But many also say their country is more divided due to the outbreak.Countries’ approaches to combat the spread of the coronavirus have varied throughout Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and South Korea, but most publics in these regions believe their own country has done a good job of dealing with the outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 14 advanced economies. Over...

Employers.AI avatars and synthetic video production could provide organizations with entirely new capabilities for training and multilingual global communication in the years ahead.In the digital age, the line between the material world and simulation often blur. The realm of simulacra is very much intermeshed within an increasingly virtual reality. The proliferation of synthetic media has crea...

Air conditioners are a convenient way to cool down offices and homes, but they use huge amounts of energy in the process. A team of scientists has been developing an alternative solution for those warm summer months called the Cold Tube, which works by absorbing body heat emitted from a person and can use around half the energy of traditional systems as a result.The notoriously bad energy effic...

The global artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture market size stood at $852.2 million in 2019, and it is expected to reach $8,379.5 million by 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 24.8% during the forecast period (2020–2030). The major factors positively impacting the market include the increasing penetration of internet of things (IoT) in the agriculture industry, rising demand for high crop yield...

Amazon has launched a new augmented reality shopping tool – Room Decorator. It lets you view the furniture and other home decor items in your home before you buy them.The e-commerce giant has already experimented with AR tools in the past, but what sets the Room Decorator apart from others is its ability to virtually add multiple products to the room at the same time. In addition, you can stor...

Fifteen years ago, everyday life was very different: smartphones as we know them today had not yet been invented, Facebook had only just been founded, and ExxonMobil was worth ten times as much as Apple. More than a decade later, the rise of America's digital giants has radically changed this landscape.As an illustration of the unshakeable growth of GAFAM, Apple surpassed the $2 trillion market...

As many gyms have shut down or are operating under strict social distancing measures, fitness fanatics are turning to outdoor options to get their sweat on. Young adults are interested in these workouts because they allow them to get some much-needed exercise—giving them a break from the enormous amount of screen time they’re logging—while reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission. The init...

Individual hygiene is becoming more important due to covid-19. People wash their hands often, but they don't know how to dry their hands properly. It is good for germs to multiply if you rub your hands. To prevent this, I came up with a hand dryer design that makes hands open and manages the hygiene of smartphones that we touch the most in a day.Designer : JAEYUN LEE[behance]

Apple is examining a shift from a force sensor in AirPods to a capacitive touch system to make a set easier to control, and provide new options.The latest in Apple's surprisingly long history of AirPods patents and patent applications concerns improving how you control them through touch. Currently it takes quite a tap on the earbud or a squeeze of the stem to answer calls or to skip tracks, bu...