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(Video) Toyota’s Robot Butler Prototype Hangs From the Ceiling Like a Bat
[Tech]
2020/10/13 09:04
With an eye toward putting their research muscle behind solving broad societal issues, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) opened its laboratory doors to journalists to showcase their latest advances in robotics aimed at assisting humans in their homes. Capability Development to Dramatically Improve Quality of LifeRobot Fleet Learning Is Enabled by Learning from Humans and SimulationGantry Robot an...
Mother's Heart - Food Storage Device
[Design]
2020/10/13 09:03
Mother's Heart - Food Storage DeviceDesigner : Yong-Hwa-Park, Jae-Yoon Kim, Seo-joung Yu[behance]
(PDF) Mckinsey - How COVID-19 has Pushed Companies Over the Technology Tipping Point
[Business]
2020/10/12 09:10
A new survey finds that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years—and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul.In just a few months’ time, the COVID-19 crisis has brought about years of change in the way companies in all sectors and regions do business. According to a new McKinsey Global Survey of executives,1 their companies ha...
(Patent) Apple Wins a New Series of Project Titan Patents Covering Key Projector and Automated Steering Systems
[Tech]
2020/10/12 09:09
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published three granted patents relating to various Project Titan inventions covering a key projector system in addition to automated steering and ventilation systems.An autonomous vehicle includes numerous optical sensors configured to sense a surrounding environment around the vehicle. The optical sensors provide information regarding the environmen...
Envisics Raised $50M to Put Holograms In Your Next Car
[Investing]
2020/10/12 09:08
A little-known company called Envisics is getting a hand from major auto industry players as it tries to bring holographic displays to cars.Holographic display tech could help with navigation and safety in the near term, but the real prize is autonomous driving.The startup is raising $50 million from Hyundai Mobis, General Motors Ventures, SAIC Motor, and Van Tuyl Companies. GM says it could us...
What Investment Trends Reveal About the Global AI Landscape
[Investing]
2020/10/12 09:07
“We aren’t what we were in the ’50s and ’60s and ’70s,” former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter recently reflected.“In those days, all technology of consequence for protecting our people, and all technology of any consequence at all, came from the United States and came from within the walls of government. Those days are irrevocably lost.” To get that technology now, “I’ve got to go ou...
Hybrid 3D Printing Tech Produces Plastic-Metal Items
[Tech]
2020/10/12 09:06
A diagram of the system (bottom), as compared to an existing system that produces a lower-quality metal coating.While it's possible to 3D-print plastic or metal items, printing single items made of both materials is still quite difficult. Scientists have developed a new method of doing so, however, that could lead to increased production of fully functional 3D-printed electronics.First of all,...
Neocis Raises $72M from DFJ, Fred Moll, Others for Its Dental Surgery Robot
[Investing]
2020/10/12 09:05
Neocis has raised $72 million in funding to help support its groundbreaking robotic surgery system for use in dental implant procedures.The company’s series D round was led by DFJ Growth, with additional backing from Vivo Capital, Mithril Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Section 32 and robotic surgery pioneer Fred Moll, co-founder of Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health. The latest...
Adidas Creates Robotically Woven Futurecraft Strung Uppers from "New Kind of Textile"
[Product]
2020/10/12 09:04
Sportswear brand Adidas has worked with design studio Kram/Weisshaar to create a robotically woven upper called Strung that can be made to the exact specification of athletes.Described by Adidas as a material revolution, the upper is woven from multi-directional threads by a robot that is programmed to the exact requirements of the wearer, incorporating factors such as their individual stride a...
