U.S. patent application, US20200404423, describes a method for location-tracking of wireless electronic devices. The method includes playing a sound at a specified frequency by an accessory device via a communication link, receiving the sound by the electronic device and filtering the sound associated with direction data generated from sensor data of the electronic device. The illustration belo...

Twelve trends, accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, are disrupting the consumer-goods industry’s traditional success model.The consumer-goods industry thrived for decades with a winning model: build mass brand equity, grow with grocers as they expand, and drive operating efficiencies. But in the past decade, that historic success model has been disrupted by 12 trends, most of which have now bee...

New Moisture-Absorbing Film Evaporates Sweat 6 Times Faster and Holds 15 Times More Moisture.Shoe insoles made with the sweat-absorbing film, which change color from blue to pink as they absorb moistureSweat is important for keeping us cool, but too much of it isn’t very pleasant either. Now, researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new film that can absorb sw...

Skeptics have dismissed the massive runup in Bitcoin over the past two months as another example of rampant retail trader speculation that is bound to end in tears..Driving the news: The cryptocurrency jumped from around $14,000 per coin on Nov. 3 ($10,500 as recently as Oct. 3) to more than $34,000 on Sunday, then dipped by $5,000 overnight. But this time really is different.What's happening:...

Imagine if the words “Shot On An iPhone” weren’t a distinction. What if the iPhone was just as powerful as a DSLR, so those words “Shot On An iPhone” were more of an assumption than an achievement. Well, in order to be compared to a DSLR, you’d need a powerful sensor and interchangeable lenses… and the iPhone definitely has one of those.Although the iPhone DOES come with multiple camera...

How leading brick-and-mortar retailers scale digital tools without stalling at the pilot stage.Infographic : https://bit.ly/2LkhEzU[bain]

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a wearable sensor that can measure electrical signals in the forearm and use AI to correlate them with hand gestures, such as the movements of individual fingers. The team demonstrated that the system can control a robotic prosthetic hand and that it may provide a way for amputees to perform delicate movements with such device...

An ambulance’s role is to get patients to a hospital as fast as possible. While this system remains the current norm, it basically means ambulances need to make TWO trips to fulfill their purpose – to the patient, and to the medical facility. The Mobile Hospital halves that by directly bringing the cutting-edge facilities of the hospital directly to the patient. Designed for disaster-struck a...

Remote work was gaining ground even before the pandemic hit. But there is more at stake than lower overheads for organizations or beachside “offices” on remote tropical islands for employees. Over the long term, the only sustainable model is one that offers employees flexibility and choice to the employees and organizations agility and resilience to the organizations. We wanted to understand...