TREND REPORTS
(Video) Holst Centre Introduces Next Generation Health Patch
[Tech]
2016/11/22 09:35
Holst Centre introduced their next generation health patch during electronica, an international electronic trade show held Nov. 8-11 in Munich, Germany. Holst Centre is a research and development institution founded by the collaboration between imec and TNO. Their innovative health patch accurately and remotely monitors the user’s cardiac and physical activity as well as bioelectrical impedanc...
(Video) Panasonic Invents Multi-Lingual Megaphone Translator - Megahonyaku
[Tech]
2016/11/22 09:35
Panasonic developed the device dubbed “The Megahonyaku,” a portmanteau that plays on the Japanese words for “megaphone” and translation. It comes with 300 or so phrases that it can understand, and, if you’d prefer not to speak, you can select which command you’d like using a touchscreen. Some of the phrases include “Please form a single line,” and “the train has been delayed,” but use...
Companies Try Out Selfies as Password Alternatives
[Business]
2016/11/21 17:18
Facial-recognition apps use smartphone snapshots to verify identity of customers, taxpayers.Selfies, long derided as a symbol of narcissism and oversharing, have found a more serious purpose.Companies and government agencies—ranging from the ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. and credit-card giant MasterCard Inc. to the Alabama Department of Revenue—are asking people to snap self-por...
(PDF) Brilliant Mod Makes Smartwatches Actually Useful - ViBand
[Tech]
2016/11/21 17:17
Back in October, an analysis of the smartwatch industry found that sales were plummeting. That was quickly rebuffed by a different analysis that said sales were rising. One thing is for sure, smartwatches are boring. But this one is pretty awesome.Using a custom smartwatch kernel, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have altered the sampling rate of a smartwatch accelerometer to 4 kHz rat...
Adidas' New Bioengineered Sneaker Made of Synthetic Spider Silk
[Product]
2016/11/21 17:14
Synthetic spider silk is one of the most exciting new textiles in development.The attraction is obvious: Natural spider silk itself is light, elastic, and incredibly strong. AMSilk, a German manufacturer of a synthetic silk called Biosteel, estimates a web made of “pencil-thick spider silk fiber can catch a fully loaded Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 with a weight of 380 tons.”Synthetic versions are ge...
(Video) Cogito Raises $15M to Help Call Center Staff Detect Customers’ Mood from Their Voice
[Investing]
2016/11/21 10:52
Artificial intelligence company Cogito raised $15 million in its latest funding round, the company told VentureBeat today.Cogito combines behavioral science and artificial intelligence to detect a person’s emotional state and determine if their mood has changed and how conversations are going — all in real time.With the use of Cogito, customer satisfaction at some companies grew by more than...
(Video) Pocket-sized Drone Slides Right Into a Smartphone Case - AirSelfie
[Product]
2016/11/21 10:52
The AirSelfie is the latest flying camera to zoom into the arena, and may just be the least cumbersome one we've seen, with the ability to slide away into the user's smartphone case when not in use.When all you really need is a decent enough camera to hang in the air for a few moments and capture a memory or two, the necessary hardware can be packed into some pretty small packages. A number of...
The Future Of A.I.
[Business]
2016/11/21 10:52
While something along these lines may well come to fruition at some point, the most lucrative use cases of A.I. until 2025 are forecast by market intelligence firm Tractica to be a little less fantastical. When many people think of the future of artificial intelligence, they imagine some form of robot, diligently serving them and completing the mundane tasks of everyday life, perhaps stopping o...
(Video) Car Designers Take Cues from Sci-Fi Flicks
[Tech]
2016/11/21 10:52
Film special-effects are giving auto makers new concepts for driver-car interactions.[Auto makers, such as Fiat Chrysler, are taking inspiration from the futuristic computer displays seen in movies to improve the user interface of their vehicles. Image: Perception]After Marvel’s superhero flick “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” came out in 2014, designers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV...
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