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This Aerial Drone for NASA will Help Discover Prospective Landing Sites on Mars
[Design]
2020/10/27 09:04
As planet Earth grows too chaotic for habitation in the near future, the next frontier is definitely Mars. NASA has been working hard on Mars missions currently underway and the ones that are lined-up for the future, and the dream doesn’t look too distant when humans will set foot on the planet. The final destination being to colonize the red planet just like ours. The surface of the hostile p...
A Gigantic Green Bean Serves as Tennis Ball Packaging
[Design]
2020/10/27 09:03
‘Bean playing tennis’ by dutch agency bowler & kimchi is a packaging concept that sees a tennis ball pack transformed into a gigantic green bean. The product is developed as a playful container that helps motivate kids to get outside more. Able to hold four tennis balls, the bean is made of semi-matt finished, hard plastic, which clamps the balls in place but is soft enough to allow enoug...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2020 Deloitte Holiday Retail Survey : Reimagining Traditions
[Consumer]
2020/10/26 09:10
A holiday unlike any other we’ve seen.For the past 35 years, our holiday retail report has allowed us to keep a pulse on how consumers and retailers have evolved over time. This year, health and financial anxieties are reshaping how shoppers approach the season—many are planning to trim in four key areas: spending, in-store purchases, travel and experiences, and time spent shopping. Though CO...
(Video) Toonify Yourself - Your Chance to Become a Disney Character
[Product]
2020/10/26 09:09
It was a website called Toonify Yourself rolled out by developers Justin Pinkney and Doron Adler that uses deep learning to toonify images of faces. As they explain the solution was created after Doron fine-tuned a faces model on a dataset of various characters from animated films. The model picked up key elements of what a cartoon character looks like based on a couple hundred of images. The d...
Global Smart Speaker Market 2021 Forecast
[Business]
2020/10/26 09:08
Global smart speaker market set to reach 163 million units in 2021.The latest Canalys forecast expects the global smart speaker market, including smart displays, to reach 163 million units in 2021, a growth of 21%. In 2020, Mainland China, which has the COVID-19 pandemic under control, will lead, growing 16%, while the rest of the market is expected to grow 3% as countries continue to battle th...
Print These Electronic Circuits Directly Onto Skin
[Tech]
2020/10/26 09:07
Room-temperature sintering enables skin sensors for vital signs. On-body sensors, such as electrodes and temperature sensors, were directly printed and sintered on the skin surface.New circuits can get printed directly on human skin to help monitor vital signs, a new study finds. Wearable electronics are growing increasingly more comfortable and more powerful. A next step for such devices might...
(Paper) 'Smart Windows' Darken to Cool, Become Solar Panels When Hot
[Tech]
2020/10/26 09:06
The smart windows, developed at NREL, provide a cleaner cooling solution than AC. Anyone who lives in a hot country knows that blackout blinds don't only keep the light out, they also keep the heat out. But what if, instead of simply blocking that light, we could harvest it for energy?Scientists have recently unveiled new research into "smart windows" that not only change color automatically wh...
Some Rich People are Getting Even Richer During the Pandemic
[Investing]
2020/10/26 09:05
But according to a new report, global wealth is set to grow more slowly in the coming yearsONE OF THE most striking things about the global rich these days is just how quickly they manage to make, and lose, money. In March, when markets plunged around the world amid worries about the covid-19 pandemic, Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, lost $27bn of his wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billiona...
(Video) This Smart Robot Is The Perfect Quarantine Companion For Youngsters - Xiaole
[Design]
2020/10/26 09:04
Quarantine has been an adjustment period for everyone, but especially for young children who only got a taste of what socializing and education could offer prior to the onset of today’s global pandemic. The world is most likely forever changed as a result, which true creatives embrace accordingly. Designers behind products like Xiaole, an educational company robot for young minds, adapt to tod...
