Malta Digital Innovation Authority

PCAST | February 03, 2020

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST reconstituted by executive order in October held its first working meeting Monday, outlining its near-term focus on quantum computing and artificial intelligence as the prime industries of the future. The body first established by then-President George W. Bush in 2001 and recommissioned by each president since brings together scientific researchers from industry and academia to advise the administration on natio...

Qualtrics | June 22, 2020

Qualtrics, the leader in customer experience and creator of the experience management (XM) category, today announced they are releasing a contact tracing solution that streamlines and automates the contact tracing process. The solution provides health departments the ability to contact individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and anonymously notify those they have been in contact with that they may have been exposed to the virus. Through an opt-in platform, health departments and local ...

U.S. commercial remote sensing | July 20, 2020

The federal government will soon allow U.S. commercial remote sensing companies to sell high-resolution satellite images of Israel, changing resolution limits that have been in place for more than two decades. In a draft of a Federal Register notice obtained by SpaceNews, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which hosts the office that licenses U.S. commercial remote sensing satellite systems, says it will reduce the resolution limit on satellite imagery of Israel from 2 m...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Ioterra | December 18, 2021

Ioterra, the marketplace for IoT development, has been selected from a competitive process to be part of a corporate delegation that the Nevada State government will be sending to Dubai for the largest governmental trade mission of 2022. Representatives from Ioterra will be visiting Dubai between March 2-10, 2022 to explore partnerships with high-tech innovation and digital transformation organizations in Dubai. The intent of the trade mission is to foster more business exchange between the US a...