Employers.Here’s the dilemma facing US subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) providers. Compared with their linear TV counterparts, they have disproportionately thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic. Viewing time is up, as are subscriptions. But heading into the crisis, the over-the-top (OTT) video market was highly competitive—and the competition has only intensified. While all providers have r...

A new technology ' WiPose ' was announced that can detect the posture and movement of a person over the wall with high accuracy using Wi-Fi radio waves. This is expected to overcome the shortcomings of conventional sensing technology using cameras, such as in dark environments or places with obstacles.You can see in a single shot what kind of technology 'WiPose' developed by Wenjun Jiang, a res...

German design studio werteloberfell presents a concept and prototype for a smart white cane that utilizes the human sense of touch to keep visually impaired users safe. Called ‘sense five’, the main feature of this clever device is its surface-changing handle, which becomes rough to indicate a potential risk up ahead. To pick up information from the surroundings, the cane uses an integrated i...

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped the world’s wealthiest families from growing their fortunes. Over the past year, the richest family—the Waltons—grew their wealth by $25 billion, or almost $3 million per hour.This graphic, using data from Bloomberg, ranks the 25 most wealthy families in the world. The data excludes first-generation wealth and wealth controlled by a single heir, which is...

The concept proposes using augmented reality effects via smartphones and smart glasses to render and display the virtual product information on your hands and arms.You can easily access Amazon’s product reviews on a smartphone. But what if the same reviews could automatically pop up from your hands as you walk through a retail store? The idea may sound weird, but it’s actually the basis for a...

Employers.Unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 crisis has led to a big increase in e-commerce around the world. Wary consumers, many in lockdown, have been turning to online shopping in large numbers:During the third week of March, for example, e-commerce sales in the US were 58% higher than during the same period in 2019. Perhaps more telling, 20% of consumers in the US said that, over the previous 30...

Robot Operating System (ROS), is one of the most robust and popular collections of robotics software frameworks on the planet. But its visualization tools are somewhat lacking, which spurred researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to create an augmented reality (AR) companion app for mobile devices and heads-up displays like Microsoft’s HoloLens. Developed in Unity and dubbed Iviz...

Malaysia is now in what we call the reboot stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. As restrictions have eased and a new post-lockdown normal emerges, we still see changes in consumer/shopper behaviour, as the ripple effect of the pandemic on the economy and consumers continue. These changing market dynamics present new challenges for retailers and manufacturers. One the one hand, the rise in proximity...

Kuldeep Singh Rajput quit his PhD program in 2015 to pursue a lofty goal: use artificial intelligence to predict disease before it happens.That knowledge, garnered from wearable sensors, could help drive treatment and medication decisions, improving overall health for patients. Today his company, Biofourmis, is using AI to help treat heart disease and remotely monitor patients with a range of c...