of ‘internet of things’ devices expands rapidly, so do security vulnerabilities to homes, businesses, governments and the internet as as whole.
While networked entertainment systems, automated security, mood lights and voice-controlled thermostats make homes more secure and productive, they’re also just good fun.
The Achilles’ heel of law technologies: training. Only 10% of such initiatives are aimed at law students, so how should this issue be managed to win the AI race?
There are several reasons people might find smart devices equipped with an always-on microphone both attractive and unsettling.
Sound alerts on digital devices are often annoying, so we’ve tended to opt for silence. In future, that could hold us back.
Apple’s closed system may be its undoing in the smart home market.
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Queen's University, Ontario
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Distinguished professor, computing and communications, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Associate, DEMAND Centre, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Sound Design, Edinburgh Napier University
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Strategy, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
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Professor of Strategy and Organisation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Professor of Computational Intelligence, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor - Low / Net Zero Energy Buildings, University of Florida
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Nottingham