Tech behemoth Huawei has unveiled its P40 flagship smartphone, after hundreds of thousands of Huawei employees in China were given the all-clear to return to work. Huawei launched its premium device via livestream on 26 March. The standard, big-event style launches typically associated with new tech showcases are not an option amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.…
With almost all industries feeling the pressure of the Covid-19 outbreak, Chinese robotics company ZhenRobotics Corp, has seen a spike in demand for its robots which are replacing humans in suboptimal conditions. RoboPony is a small, knee-high robot developed and manufactured by ZhenRobotics. The bright yellow, six-wheeled unit has been sold to shopping centres, apartment…
Changan Automobiles, one of China’s top five producers of motor vehicles, this week announced the mass production of its first self-driving car. Company officials say mass production of the ‘UNI-T’ model – with “conditional” self-driving capabilities – will begin in March. The new flagship, four-door sedan, will be the first mass-produced L3 systems car in…
Chinese drone manufacturers, DJI, are moving into global markets. The company has showcased new Light Detection and Radar technology (LiDAR), an innovation that may hold the key to the company’s venture into autonomous driving technologies. Earlier this year, Livox, a subsidiary of DJI, showcased LiDAR at the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The…
As South Africa and other African states still debate how to deal with the global pandemic of the Covid-19 virus, China, once the epicentre of the outbreak, is recording fewer infections every day. The recovery comes after two months of proactive quarantine measures, medical treatment, and social coordination, all assisted by future tech. Chinese officials…
Staff at Zhongnang Hospital, China, are using AI technology to help combat the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak. The experiment aims to screen patients for visual clues associated with the virus. Professor Haibu Xu and the staff at the radiology department of the hospital, located in Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic, are hopeful the trials…
Chinese owned AI giant, SenseTime, has launched a series of web tools to help students cope with missing school due to the risks associated with the 2019-nCoV outbreak. The company said it would offer its proprietary digital learning platform for free. This offer was made in response to the Chinese Education Ministry’s call to assist…
The UK is looking to China to complete its long overdue and over budget HS2 high-speed railway from London to the Midlands and other northern cities. The possible call for assistance comes two weeks after the British parliament gave the go-ahead for the ambitious project. The High Speed 2 (HS2) project was budgeted for in…
The Huazhang Unversity of Science and Technology (HUST) and Ph.D. students from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) have collaborated to establish a way to transfer data across fibre-optic networks securely. The breakthrough will benefit both academia and business. The feat, which was previously impossible, was overseen by Wits professor, Andrew Forbes. The team successfully demonstrated…
Chinese smartphone manufacturers Huawei, Xiaomi, BBK-owned Opo and Vivo are developing a platform that may see them threaten Google Play’s market monopoly. African apps are likely beneficiaries. The platform, named the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA), was initially marked for release in March but has been held off briefly due to concerns about the…