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(PDF) WEF - Global Risk Report 2022 : Which Global Risks Have Worsened ?
[Business]
2022/02/04 09:09
A new report from WEF found that social cohesion and overall livelihood have worsened the most since the start of the pandemic.Policy measures and economic impacts from COVID-19 have exacerbated inequality, which has increased polarization and resentment among communitiesThe Global Risks That Have Gotten Worse Since COVID-19Each year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) puts together its Global Risk...
(Paper) SketchHairSalon : Deep Sketch-based Hair Image Synthesis
[Tech]
2022/02/04 09:08
Recent deep generative models allow real-time generation of hair images from sketch inputs. Existing solutions often require a user-provided binary mask to specify a target hair shape. This not only costs users extra labor but also fails to capture complicated hair boundaries. Those solutions usually encode hair structures via orientation maps, which, however, are not very effective to encode c...
70% of Consumers Who Visit Virtual Stores Have Made Purchases
[Consumer]
2022/02/04 09:07
A study showed that 70% of consumers who have visited a virtual store have made a purchase, according to a survey by Obsess.The survey, dubbed the Metaverse Mindset: Consumer Shopping Insights, measured the interest in brands creating immersive virtual stores on their own web sites and “metaverse” platforms.Obsess is an experiential ecommerce platform that serves those brands. The study measu...
(PDF) PwC - How VR and AR will Transform Business and the Economy
[Business]
2022/02/04 09:06
PwC's 'Seeing is believing' report explores how virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) may add value to the economy by 2030 as well as the benefits it may bring to industries including manufacturing, healthcare, energy, retail and training and development.From creating new customer experiences to speeding up product development, VR and AR can present a broad range of opportunities for...
(Video) MIT Researchers Optimize Record-Breaking Insect-Sized Flying Microrobots
[Tech]
2022/02/04 09:05
MIT researchers have generated a new fabrication technique to produce low-voltage, power-dense and high-endurance artificial muscle-like actuators for aerial microrobots. These muscles improve the robot’s payload extensively and allow them to hover for twenty seconds — the longest ever observed by this kind of robot. weighting less than one-fourth of a penny, its body consists of a set of fou...
Olympic Fashion - What Athletes are Wearing at the 2022 Winter Olympics
[Product]
2022/02/04 09:04
With the 2022 Winter Olympics kicking off on February 4th, nearly 3,000 athletes from 90 countries are preparing to take the big stage. Though this year’s games are not without a fair share of controversies and crises – and the stands will be empty due to the pandemic – the show must go on. Tomorrow, Olympians and Paralympians will be getting dressed and strapping up for the competition of a...
LG Sound View Speaker Concept Gives Gamers an Audiovisual Treat
[Design]
2022/02/04 09:03
The home entertainment industry seems to fluctuate between putting emphasis on video and then audio, depending on the trends. Of course, the two are different sides of the same coin, especially when it comes to video games. A lot of focus has been put on monitors and TVs that make game visuals pop, but this soundbar concept prompted by LG Electronics and the Korea Design Membership Plus is a re...
(PDF) Earning Report : Alphabet Reports Big 4th-Quarter Beat ; Stock Pops
[Investing]
2022/02/03 09:10
Google's parent company Alphabet was the latest member of big tech to give an update on its business yesterday, and the numbers were good... crazy good.Here are the key numbers:Earnings per share (EPS): $30.69 vs $27.34 expected, according to RefinitivRevenue: $75.33 billion vs $72.17 billion expected, according to RefinitivYouTube advertising revenue: $8.63 billion vs. $8.87 billion expected,...
(Patent) Apple Seeks Patent on Automatic Transparency Mode for AirPods Pro
[Tech]
2022/02/03 09:09
Apple files patent application for a way to turn on transparency mode automatically on AirPods Pro.According to TF International's highly reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the AirPods Pro 2 True Wireless Stereo earbuds should be released later this year, perhaps during the third quarter. The major difference between your average garden variety pair of AirPods and the premium-priced Pro model is th...
