The design of the smart toilet makes use of the angular deflection of angle R, forming structural elements of "round" and "square". Its appearance is simple, friendly and soft. In the aspect of users’ experience, it integrates features of the mainstream smart toilet, and its independent way of operation by remote-control handle improves the convenience of use. The edges are arranged in an orde...

Son's targets range from cleaning robots to satellites, but AI is at the core of each.Masayoshi Son, the charismatic leader of Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group, wakes up these days wondering which country he's in. More often than not, it's the U.S., in Silicon Valley, where he has a house.His private jet, in which he zigzags above the globe, has flown to the U.S. West Coast over and over in t...

This is the first of three articles on the sharing economy. The goal of our research was to understand whether the sharing of rides, apartments, and even clothing is a passing fashion or an enduring and relevant trend for business leaders. We interviewed more than 25 founders and CEOs of sharing-economy startups across the globe and surveyed more than3,500 consumers in the US, Germany, and Indi...

Mitsubishi Electric today announced the launch of world’s first room air conditioner equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). The Kirigamine FZ • Z Series features an infrared sensor Move Ii mirA.I. (Mirai). This sensor senses the temperature in the room and accordingly adjusts the sensible temperature for each of the people in the room taking in account the outside temperature and solar r...

VIPKid, an online education company that matches Chinese students with North American teachers, was valued at more than $1.5 billion in a round of funding from investors including Sequoia Capital China and Tencent Holdings Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.The Beijing-based company said Wednesday it had raised $200 million to expand into new markets and broaden its academic off...

Mobile continues to eat desktop, but advertising spend on the platform hasn’t kept up with the amount of time spent on it. That’s changing. Mobile advertising will account for 63 percent of online spend and 26 percent of total media spend by 2019 — more than all traditional media, except TV, combined, according to Zenith’s latest ad forecast. That counts all display ads delivered to smartph...

There’s a new building block in town, and it generates its own clean energy. Researchers from Exeter University developed new glass blocks that are embedded with small solar cells. Not only do the blocks generate energy, but they also provide thermal insulation and allow natural light to enter buildings.Called Solar Squared, the blocks are embedded during the manufacturing process with an arra...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been called the next Industrial Revolution, and it will have a profound effect on how marketers will need to understand, market and track consumers in the years ahead.In fact, BI Intelligence, in a 2015 report, estimated that more than 34 billion devices will be connected to the internet globally by 2020, up from 10 billion in 2015. This includes a mix of standa...

The Bladeless Drone is a Winner of the 2017 Red Dot Design Concept Award.The Bladeless Drone is aptly named for its brilliant design that ditches dangerous blades for air ducts. The resulting unit is not only safer but so quiet that neighbors and strangers alike will thank you for not bugging them with an annoying hummmmmmmm!It features four bladeless “propellers.” The main propeller (easily...