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SmartAC.com Launches With $10M Series A, DIY HVAC Platform
[Investing]
2020/06/03 09:05
SmartAC.com came out of stealth mode Tuesday with a $10 million Series A round of funding and a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) health platform powered by machine learning.The Houston-based company did not disclose investors.SmartAC.com’s platform digitizes HVAC units so users can proactively monitor them, including receiving notifications of potential breakdowns before they o...
The Covid-19 Tipping Point for Digital Payments
[Business]
2020/06/03 09:04
As demand surges for digital payments, providers face new challenges and competition for customers.After consumption collapsed, many payments companies focused first on stabilizing their business.Now they face medium-term challenges and opportunities, namely the accelerated transition to digital payments. Regulators, for instance, are limiting cash notes and promoting contactless payments.Leadi...
A New VR Platform Provides Realistic Training Anywhere - VR4Pharma
[Business]
2020/06/03 09:03
A new VR training platform is designed to be used to train pharmacists and can create 360° virtual scenarios.An Italian company has built a virtual reality platform that has been developed especially for use in the health care sector. The platform, VR4Pharma, built by First Forward Future Lab (3F), can faithfully simulate different work environments and can reproduce the interactions and decis...
(PDF) Deloitte - Enterprises Building Their Future with 5G and Wi-Fi 6
[Business]
2020/06/02 09:10
Organizations moving to adopt next-gen wireless strongly believe it has the potential to provide competitive advantage, unlock the power of other emerging technologies, and transform their organization and industry in the next three years.NETWORKING executives view advanced wireless technologies such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6 as a force multiplier for other innovative technologies—including AI, IoT, c...
(Patent) A Microsoft Patent Reveals an All-New Magnetic Hinge-Like System
[Tech]
2020/06/02 09:09
Late last month the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Microsoft that relates to new concepts of devices that could rotate relative to one another. Magnetic hinge assemblies could be utilized to bring two display devices or two device portions together with a snapping action so that they're able to be rotated relative to one another.This is a concept that Apple...
How People and Companies Feel About Working Remotely
[Consumer]
2020/06/02 09:08
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce, and half of all “information workers”, are able to work from home. Though the number of people working partially or fully remote has been on the rise for years now, the COVID-19 pandemic may have pressed the fast-forward button on this trend.With millions of people taking part in this work-from-home experiment, it’s...
(Paper) MIT CSAIL Teams Propose Grippers with a Humanlike Sense of Touch
[Tech]
2020/06/02 09:07
In a pair of recently published technical papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) propose new applications of soft robotics — the subfield dealing with machines made from tissue-like materials — that aim to tackle the challenge of grasping objects of different shapes, weights, and sizes.One builds on an existing work that employs a cone-sh...
Study Shows 70% of Consumers Would Rather Watch New Movies at Home (
[Consumer]
2020/06/02 09:06
A new consumer survey reveals deepening dread over public venues — and some surprising changes in popular taste.For weeks now, as COVID-19 restrictions across the country begin to ease (or, in some cases, even where they haven’t), national and local news outlets have relentlessly reported on a seeming torrent of people streaming into public spaces. The coverage points to a common sense unders...
Snake Skin-Inspired Shoe Grips Designed to Save Seniors
[Product]
2020/06/02 09:05
A commercialized version of the grips could soon be available.A couple of years ago, Harvard University scientists copied the structure of snake skin to create a soft-bodied robot that gripped the ground as it moved. Now, they've applied that same thinking to shoe grips that could help keep seniors from falling.Developed in partnership with MIT, the grips take the form of thin, flexible steel s...
