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(Patent) Google Patents Smartwatch with Soli Sensor for Hand Gestures
[Tech]
2020/05/21 09:07
Google Reveals in Patent Filing that Hand and Wrist Gesturing Commands could be coming to Pixel Smartwatch & Wear OS. There's been a lot disappointment with Google being unable or unwilling to launch the ever-secret 'Pixel Watch.' Google's Watch partners like Fossil and Huawei that are using their Wear OS are probably pushing Google to stay out of the market. Though with Pixel Phone in the...
(Video) Boston Dynamics Robot Herd Flock of Sheep in New Zealand
[Tech]
2020/05/21 09:07
Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot Spot herds sheep in a video from Rocos who just announced a partnership with the robotics company to automate field and crop management on rugged terrain.Boston Dynamics put their four-legged robot Spot to the test in a YouTube video from New-Zealand-based robotics company Rocos — in which the robot herds a flock of sheep — amid a new partnership between the...
The Crypto Price-Innovation Cycle
[Investing]
2020/05/21 09:06
People who’ve been in crypto for a long time view the space as evolving in cycles, alternating between periods of high activity and “crypto winters.” There have been three cycles so far. The first peaked in 2011, the second in 2013, and the third in 2017.These cycles appear chaotic but have an underlying order, roughly characterized as 1) the price of Bitcoin and other crypto assets goes up,...
(Video) Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation To Improve Cardiovascular Interventions
[Tech]
2020/05/21 09:05
Researchers at Duke University have developed a fluid dynamics simulator that can model blood flow within the body, including the motion of individual blood cells. The researchers hope that the system could eventually be used by clinicians to model blood flow for individual patients and help with treatment decisions, such as stent placement.By testing various graphical user interfaces for the s...
The World’s Most Portable Solar Oven, the Go is as Ultra-Resourceful as it is Compact
[Product]
2020/05/21 09:04
The sun has a core temperature of 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. So if your oven only needs to reach 425 degrees to cook a chicken or some potatoes and veggies, why can’t the sun just handle your kitchen duties when an oven isn’t viable?It can. And solar ovens that channel the sun’s rays into solar energy for backyard barbecues, weekend camping trip feasts or just to boil water in an emergen...
This Air Sealed Work Pod was Designed to Let Employees Return to Office Post Quarantine - Qworkntine
[Design]
2020/05/21 09:03
We all have a new work-from-home routine that everyone has had to adapt to overnight. Now some companies can afford to let employees continue working from home till a vaccine is made but there are many others who are open and functioning with bare minimum staff because their work is not digital. Just like working from home brought to light issues we didn’t have, working in the office during or...
(PDF) PwC - Talent Trends 2020
[Consumer]
2020/05/20 09:10
Upskilling : Building confidence in an uncertain world.PwC’s 23rd Global CEO Survey of 1,581 business leaders was conducted in September and October 2019, before the spread of COVID-19.Three-quarters of CEOs said they were concerned about whether they would have the talent they needed. Their worry was around how that would constrain growth.Today that same lack of people with the right skills a...
Sony's Intelligent Vision Sensor is The First to have AI Processing Hardware on Board
[Tech]
2020/05/20 09:09
Sony's new AI-enabled camera sensors will be able to analyze footage in real time, making surveillance and security systems faster, more efficient and vastly less bandwidth-intensive.Sony has shown off what it's calling "the world's first image sensors to be equipped with AI processing functionality." These new sensors handle AI image analysis on board, so only the necessary data can be sent fo...
Electric Vehicle Sales to Fall 18% in 2020 But Long-term Prospects Remain Undimmed
[Business]
2020/05/20 09:08
EVs more resilient as overall car market expected to shrink by 23% in response to health and economic crisis. Sales of electric passenger vehicles are forecast to fall 18% in 2020, to 1.7 million worldwide – with the coronavirus crisis interrupting ten successive years of strong growth. However, sales of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster this year (by 23%), and the long-term e...
