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COVID-19 May Trigger A Technology Revolution
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:06
Prior to COVID-19, there were some new technologies poised to completely reshape their markets, but they were hindered by resistance to change.Prior to COVID-19, there were exciting new technologies in the early stages of adoption. Most of these were proven and demonstrated extraordinary benefits, but they were encountering significant resistance from entrenched ways of doing things. That's typ...
Touch-Free Access for Games and Elevators in a Post-Covid World - Sonarax
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:05
Israeli startup Sonarax is ready for a touchless new world with its ready-to-install ultrasonic data-transmission technology.The Covid-19 crisis will pass, but some things will never go back to normal. We will remain wary of elevator buttons, ATM touchpads, intercoms, fingerprint scanners, employee timeclocks and all other surfaces touched by countless hands.The Israeli startup Sonarax is ready...
Pura-Case Uses "Ozone Power" to Sanitize Clothes
[Design]
2020/05/06 09:04
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has designed a concept for a battery-powered wardrobe purifier that uses ozone to remove bacteria and viruses from the user's clothes.The portable case can be placed in a hallway or inside a closet and will be made from recycled fibres, which will be coated to keep the ozone inside the case during the sanitisation process.According to the studio, the case us...
(Infographic) The New Energy Era
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:03
Gaining access to natural resources can influence a nation’s ability to grow and defend itself. China’s growth strategy took this into account, and the country sourced massive amounts of raw materials to position the country as the number one producer and consumer of commodities.By the end of the second Sino-Japanese War in 1945, China’s mining industry was largely in ruins. After the war, v...
(Patent) Amazon Files a Patent Related to Voice-Controlled Communication Requests and Responses
[Tech]
2020/05/05 09:10
US patent application 20200135208 discloses a method for establishing calls between speech-controlled devices. A server receives speech data from a sender speech-controlled device, processes the data to determine recipient and topic, and sends the data to the recipient’s speech-controlled device. The recipient device outputs audio to the recipient for deciding whether to communicate with the s...
(Infographic) The Richest People in the World
[Investing]
2020/05/05 09:09
In the last year, the wealth controlled by the world’s top 10 billionaires has jumped by over $76B.Even in the teeth of jittery markets, many of the world’s richest people have seen their wealth surge to new heights as COVID-19 unfolds.Today’s infographic draws data from Forbes Billionaire’s List and shows a broad cross-section of the world’s billionaires – highlighting their stratospheri...
(M&A) Intel to Buy Smart Urban Transit Startup Moovit for $1B to Boost Its Autonomous Car Division
[Investing]
2020/05/05 09:08
Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted TechCrunch, chip giant Intel is in the final stages of a deal to acquire Moovit, a startup that applies AI and big data analytics to track traffic and provide transit recommendations to some 800 million people globally. The deal is expected to close in the comi...
In Q1 2020, Tesla Autopilot Scored Its Lowest Accident Ratio Ever
[Business]
2020/05/05 09:07
The number of registered accidents dropped noticeably, but the overall traffic was lower in Q1.Tesla just released its quarterly vehicle safety report for Q1 2020, which reveals so far the lowest ratio of accidents while driving on Autopilot.The company registered:Autopilot on: one accident for every 4.68 million miles driven (up 63% year-over-year)Autopilot off, active safety features on: one...
Apple’s Biggest Acquisitions
[Investing]
2020/05/05 09:06
Apple has leveraged acquisitions to make recent moves in weather, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and more. We visualize the tech giant's biggest bets.Historically, Apple has used M&A as a tool to enrich its dominant product of the day, with its focus over time shifting from its computer to its smartphone.For example, FaceID, the technology that allows users to unlock their iPhone...
