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Pebble’s Founder is Back with an iPhone Battery Case That Also Charges AirPods - The PodCase
[Product]
2017/09/12 12:09
PodCase - Battery Case for Your iPhone and AirPods. Never lose your AirPods! PodCase is a slim battery case that keeps your iPhone and Airpods in one place and fully charged.Pebble’s founder and former CEO Eric Migicovsky is back with his first new product since the smartwatch maker got rolled up into Fitbit last year. The PodCase doesn’t have the same sort of grand ambitions as his last proj...
Analytics from Soil Sensors Could Revolutionzie Agriculture - Viridix
[Tech]
2017/09/12 10:03
Israeli startup hopes the data collated from soil-embedded sensors will strengthen and evolve the agriculture industry.While many industries have adapted to the digital age and all it has to offer, agriculture has continued with its offline approach to business. Israel-based Viridix hopes to change this with its network of sensors distributed in land and fields that collect soil analytics. Data...
(Video) ABB's YuMi Robot Takes on the Role of Conductor
[Tech]
2017/09/12 10:01
When Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs with the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra this Tuesday, he won't necessarily be the center of attention. That's because his conductor will be YuMi, a two-armed robot made by Swedish/Swiss tech firm ABB. The machine will be guiding him – and the orchestra – through "La Donna è Mobile," the famous aria from Verdi's "Rigoletto."The performance, which is pa...
AUDI's All-Electric 'Aicon' Concept Car Promises a Luxurious Autonomous Experience
[Design]
2017/09/12 10:00
At the 2017 edition of IAA, better known as the frankfurt motor show, AUDI has unveiled its ‘aicon’ concept car — an all-electric luxury vehicle that can travel up to 800 kilometers (500 miles) on a single charge. according to its designers, the autonomous sedan, which features four doors, but no steering wheel or pedals, combines innovations relating to the drivetrain, suspension, digitaliz...
(PDF) CoinDesk Launches Q2 State of Blockchain Report
[Investing]
2017/09/11 17:08
CoinDesk's Q2 2017 State of Blockchain report summarizes key trends, data and events in the public and enterprise blockchain sectors in the second quarter of 2017.Q2 at a glance:Cryptocurrencies hit all-time valuations.ICOs emerge as an industry force.The asset class diversifies and bitcoin's total dominance wanes.1. Crypto prices rallyThe story of Q2 begins with a rally that saw the total valu...
(PDF) Mckinsey : Human + Machine : A New Era of Automation in Manufacturing
[Business]
2017/09/11 17:08
New technologies are opening a new era in automation for manufacturers—one in which humans and machines will increasingly work side by side.[click to enlarge]Over the past two decades, automation in manufacturing has been transforming factory floors, the nature of manufacturing employment, and the economics of many manufacturing sectors. Today, we are on the cusp of a new automation era: rapid...
IBM and MIT Look to Dominate AI Research with New $240 Million Lab
[Investing]
2017/09/11 17:07
IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.IBM and MIT recently launched a new collaborative research lab designed to propel breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence over the next decade. The deal involves a US$240 million dollar investment over 10 years from IBM, one of the largest ever seen between a u...
(Video) Handheld Mass-Spectrometry Pen Identifies Cancer in Seconds During Surgery - MasSpec
[Tech]
2017/09/11 17:07
Scientists have invented a gentle, handheld device that can determine within seconds whether tissue is cancerous or not. The tool could give surgeons precise information during an operation about which tissues should be removed or preserved.The pen-shaped instrument, which relies on the chemical analysis technique mass spectrometry, was developed by scientists at the University of Texas at Aust...
Can AI Detect Homosexuality From a Facial Image ? And Should It ?
[Tech]
2017/09/11 17:07
A controversial study claims a person's sexual orientation can be identified with a high degree of accuracy from a single facial image.A study published late last week from two Stanford researchers has caused shockwaves around the world. The duo reportedly developed a neural network that could detect the sexual orientation of a person just by studying a single facial image. The startling degree...
