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(Paper) Researchers Trained a Quadruped Robot to Cross a Balance Beam
[Tech]
2020/07/06 09:08
A four-legged, 90-kilogram robot can cross a bridge only six centimeters wide.While four-legged robots can achieve impressive feats, like pulling an airplane or climbing a fence, they still have a few limitations. In most cases, they need a fairly large surface to walk on. A team of Italian robotics researchers is looking to change that. They’ve created a robotic controller that allows a quadr...
Where K-Beauty Is the Preferred Choice
[Business]
2020/07/06 09:07
Move over, K-Pop, the new export hit from Korean is called K-Beauty. Korean beauty and skincare products have a large following in Asia and beyond. The nation using the most Korean skincare is – of course – South Korea itself, but the Philippines and Singapore are not far behind, as market research from Rakuten shows.Korean skincare has become associated with so-called skincare routines, whic...
(Video) Upgraded Bionic Bird Mimics Real-World Swallow - Festo's BionicSwifts
[Product]
2020/07/06 09:06
Festo's new bionic bird replicates nature and flies like real swallows — using GPS for swarm flight.A new GPS-guided robot bird called BionicSwifts performs aerial acrobatics using swarm technology without human input, according to a listing on the Festo website.The BionicSwift robot swallow is nimble, agile, and even performs tricks like loops and tight turns — all autonomously, using a radi...
The World's First Transparent N99+ HEPA Filter Mask with UV-C Self Sterilisation
[Product]
2020/07/06 09:05
World’s First FDA-Registered Transparent Face Mask Shows Your Smile While Keeping You Safe.Wearing a face mask may keep us healthy, but it’s certainly changing the way we interact in public. Suddenly, a simple friendly smile isn’t so easy to give and receive. With this in mind, the LEAF mask is looking to give us back our expressive identity thanks to its FDA-registered, clear mask. Equipped...
(Infographic) Enhancing Home Learning
[Consumer]
2020/07/06 09:04
Distance learning thrives on makeshift efforts to keep students engaged. Even a game of Monopoly can help build basic math skills. OnlineSchoolsReport explains how teachers and students can enhance student learning, which you can read about in the infographic below.Infographic : https://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Enhancing-Home-Learning.jpg[onlineschoolsreport]
Inflatable Exo Tent Brings a Taste of Glamping to Ground and Trees
[Product]
2020/07/06 09:03
The Exod Home strung up in a single-point hanging configuration.Inflation, tension and compression come together to create the new Exod Home, a tent unlike any other. At first glance, it looks like the latest exoskeleton inflatable from Heimplanet, but unlike anything we've seen from that German maker, the French-designed Home leaps up into the trees when you tire of the ground. Whether you're...
(PDF) PwC - Connected and Autonomous Supply Chain Ecosystems 2025
[Business]
2020/07/05 09:10
Digital supply chain excellence in turbulent times.Customer behaviours and expectations are changing dramatically, challenging the established supply chain and operations setups of leading industrial companies. Supply chains are increasingly facing major disruptions, with the impact of COVID-19 at the top of the list. And digital technologies are affecting every aspect of how companies run thei...
Fraunhofer - Production Line-Cleaning Robot Learns on the Job
[Tech]
2020/07/05 09:09
The wheeled version of the robot (pictured here with its arm lowered) is connected to a docking station via a hose. If you're preparing food on an automated production line, then that line had better be clean. A new autonomous robot was designed with this in mind, as it actually learns how to clean better over time.Created by scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering...
10 Types of Innovation : The Art of Discovering a Breakthrough Product
[Business]
2020/07/05 09:08
The Art of Discovering Breakthrough Products. As venture capitalist Peter Thiel once put it, “competition is for losers”.It’s inevitable that every company must be out there battling for market share, but you don’t really want to be in a situation where the competition is so stiff that any potential upside is eroded away in the process—―a scenario known as perfect competition in economics...
