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(Video) Designing The Perfect Piece of Chocolate
[Tech]
2022/04/26 09:04
Dutch scientists have attempted to design the perfect chocolate structure for pleasurable crackliness, using novel 3D printing techniques to wrangle this notoriously difficult material into shape.A team of Dutch scientists has taken on the grueling task of designing the perfect piece of chocolate, using novel 3D printing techniques to create designs that shatter in the most pleasurable way when...
(Video) Wall-Climbing Cordless Pool Cleaner - AIPER Seagull 3000
[Product]
2022/04/26 09:03
Introducing the AIPER Seagull 3000, a cordless robot pool cleaner unlike any other on the market. It’s powered by a unique floating battery station that travels above water as it cleans, supercharging the Seagull 3000 with an unrivaled 120W of power - more than any of its underwater battery competitors. With wall-climbing power and a 120 min runtime, it’s a cordless robotic pool cleaner built...
(Patent) Apple Pursues a Patent on a Privacy Screen
[Tech]
2022/04/25 09:10
U.S. patent application, US20220113926, discloses a privacy screen to display digital content of external devices. In computer-simulated reality, a first device is coupled with a first display. An image sensor receives data that represents displayable content from a second device having a second display different from the first display. The first device determines the position of the second dis...
(PDF) BCG - Sustainability in Retail Is Possible
[Business]
2022/04/25 09:09
Few retailers excel at being green, but the sector is striving for improvement. Where is your company on the maturity curve?A new maturity survey from BCG, developed in collaboration with the World Retail Congress, finds that sustainability is now a strategic priority for many retail companies. That’s the good news. The more important finding from the survey, which polled employees at 37 major...
Gravity Sketch Draws $33M for a Platform to Design, Collaborate on 3D Objects
[Investing]
2022/04/25 09:08
A company called Gravity Sketch has taken that concept into 3D, leveraging tools like virtual reality headsets to let designers and others dive into and better visualize a product’s design as it’s being made; and the London-based startup is announcing $33 million in funding to take its own business to the next dimension.The Series A is coming as Gravity Sketch passes 100,000 users, including...
(Paper) Controlling Your Phone with Your Eyes Without Lifting a Finger - EyeMU
[Tech]
2022/04/25 09:07
Eye-tracking has long been one of the those computing holy grails. Whether it’s accessibility concerns, opening up new form factors or just trying to put a novel spin on the ways we interact with our devices, decades of consumer electronics are littered with attempts to use the gaze to unlock a new form of input.The thinking behind Carnegie Melon University’s punily named EyeMU (I suppose “I...
E-Books Still No Match for Printed Books
[Consumer]
2022/04/25 09:06
As the world commemorates World Book Day on April 23 to celebrate the enjoyment of books, readers are encouraged to grab a book, find a cozy place and read away all day. And while UNESCO's General Conference probably thought of ink on paper when it first celebrated World Book Day in 1995, some 21st century book lovers have moved on to e-ink and no paper. How popular are e-books in the grand sch...
Ottobock Unveils New-and-Improved Shoulder Upper-Body Exoskeleton
[Product]
2022/04/25 09:05
The Ottobock Shoulder is designed to support the wearer's arms when performing overhead work.Three years ago, we heard about an assistive upper-body exoskeleton called the Paexo Shoulder. Its German manufacturer, Ottobock, has announced an updated model, now going by the name of the Ottobock Shoulder.Like the original version, the new-and-improved exoskeleton is worn like a backpack.There's a p...
Space Perspective Reveals Design for "World's First" Space Lounge
[Design]
2022/04/25 09:04
Space tourism company Space Perspective has revealed the interior design for its lounge-style travel capsule, which will be hauled into the stratosphere by a giant balloon.Created in-house for the company's Spaceship Neptune, the cabin has room for up to eight passengers.Space Perspective has dubbed it "the world's first space lounge" and said it wanted the interior to be distinct from typical...
