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(Video) Hadrian X Brick-Laying Robot Ups The Ante to 200 Blocks an Hour
[Product]
2020/06/07 09:08
The Hadrian robot was created by Australian firm Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) and is named after the UK’s Hadrian Wall.Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting together full-sized homes in just two days. The engineers behind the Hadrian X have continued making software improvements and have now announced a n...
(Infographic) Top YouTube Statistics That Matter In 2020
[Business]
2020/06/07 09:07
YouTube is the default video platform of the web. Sure, many social media platforms have seen an unprecedented rise, with videos being their most consumed type of content. However, the mindset of users while logging in to YouTube is to watch videos purposely.In the YouTube statistics below, there are four sections. In the first two sections, you’ll see YouTube demographics, competition on the...
(Paper) Stanford Lab Envisions Delivery Drones That Save Energy by Taking the Bus
[Tech]
2020/06/07 09:06
Researchers from Stanford University have devised a way for hundreds of drones to use the bus or trams in an effort to redesign how packages are distributed in cities. Should such a solution ever scale, it could reduce delivery van congestion and energy usage while extending the distance a drone can travel to deliver a package.There’s a reason most delivery drones we’ve seen thus far are drop...
American Retailers have Laid Off or Furloughed One-Fifth of Their Workers
[Investing]
2020/06/07 09:05
AMERICA’S RETAILERS have been clobbered by the coronavirus. Gap, a fashion chain, and Kohl’s, a department-store group, each furloughed 80,000 workers as early as March. Macy’s, the country’s biggest department-store chain, issued pink slips to another 125,000. Last month two more clothing chains, Neiman Marcus and J.Crew, filed for bankruptcy. Few have managed to avoid layoffs. Best Buy, a...
Squad Hits Desktop as the Social Screen-Sharing App Aims to become Gen-Z Zoom
[Business]
2020/06/07 09:04
Zoom is an enterprise software company built to help employees meet virtually; it was never intended to be the social platform that guided a disconnected world through a lockdown.On the back of a big quarantine usage bump, Squad, a social screen-sharing mobile app popular with teen girls, is looking to eat away at Zoom’s social growth and widen its app’s appeal with the launch of a desktop we...
Berliner Ensemble Gives Glimpse of Its Socially Distanced Theatre
[Design]
2020/06/07 09:03
The Berliner Ensemble theatre group has removed around 500 of its 700 seats to prepare for reopening in alignment with Germany's social-distancing policies.The Berlin-based theatre group, which operates from the 19th century Theater am Schiffbauerdamm building, shared an image of its auditorium on Twitter to give theatre-goers an idea of the experience they will have when it reopens following t...
(Patent) Apple Wants a Patent for Determining the Location of Mobile Devices inside a Vehicle
[Tech]
2020/06/04 09:10
US patent application 20200169855 discloses a method for determining the location of mobile devices inside a vehicle based on the interactions between the vehicle’s signal generators and sensors and the mobile device’s signal generators and sensors. The diagram below depicts a vehicle that includes a device location system using signal sensors to determine a device location.Patent Application...
(Infographic) The Rise and Fall of the Global Luxury Goods Market
[Business]
2020/06/04 09:09
Global demand for personal luxury goods has been steadily increasing for decades, resulting in an industry worth $308 billion in 2019.However, the insatiable desire for consumers to own nice things was suddenly interrupted by the coming of COVID-19, and experts are predicting a brutal contraction of up to one-third of the current luxury good market size this year.Will the industry bounce back?...
AER - The First Cordless Hair Dryer
[Product]
2020/06/04 09:08
The first high performance, artificially intelligent, cordless hair dryer. The cordless AER hair dryer is perfect for maintaining your style throughout the day.From phones to headphones and even vacuum cleaners, in the last few decades we've seen a steady stream of technology embracing the freedom of going cordless. But one appliance has remained securely connected to mains power – the humble...
