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Vollebak’s New Solar Charged Hat Is Perfect for Spelunking
[Product]
2023/11/05 09:03
Vollebak is back, yet again, with a new piece of solar-charged apparel. Its new Solar Charged Hat looks exactly as comfortable as it is sustainably-designed, being that it’s made up of three layers of material insulating the head of whoever wears it. Plus, it’s covered in “membranes” that absorb light (like plants!) to power its biggest feature: it glows brightly in the dark wherever you “...
TIME - The Best Inventions of 2023
[Product]
2023/11/02 09:10
200 innovations changing how we live.Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from TIME’s editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online application process, paying special attention to growing fields—such as AI, green ener...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Return of Agile Hardware Product Development
[Business]
2023/11/02 09:09
Agile-for-hardware product development can reduce time-to-market and improve quality and productivity. Five key changes can help leaders capture the benefits of agile for hardware.Many people believe that the physicality of hardware product development means it is not well-suited for an agile approach, and that agile should be left to software development alone. This is not the case. In fact, a...
(Paper) Inflatable Humanoid Cybernetic Avatar for Physical Human–Robot Interaction
[Tech]
2023/11/02 09:08
In a digital twin, a humanoid robot can be the counterpart of a simulated agent in the real world. In addition, a human, virtual avatar, and avatar robot might constitute digital triplets. We propose an inflatable cybernetic avatar (CA) with a humanoid upper body using an inflatable structure that can represent gestures. This inflatable CA is much lighter, safer, and cheaper than conventional h...
(Infographic) The Open-Source AI Development Market Map
[Business]
2023/11/02 09:07
The need for AI model transparency and rapid innovation among the developer community has put open-source AI in the spotlight. We map 70+ vendors developing open-source tools to help enterprises build and deploy AI projects.[click to enlarge]The open-source approach to AI development — which is focused on making source code available for public use and allowing a community of developers to con...
(Paper) Google Research : Noise-Cancelling Hearables That Track Heart Rate
[Tech]
2023/11/02 09:06
Researchers at Google have devised a technology that allows active noise-canceling (ANC) wearables to feature health-sensing applications.The team utilized a technique called audio plethysmography (APG) in ANC wearables to monitor a user's physiological data, such as heart rate and heart rate variability, without the need for additional sensors or sacrificing battery life.This technique of audi...
Apple Watch Ultra 3 with 360 Camera is for Smartwatch Photographers of Tomorrow
[Design]
2023/11/02 09:05
What we do know is that Apple is dedicated to redefining the user experience, which is evident from the recent report that expects Apple to launch the next generation Watch Ultra in 2024 with a 2.1-inch micro-LED display.Apple has always been at the forefront, consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible in consumer technology. The Apple Watch Ultra 2, with its innovative gesture inp...
The Top 10 Countries for Remote Working
[Consumer]
2023/11/02 09:04
Denmark is the best country in the world for remote workers, according to The Global Remote Work Index 2023 by NordLayer, a business cybersecurity provider. Despite its high cost of living and expensive internet, the small northern European country received strong marks for excelling in areas such as social inclusiveness, internet quality, social safety, e-government, and healthcare.The Netherl...
This Exoskeleton-like Back Support Lets You Lift Heavy Objects
[Design]
2023/11/02 09:03
If your work involves regularly carrying heavy things around, then your back is most likely one of your body parts that suffers. I don’t have a job that does that (does carrying a heavy bag every day count?) and yet I constantly feel all sorts of back aches. Well, maybe I’m just old. In any case, those who work in construction, warehouse production, and other industries where they have to car...
