Check out the following devices and gadgets that clean various objects (a car, a water bottle, and a phone, respectively) using germicidal ultraviolet light, giving consumers protection and peace of mind when it comes to common pathogens that lead to illnesses such as the common cold, influenza, and more.1. The Wellness Pod from YanfengLast fall, Yanfeng released the Wellness Pod, an antimicrob...

The Lexus Design Award-winning Mettis Rings are the perfect confluence of heritage and the future. Building on the cultural significance of jewelry in India, the Mettis are toe-rings that are state-of-the-art yet culturally relevant. These toe-rings come embedded with the same technology as any fitness wearable, in a package that embraces traditional values. Toe-rings are often given to women a...

Some nonessential shopping is back on the table for many eager customers.The novel coronavirus pandemic has ravaged many retailers in the U.S., leaving some legacy organizations announcing bankruptcies and others reeling from layoffs.However, some consumers are starting to feel as though we’re coming out on the other end of the pandemic as states across the U.S. slowly start to lift lockdown o...

How does an ambulance reach a victim in a road/highway accident when there are more than a dozen cars stuck in a traffic jam between the ambulance and the site of the accident? Up until now, the only solution was to drive in the opposite lane, weaving through oncoming traffic to get to the victim. A band of Korean designers created the Median AMB, a special ambulance that can directly reach the...

The COVID-19 crisis looks set to accelerate an overdue transformation of the world’s largest ecosystem. We expect nine shifts to radically change the construction value chain, and offer a blueprint for the next normal ahead.The construction industry, and its broader ecosystem, erects buildings, infrastructure, and industrial structures that are the foundation of our economies and are essential...

US patent application 20200177945 discloses a voice-controlled device that receives speech input from a user, determines an ON/OFF power state of an audio-video (AV) display device, and sends data to the AV display device to switch to ON or OFF based on the user’s intent.Patent Application : https://bit.ly/2UoiqgZ[USPTO]

Israeli tech startup Kemtai brings a personal trainer into your home even when you’re in lockdown.In the new normal of lockdowns and quarantines, home exercise videos provide a way to move your body while maintaining social distance.Israeli startup Kemtai is adding an extra dimension of interactivity to a format that’s been a hit since Jane Fonda popularized the home workout in the 1980s.Kemt...

Characteristics of the emerging generations.We are in the midst of a generational landmark, as Australia’s “Digital Integrators” (Generation Z) began sitting their final school exams last year, and the first Generation Alpha’s begin their schooling career this year. Below we provide an explanation about each of these generations, and some interesting facts about them.Gen ZThe students of ou...

Everybody says they’re tired of video conference calls on Zoom, but there hasn’t been much to take its place. Now emerging tech PR and event agency EAK Digital and London-based Sine Wave Entertainment have teamed up to create a blockchain technology conference in a virtual world. The BlockDown conference will take place June 18 and June 19 in Breakroom, a social hub you can visit via virtual...