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(Video) Augmented Reality in Retail : Virtual Try Before You Buy
[Tech]
2019/11/18 11:11
AR helps online shoppers understand what they’re buying—and how precisely items from home improvement goods to cosmetics will work for them.Augmented reality (AR) isn’t a new concept. In fact, brands like Converse were experimenting with the immersive technology as far back as 2012, allowing sneaker aficionados to “try on” various shoes and see what they would look like on their feet.But i...
(Video) Seek App Lets Users Identify Plant and Animal Species in Real Time
[Tech]
2019/11/18 11:10
Kids can identify plants, flowers and wildlife in their area while adding to a global biodiversity database that helps monitor the planet's health, using the augmented-reality app Seek by iNaturalist and the WWF.Described as "like Pokémon Go for nature", Seek lets users point their smartphone camera at any plant or animal species to identify it in real time.Anyone can use the app, although the...
(Infographic) How Much Influencers Like to Take a Stand
[Consumer]
2019/11/18 11:10
Influencers like to make a difference by giving back, according to one survey. The majority of them are more likely to work with a cause-based brand. Influencers care about their work and about who they work with. The majority of influencers are more likely to work with a cause-based brand, according to Mavrck. The influencer marketing platform found many of them (23%) want to give back as part...
Fargo Brewing Company Puts Adoptable Dogs’ Faces on Beer Labels
[Business]
2019/11/18 11:10
Adoptable dogs named for Taco Bell menu items were previously the greatest culinary/canine crossover—until North Dakota’s Fargo Brewing Company began selling cans of beer with portraits of adoptable dogs on the label. Truly, we are blessed to live in a world in which both exist.News station KVRR brought the labels to national attention—which hopefully translates into homes for the dogs in ne...
Heart Vest CPR Auxiliary Device
[Design]
2019/11/18 11:10
There are many patients who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest however, unfortunately, not so many people know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Those people who say that they know how to perform CPR, usually perform it poorly that can cause even more harm to the patient. Heart Vest is a concept auxiliary device that makes sure everyone can perform CPR easily and accurately. Fo...
(Video) Why the Moto Razr is an Absolute Success But Other Folding Phone's Aren't
[Product]
2019/11/17 09:10
Post today’s launch and amidst multiple hands-on videos, the 2019 Moto Razr could easily be this year’s most desirable phone… which is a pretty remarkable achievement considering the lukewarm response flexible-display phones have been getting on an average. The phone capitalizes on its history of being the coolest phone of the 2000s, along with the fact that it has a flexible folding screen....
How The $1.8T Global Meat Market Gets Disrupted
[Investing]
2019/11/17 09:09
Will a meatless food industry featuring lab-grown meat, seafood substitutes, and insect protein be the future of food? Food giants from Tyson to Cargill are working to navigate a future where protein isn't dominated by traditional animal sources. At the moment, meat is still king.By some estimates, 30% of the calories consumed globally by humans come from meat products, including beef, chicken,...
(Patent) Amazon Seeks a Patent for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Delivery Vehicle
[Tech]
2019/11/17 09:08
US patent application 20190347942 describes a UAV that autonomously delivers items by receiving inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieving the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility,Computing a route from the materials handling facility to a destination, and travelling to the destination to deliver the inventory. A GUI for selecting a de...
(Infographic) Top Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2019
[Business]
2019/11/17 09:07
This Gartner Hype Cycle highlights how AI is reaching organizations in many different ways. Between 2018 and 2019, organizations that have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) grew from 4% to 14%, according to Gartner’s 2019 CIO Agenda survey.[click to enlarge]AI is reaching organizations in many different ways compared with a few years ago, when there was no alternative to building your own...
