When Sony introduced the first Walkman in 1979, the portable, if clunky, cassette player was a total gamechanger.It freed music lovers around the world from the shackles of only being able to listen to their favorite tunes at home or while driving a car and brought music everywhere. Much to the disdain of some people that saw the Walkman as “a potent symbol of an antisocial electronic future”...

U.S. patent application, US20200319603, discloses a technique for easy and efficient pairing between a wearable device and an electronic device by obtaining an image of the wearable device. The image may include a code associated with the wearable device that is used for enhanced configuration while pairing. The figure below depicts a simple block diagram of the technique.Patent Application : h...

As the only successor to the 4G cellular technology used in smartphones and mobile computers, 5G was guaranteed to be a hit at some point — the only real question was how long it would take to truly go mainstream. 5G Smartphones Account for 14% of Total US Smartphone Sales in Aug5G smartphones to make up around 20% of total sales in 2020.Apple to drive 5G adoption in Q4 2020 with iPhone 12 lin...

With an eye toward putting their research muscle behind solving broad societal issues, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) opened its laboratory doors to journalists to showcase their latest advances in robotics aimed at assisting humans in their homes. Capability Development to Dramatically Improve Quality of LifeRobot Fleet Learning Is Enabled by Learning from Humans and SimulationGantry Robot an...

Mother's Heart - Food Storage DeviceDesigner : Yong-Hwa-Park, Jae-Yoon Kim, Seo-joung Yu[behance]

A new survey finds that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years—and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul.In just a few months’ time, the COVID-19 crisis has brought about years of change in the way companies in all sectors and regions do business. According to a new McKinsey Global Survey of executives,1 their companies ha...

Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published three granted patents relating to various Project Titan inventions covering a key projector system in addition to automated steering and ventilation systems.An autonomous vehicle includes numerous optical sensors configured to sense a surrounding environment around the vehicle. The optical sensors provide information regarding the environmen...

A little-known company called Envisics is getting a hand from major auto industry players as it tries to bring holographic displays to cars.Holographic display tech could help with navigation and safety in the near term, but the real prize is autonomous driving.The startup is raising $50 million from Hyundai Mobis, General Motors Ventures, SAIC Motor, and Van Tuyl Companies. GM says it could us...

“We aren’t what we were in the ’50s and ’60s and ’70s,” former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter recently reflected.“In those days, all technology of consequence for protecting our people, and all technology of any consequence at all, came from the United States and came from within the walls of government. Those days are irrevocably lost.” To get that technology now, “I’ve got to go ou...