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(Video) Audi Offers First Production Animated Digital Matrix LED Headlights in 2021
[Tech]
2020/10/20 09:09
Audi demonstrates leadership role with next-generation lighting technology. Comprised of 1.3 million micromirrors per headlight, Digital Matrix LED headlights operate like movie projectors on the road.At introduction, headlights offer five unique welcome and exit lighting signatures with motion graphics.As lighting technology advances, Audi continues leading the way, now offering Digital Matrix...
(Video) Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021
[Business]
2020/10/20 09:08
Distributed cloud, AI engineering, cybersecurity mesh and composable business drive some of the top trends for 2021.When employees at an industrial site returned to the workplace after it was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, they noticed a few differences. Sensors or RFID tags were used to determine whether employees were washing their hands regularly. Computer vision determined if employee...
Whisper’s Hearing Aids Use AI to Boost Speech and Reduce Noise
[Investing]
2020/10/20 09:07
Whisper, a startup developing AI-powered hearing aids that self-tune over time, emerged from stealth today with $50 million. CEO Dwight Crow says the funds will be put toward the company’s go-to-market efforts as it ramps up production of its first product, the Whisper Hearing System.The U.S. National Institute on Deafness looked at adults aged 70 and older who have hearing loss and could bene...
How Airport Tech Could Take Off Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic
[Business]
2020/10/20 09:06
From touchless kiosks to using your face as a passport, here are some of the innovations helping to keep passengers safe while at the airport. Air travel took a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, and still hasn’t recovered. The number of travelers in the US alone is down well over 50%, according to the TSA, as concerns around safety on planes and in airports still weigh on potential customers. Ai...
China Posts Positive Q3 Growth Numbers
[Investing]
2020/10/20 09:05
The Chinese economy grew by 4.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020. Growth for the first three quarters of 2020 is now up 0.7% from a year ago.China Posts Positive Q3 Growth NumbersChina became the first major economy to return to its pre-virus growth trajectory, posting positive growth numbers in Q2 2020. Now, China’s National Bureau of Statistics has reported third-quarter GDP growth...
(Video) Researchers Synthesize Room Temperature Superconducting Material
[Tech]
2020/10/20 09:04
Compressing simple molecular solids with hydrogen at extremely high pressures, University of Rochester engineers and physicists have, for the first time, created material that is superconducting at room temperature.Featured as the cover story in the journal Nature, the work was conducted by the lab of Ranga Dias, an assistant professor of physics and mechanical engineering.Dias says developing...
This Wind-Powered Bike NASA Bike Concept Wants to Conquer Transportation on Mars
[Design]
2020/10/20 09:03
The next biggest dream for humankind is to set foot on Mars and colonize the Red Planet. Already NASA has sent rovers to our next prospect home for probing the surface, environment, and other unknown factors. Even visionaries like Elon Musk have their eyes set on colonizing the planet by 2050. Of course, innumerable things need to be sorted to achieve that longing, and one aspect of the dream i...
(PDF) Earning Report - LVMH's 2020 Q3 Revenue
[Investing]
2020/10/19 09:10
LVMH, the world’s leading luxury products group, gathers 75 prestigious brands, with 53.7 billion euros revenue in 2019 and a retail network of over 4,910 stores worldwide.Significant improvement in trends in the third quarter of 2020 in Wines & Spirits and Fashion & Leather GoodsLVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, recorded revenue of 30.3 bil...
(Paper) C-Face Tech "Sees" People's Expressions, Even Through Masks
[Tech]
2020/10/19 09:09
The C-Face system utilizes two cameras that image the cheeks from behind.With people wearing masks so much of the time now, it can be difficult to tell what expression is on someone's face. A new system can reportedly do so, though, utilizing cameras mounted on their headphones.Known as C-Face, the experimental setup was developed by a Cornell University team led by Asst. Prof. Cheng Zhang. It...
