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How America Listens The American Audio Landscape
[Consumer]
2018/04/09 09:34
According to Nielsen’s second-quarter 2017 Comparable Metrics Report, 93% of U.S. adults 18 and older listen to radio every week—more than those watching television or using a smartphone, TV connected device, tablet or PC.We are in the midst of an exciting time for audio, with more and more ways to listen to information and entertainment. AM/FM radio, on-demand streaming, podcasts, digital ra...
The World's First Aquasonic Swimming Pool Alarm System - Dolphin Alarm
[Product]
2018/04/09 09:34
Dolphin Alarm's aquasonic swimming pool alarm system alerts you the instant a non-swimmer enters a pool.If you have a small child and a swimming pool, then it's at least a little likely that you may sometimes worry about said child falling into said pool. Well, it was with that concern in mind that British electrical engineer John Barstead created the Dolphin Alarm.Here's how it works …When sm...
Robot Tech Working Together - AIRBOT
[Design]
2018/04/09 09:34
Robot vacuums have come a long way but the AIRBOT takes things to a whole new vertical… literally! The hybrid design includes an autonomous floor vacuum in addition to an air purifier. Since it will be scanning every inch of your apartment anyway, it only makes sense that the floor vacuum detects the indoor air quality from room to room. Once it has scanned the areas for free radicals, polluta...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2018 Global Human Capital Trends
[Business]
2018/04/08 09:10
Organizations are no longer judged only for their financial performance, or even the quality of their products or services. Rather, they are being evaluated on the basis of their impact on society at large—transforming them from business enterprises into social enterprises.THE 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report showcases a profound shift facing business leaders worldwide: The rap...
(Video) Robots Could Replace Surgeons in the Battle Against Cancer - Auris Health
[Tech]
2018/04/08 09:09
Auris Health Unveils the FDA-Cleared Monarch Platform, Ushering in a New Era of Medical Intervention. Company’s First Application of Its Innovative Flexible Robotics Platform Is Bronchoscopy.Auris Health, Inc. ("Auris Health"), formerly known as Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc., today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the company’s Monarch™ Platform, ushering in a n...
Chinese Crypto Mining Company, Bitmain Poses a Threat to AMD and Nvidia
[Business]
2018/04/08 09:08
Beijing-based Bitmain selling new hardware for Ethereum mining. Competition may hurt demand for chipmakers’ GPUs, analysts say.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. are feeling the heat from a Chinese adversary that they never imagined would become a competitor.The chipmakers, which have seen a sales boost as cryptocurrency miners bought up their graphics processing units to solve compl...
The Trouble With Quitting Facebook Is That We Like Facebook
[Consumer]
2018/04/08 09:07
We have now come to bury Facebook, not to praise it. In the past few weeks, after the revelation that consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained the data of more than 50 million Facebook users to help it craft targeted political ads in favor of Donald Trump and Brexit, Facebook critics and users have found common cause in wondering whether society should distance itself from Facebook. Sto...
Best of Modularity
[Design]
2018/04/08 09:05
In the modern age, ‘modular’ is the buzz-word in interior designing and has trickled down to many home elements like modular-storage, modular-beds, modular-kitchens and now – modular refrigerators. Designed to be a sustainable appliance, the Addition by Heewoong Chai is a multi-type refrigerator system that up-sizes on demand. Based on the assumption that your first fridge comes home when yo...
Israel's New Technology Will Enable Computers to Run 100x Faster
[Tech]
2018/04/08 09:05
A team of Israeli researchers developed a ‘game-changing’ technology that puts computers and all optical devices closer to the terahertz microchip.Researchers have created technology that will enable our computers, text messages and phone calls to run 100 times faster through terahertz microchips.Until now, the major challenges that stood in the way of creating the terahertz microchip were ov...
