This paper aims to caption daily life --i.e., to create a textual description of people's activities and interactions with objects in their homes. Addressing this problem requires novel methods beyond traditional video captioning, as most people would have privacy concerns about deploying cameras throughout their homes. We introduce \name, a new model for captioning daily life by analyzing the...

Fifty-day moving average is falling for Microsoft, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet but still rising slightly for Apple and the Nasdaq-100 Index.The recent pullbacks in megacapitalization technology stocks have now gone far enough and lasted long enough that they have triggered chart signals warning investors that at the very least, don’t buy these stocks on the dip.The chart signals are bein...

Ultraleap’s hand-tracking software can generate a virtual model of hand movements and to accurately predict the position of a finger or thumb. Touchless-tech company Ultraleap has signed a deal with experience design company Cortina to developed touchless technology for use in interactive exhibits in museums and aquariums. The deal illustrates the move towards greater touchless services in the...

By 2030, Oliver Wyman estimates that the difference will be around 9 percent.Talking about the profitability of electric cars is fascinating, especially after James Dyson gave up building his EV, claiming they were “unrealistically cheap.” Lux Research contradicted him by saying some are profitable – such as Tesla products – but it is always good to have numbers to confirm or deny that. Oli...

The world is grappling with COVID-19 ever since this year’s onset, making social-distancing the current norm. The situation isn’t going to improve any time soon, leaving us all digging for alternative ways to reduce human contact. Nobody knows what the future holds for all of us – perhaps the apt time to ponder over mindful product designs that shape the way we live in our society.This conce...

The Shape of Economic Recovery, According to CEOs. Is the glass half full, or half empty ?Whenever the economy is put through the ringer, levels of optimism and pessimism about its potential recovery can vary greatly. The current state mid-pandemic is no exception.This graphic first details the various shapes that economic recovery can take, and what they mean. We then dive into which of the fo...

On August 27, Patently Apple posted a report titled "Amazon Enters the Smart Health & Fitness Market to take on Apple Watch with the Halo Device and Annual Membership.""The new Amazon Halo is a new service dedicated to helping customers improve their individual health and wellness. Amazon Halo combines a suite of AI-powered health features that provide actionable insights into overall welln...

The semiconductor industry is critical to economic competitiveness and national security in an era of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and 5G communications.The US semiconductor industry has long been the global semiconductor leader, consistently accounting for 45% to 50% of global revenues. But the US share of semiconductor manufacturing capacity, which was 37% back in 1990, ha...

The Logitech K830 can also now be used in a VR environment.A couple of years ago, Facebook announced Oculus for Business, a software suite for enterprise-grade VR. But today, at Facebook Connect, the company is introducing a new virtual office experience for the work-from-home crowd. It’s called Infinite Office, and it promises to make WFH a lot more immersive.With Infinite Office, you can put...