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(Patent) Facebook Seeks Patent for Auto-Completion for Gesture-Input in Assistant Systems
[Tech]
2019/10/29 00:09
Facebook seeks patent for auto-completion for gesture-input in assistant systems.US patent application 20190324527 discloses a method for receiving incomplete gestures performed by a user, determining intent corresponding to the incomplete gesture, and sending instructions for presenting suggested inputs corresponding to a predefined candidate gesture to the client system. Figure illustrates a...
(PDF) BCG - Unleashing Innovation in the Middle Billion Economies
[Investing]
2019/10/29 00:07
Innovation has always played an important role in both developed and developing economies. Breakthroughs in advanced economies, in domains ranging from computing and communications to new materials, have had far-reaching effects, setting in motion cycles of production that have created manufacturing jobs and new occupations in ancillary industries across the developing world. In some cases, the...
(Paper) Google is Training Graph Neural Networks to Predict Smells
[Tech]
2019/10/29 00:07
A team of chemistry, life science, and AI researchers are using graph neural networks to identify molecules and predict smells. Models made by researchers outperform current state-of-the-art approaches and the top-performing model from the DREAM Olfaction Prediction Challenge, a competition for mapping the chemical properties of odors.The work was created by researchers from Google, Canadian In...
The Foldable Dehumidifier has a Bellow-Shaped Water Tank That Expands
[Design]
2019/10/29 00:06
The Foldable Dehumidifier is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.A characteristic part of every dehumidifier is its water-tank, which pulls water vapor from the air to reduce its humidity. This water vapor condenses to turn into droplets of water that get collected within the dehumidifier, needing periodic emptying out. The bigger the tank, the more its capacity, and...
(Video) 'Invisibility Cloak' That Could Hide Tanks and Troops Looks Closer to Reality
[Tech]
2019/10/29 00:05
Canada’s Hyperstealth Biotechnology already manufactures camouflage uniforms for militaries across the globe.But now, the company has patented a new “Quantum Stealth” material that disguises a military’s soldiers — or even its tanks, aircraft, and ships — by making anything behind it seem invisible.Light BenderEarlier in October, Hyperstealth filed a patent for the material, which doesn’...
Shipping Containers Stacked Five High to Create London Hotel
[Design]
2019/10/29 00:04
The Stow-Away Hotel includes 20 container-based hotel rooms.Shipping containers have been used for a wide range of projects, from tiny houses to apartment buildings, and, despite their limitations, continue to spark the imaginations of architects. The latest example of this comes from UK design studio Doone Silver Kerr, which used the metal boxes to create a hotel in London.Located in Waterloo,...
(Infographic) Consumers Aren’t Sure They Want Brands to Get Political
[Consumer]
2019/10/29 00:03
Nearly half can’t say whether they’d switch over opposing views. Research shows an ambivalence toward brands leaning into politics.With the divisive nature of politics today and what promises to be a bitterly contentious presidential election just around the corner, the pressure on brands to decide whether to weigh in on the issues that matter to consumers will only intensify.According to new...
(Paper) Microsoft DreamWalker : Substituting Real-World Walking Experiences with a Virtual Reality
[Tech]
2019/10/28 05:10
The Microsoft Research team is working on a project called DreamWalker, which enables a person to be fully immersed in a virtual world even while walking in the real world. More specifically, it’s a method for allowing people to safely navigate a given route in real-world environments, like walking to work, all the while seeing themselves strolling a different VR world, such as a city or locat...
How We Use Machine Learning to Turn Product Packaging into Structured Data
[Business]
2019/10/28 05:09
At the supermarket shelves, consumers make their purchase choices based on an array of information, including pack design, market positioning and product claims. But what if we remove the physical shelf from the equation?In an online environment, the options are far less finite and package information becomes that much more critical in driving purchase decisions. Think about it: If a consumer c...
