The noise-canceling windows may be bulky, but they do a decent job of cutting external noise pollution.Sometimes there's nothing like a nice breeze from an open window, but in the city that can come with an unwanted side order of street noise. Inspired by the kind of noise-canceling tech used in headphones, researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) have developed a window...

For any ambitious startup founder, the traditional route to funding goes through angel/seed investors and then eventually to the big venture capitalists.The sophisticated players in this funding landscape make significant amounts of dough by spotting game-changing opportunities in their early stages, and then applying their insights, connections, and experience to these startups to make them fi...

What do the late Tupac Shakur and Swedish pop group ABBA have in common? Seems like not much. But thanks to virtual reality, that’s changing.In a statement posted to Instagram on Friday, ABBA confirmed a “virtual tour” — one that was originally announced in October 2016.The group also announced the release of the first new material since 1982. It seems like plans for the virtual tour inspir...

A new portable oxygen inhalator that can be conveniently used in everyday life by supplementing the shortcomings of existing portable oxygen inhalator.MotivePatients who difficult self-breathing should always carry the oxygen inhalator whenever and wherever.However, the inhalator for survival is very heavy and large. So it is a burden to patients.Design directionExisting medical devices are not...

This common sense and practical framework is designed to assist executives in understanding whether blockchain is an appropriate and helpful tool for their business needs. It starts from the premise that blockchain is merely a technology – much like many others that are already used in society – and like other technologies it is as much about change management and careful attention to the eco...

Great artists and thinkers have found inspiration in their lucid “microdreams” for centuries. Now, there’s an interface that can record them for you.Beethoven, Poe, and Tesla all claimed to use a bizarre creative technique to come up with some of their ideas–a method that involved accessing their dreams to hunt down brilliant concepts and bring them into the conscious world. Researchers at...

Smart machines are giving storytellers and risk managers alike a helping hand.Burgeoning data analyzed by ever more intelligent machines are opening pathways to surprising applications and providing solutions to problems that have been out of reach. In the film industry, machines “watch” movies and videos, charting their emotional intensity and giving content creators clues about to how to ma...

Emotionally sensitive technology allows brands and consumers to analyze responses to products, services and experiences.Human-to-machine programming is becoming increasingly prescient thanks to emotionally sensitive technologies that can decipher users’ behavior, desires and needs. Advances in machine learning and neuroscience enable individuals to gain more insight into their everyday mental...

Ford is aiming to make car rides a bit more interesting for blind people and those with very limited vision. A company’s team in Italy, working with Aedo, a firm developing technologies for people with visual impairments, and GTB, a marketing agency, have developed a system they call Feel The View.When the user presses its single button, it takes a picture of the scenery outside and converts i...