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(Paper) MoveVR：Enabling Multiform Force Feedback in Virtual Reality Using Household Cleaning Robot
[Tech]
2020/07/28 09:08
Haptic feedback can significantly enhance the realism and immersiveness of virtual reality (VR) systems.In this paper, we propose MoveVR, a technique that enables realistic, multiform force feedback in VR leveraging commonplace cleaning robots. MoveVR can generate tension, resistance, impact and material rigidity force feedback with multiple levels of force intensity and directions. This is ach...
Health's 2020 Midyear Digital Health Market Insights
[Investing]
2020/07/28 09:07
Unprecedented funding in an unprecedented timeIn the midst of a global pandemic and a US recession, US digital health companies raised $5.4B in venture funding across the first six months of 2020. The sector is on track to have its largest funding year ever. Large deals are once again driving the overall trend as average deal size hit a record $25.1M in H1. We take a look at the unprecedented p...
(Video) Robot That Prints New Skin Could Revolutionise Burns Treatment - Inventia
[Tech]
2020/07/28 09:06
Major funding announcement for all-star Australian skin-printing team, Inventia Skin, that could transform skin regeneration and current approaches to skin therapy and wound management.A team including fast-growing Sydney start-up Inventia Life Science, world renowned skin surgeon and former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood, and leading bioprinting researcher, Professor Gordon Walla...
Futuristic Volkswagen MUT. E - Mobility of The Future for Smart Cities
[Design]
2020/07/28 09:05
Employers are facing a dilemma: Their workforce needs to upgrade their skills, learn new ones Taking place in 2035, it is believe that new generation of your people between 20 to 30 years old will have more conscious view of the impact of pollution affecting human health. This futuristic vehicle aims to provide an alternative and sustainable mobility that doesn’t harm the environment so much.T...
Vive Organic Raises $13M For Wellness Juice Shots
[Investing]
2020/07/28 09:04
Venice, California’s Vive Organic has landed $13 million for its Series B round, the company announced this week.Vive Organic makes cold-pressed two-ounce “wellness shots” from organic herbs and other ingredients. The company wants to offer the herbs in their freshest form, essentially removing all the excess sugar in juice drinks so consumers can have a concentrated “shot” of the powerful...
UVC Cash Sanitizer
[Design]
2020/07/28 09:03
Emerging economies rely heavily on cash transactions that happen between B2C, B2B and C2C.In order for customers and patrons to safely use coins and bills and get the economy back to the new normal, a solution was much needed. On the upper surface a digital display signals a countdown of 15 seconds for the customer to know when to remove the money from the tray.This device has an upper and lowe...
(PDF) PwC/CB Insights MoneyTree Report Q2 2020
[Investing]
2020/07/27 09:10
Venture capitalists didn’t let the global pandemic stunt dealmaking in the second quarter of the year.Though funding took a hit in Q2’20 both globally and in the US, deal activity recovered compared to Q1’20. However, the extent of Covid-19’s impact remained visible when compared to 2019 levels. We take a look at how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped venture capital financings in Q2’20.1...
(Video) ProtoSpray : Combining 3D Printing and Spraying to Create Interactive Displays
[Tech]
2020/07/27 09:09
A team at Bristol has challenged the idea that touchscreens are limited to 2D and rectangular shapes by developing an interactive display that can be sprayed in any shape.Inspired by the way an artist creates graffiti on a wall and using a novel combination of sprayable electronics and 3D printing, the technique, called ProtoSpray, allows the creation of displays on surfaces that go beyond the...
(Video) The Rise of Collaborative Industrial Robots in Advanced Manufacturing
[Business]
2020/07/27 09:08
Collaborative Industrial Robots (Cobots) automation is set to be at the center stage of the human-robot interaction in the 2020s, and beyond.Mechanical creatures and concepts similar to robots can be found in history from about 400 BCE. The first real industrial robot was used in 1937; it was a crane-like device with five movement axes, a grab hand that could turn around its own axis and was po...
