One mislabeled image can mean difficulty in finding it later, something SuperAnnotate is working to change so that data scientists can find what they are looking for the first time.The San Francisco-based company is developing an artificial intelligence-powered annotation platform for data scientists and labeling teams. On Thursday the company announced it had raised $3 million in a seed fundin...

Well, if you can’t go to the forest to breathe clean air, how about you bring the forest to your house?? The Briiv is a household terrarium, but more importantly, it’s a fresh take on air-filtration that ditches those HEPA filters and UV lights for something more natural.Here’s a fact not many people know; HEPA filters aren’t recyclable and they don’t biodegrade. 6000 tonnes of HEPA filter...

As businesses reopen in the wake of Covid-19, they can adapt their offerings to address consumers’ risk aversion using a test-and-learn approach.After Covid-19, many people will remain deeply cautious about returning to activities that involve human proximity. A period we call “the great reluctance” could endure well after governments lift physical restrictions.We expect to see a spectrum of...

Furniture company IKEA has designed six play houses that can be built with its products to entertain children in coronavirus lockdown.Created by IKEA Russia and creative agency Instinct, the children's forts form part of a campaign to encourage people to remain in their homes during lockdown.Each play house is illustrated in the style of an IKEA assembly manual and is complete with an equipment...

“Ogis” is practical and stylish side table. Its removable tray is very handy function, designed for easier and comfortable food serving experience. Made of water resistance plywood, coated by polyurethane finish, it can be used for outdoor as well as a supplement furniture for inside. This minimal furniture design piece is designed with the intention to fit to different interior and outdoor s...

How America’s Largest Living Generation Shops Amazon.There’s no question that Amazon has become a go-to resource for the online purchase of tech products. Given the importance of Amazon as a point of sale location for consumers, we wanted to better understand how consumers, and particularly millennials, are using Amazon and the touchpoints that should matter most to brands seeking to optimize...

Trulifi is intended for professional markets, like hospitals and factories.This week, Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, launched one of the first commercial LiFi, or Light Fidelity, systems. LiFi transmits broadband internet through lights, using LEDs to move data and bypass radio signals. We've seen some experimental applications of the tech, but this is the most realistic deployment yet.Sig...

Thomas Edison upended the world with his novel idea for an electric utility that would centrally power homes and industry. One hundred forty years later, the power industry has been quietly decarbonizing, even as it remains a marvel of efficiency and reliability. As economies gradually feel their way to the “next normal” that is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic—which has curtailed commerc...

A Swiss startup called HMCARE, spun out of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, has raised a million Swiss Francs (equivalent to about $1.05 million) to commercialize its transparent and relatively eco-friendly surgical masks.The founders were inspired by healthcare workers in the 2015 Ebola outbreak and at children’s hospitals around the world working closely with patients but una...