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Simba Hybrid Pillow Uses NASA Technology to Deliver a Good Night’s Sleep
[Product]
2018/09/12 10:36
The Simba Hybrid puts its space-age materials inside an old-school housing.Forget Ambien: The Simba Hybrid may put you fast asleep even faster. The surface shell features Outlast, a proprietary coating material originally developed for NASA to protect astronauts from temperature variations. Instead of flipping it to the cool side, this £95 ($123) pillow will prevent you from sweating in the fi...
32% of U.S. Consumers Now Own a Smart Speaker, Up from 28% at Start of Year
[Consumer]
2018/09/12 10:36
Adobe found that as of August 2018, 32% of consumers now own a smart speaker, up from 28% in January. That’s a 14% increase in just a matter of months – and those months didn’t include the busy holiday sales season, where 79% of smart speaker sales occur.In addition, the firm is predicting that after the 2018 holidays, nearly half (48%) of U.S. consumers will own a smart speaker.Over the hol...
Lockheed Martin Offers $250K Prize for First AI Drone to Beat Human Pilot
[Investing]
2018/09/12 10:35
More than $2 million in total prizes will be awarded to top teams in the AlphaPilot challenge. The AlphaPilot challenge asks participants to design AI technology that allows autonomous drones to beat human-piloted drones in a race.Lockheed Martin, the Drone Racing League and NVIDIA launched a challenge Wednesday called AlphaPilot, which asks participants to create artificial intelligence techno...
What Consumers Want From Apple's New iPhones
[Consumer]
2018/09/12 10:04
Excitement is building ahead of Apple's annual iPhone launch which is scheduled for Wednesday evening. The company is rumoured to be unveiling a new version of the iPhone X with a 5.8 inch screen, which will possibly be called the "iPhone XS". It is also expected to launch a new iteration of its smartwatch while an updated version of the iPad Pro is possible but considered unlikely. While Apple...
Carlsberg Launches Ground-Breaking Innovations to Reduce Plastic Waste
[Design]
2018/09/12 10:03
Danish beermaker Carlsberg's six-packs will now be glued together as the Snap Pack.The Ocean Cleanup barge is currently on its way to tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but it never hurts to find ways to reduce plastic before it gets into the sea. In that vein, Danish beermaker Carlsberg has announced the Snap Pack, a simple alternative to plastic six-pack rings.The Snap Pack concept sound...
(PDF) BCG - A Reality Check for Blockchain in Commodity Trading
[Business]
2018/09/11 11:03
To the commodity traders that support it, blockchain technology is a panacea. Blockchain-based platforms promise to improve the way the commodity-trading industry operates by addressing its struggles: with inefficiencies and issues of trust and with the complexity of transactions, which typically involve multiple counterparties. It’s no surprise, then, that senior executives are lining up to i...
(PDF) MIT's New Robot Can Pick Up Any Object After Inspecting It
[Tech]
2018/09/11 11:03
MIT CSAIL system suggests that robots could one day be able to 'see' well enough to be in people's homes and offices.Humans have long been masters of dexterity, a skill that can largely be credited to the help of our eyes. Robots, meanwhile, are still catching up. Certainly there's been some progress: for decades robots in controlled environments like assembly lines have been able to pick up th...
Apple’s Move to Larger iPhones is Likely Part of Its Play to Boost Services Revenue
[Business]
2018/09/11 11:02
Stats on smartphone usage suggest that Apple’s move to larger iPhone screens isn’t just to meet consumer demand – it’s also part of the company’s play to grow its Services revenue.Apple is expected to announce three new iPhones this week, with screen sizes of 5.8-inches, 6.1-inches and 6.5-inches. That gives them an average screen area 23% larger than last year’s line-up …The comparison...
(Video) Is This the Future of Medical Care ? Sensu
[Design]
2018/09/11 11:02
We love a product that gives us a quick glimpse of what the possible future may hold, it creates an exciting and thought-provoking vision that momentously takes us out of the ‘now’. Sensu does just this for the medical market!Designed to increase wellbeing and lead to healthier lifestyles, Sensu holds the ability to becoming a digital, personal doctor! Packed into the compact device is both a...
