TREND REPORTS
Less Than Half of US Doctors are Happy at Work
[Consumer]
2017/01/15 10:08
Medscape, a trade medical publication, released their annual physician lifestyle report this week. They analyzed survey results from more than 15,800 US doctors practicing in 25 different specialities about how their work affected the rest of their lives in 2016.Some doctors reported being a lot happier than others, but even the specialists who were happiest at work still overwhelmingly reporte...
A Human Capital Challenge in Information Technology
[Business]
2017/01/15 10:06
A large number of job openings, low unemployment, and decreased matching efficiency in the labor market imply that hiring high-quality talent is likely to be a challenge. This is particularly true in the IT sector, which is trying to cope with a projected increase in job openings, ever-changing demand for skills, and the rise of the gig economy.Job openings in the United States are at an all-ti...
Bellus3D Face Camera at CES 2017 Puts Regular Selfies to Shame
[Product]
2017/01/15 10:05
Bellus3D face camera at CES 2017 puts regular selfies to shame. after the incredible hype of the selfie culture, bellus3D steps up the game with its 3D self-scanning camera showcased during the international CES 2017 trade show and designed exclusively for smartphones. simply by attaching the device to the mobile and rotating one’s head from one side to the other, the camera is able to generat...
Yves Béhar + Superflex's Powered Suit Aims to Revolutionize Mobility Tech for The Elderly
[Design]
2017/01/15 10:04
When it comes to innovative tech for the elderly, the mind jumps to helper-bots, to smart homes and facilitative infrastructure. there can be a tendency to mollycoddle, promoting a static or sedentary life, when often the opposite approach is needed. Unveiled at london design museum’s exhibition NEW OLD, the aura powered suit is a collaboration between designer yves béhar and superflex, a pow...
Bird Flocking Inspires Technology That Cuts Plug-in Hybrid Fuel Use by 30%
[Tech]
2017/01/15 10:04
UC Riverside researchers are combining connected vehicle technology and evolutionary algorithms to make PHEVs more efficient.UCPlug-in hybrid cars are far more fuel efficient than internal combustion engine cars, but it turns out that the way the cars' energy management systems balance the energy load between the battery and gas engine isn't always the most efficient.Researchers at the Universi...
(Infographic) The Evolution of the Video Games Market
[Business]
2017/01/15 10:03
Before the heroics of Super Mario and Lara Croft captured our imaginations, video games were primarily used on an academic basis.In the 1950s, scientists built the first video games as instructional tools or to demonstrate the capabilities of new technologies. Academics tested out rudimentary forms of artificial intelligence on games like tic-tac-toe or chess, while showcasing their findings to...
(PDF) The AI 100 2017 Report - CB Insights
[Business]
2017/01/12 10:53
A ranking of the 100 most promising private artificial intelligence companies globally.[click to enlarge]The AI 100 recognizes the teams and technologies that are successfully using AI to solve big challenges. The award winners will be announced on January 10th at The Innovation Summit being hosted at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara, CA.Companies were selected on the basis of their Mosaic sc...
Apple is Already Winning The Wireless Headphones Market with AirPods
[Business]
2017/01/12 10:53
Despite delays, Apple’s AirPods had a great holiday season according to a new report on wireless headphone online spending over the past several weeks.The report from Slice Intelligence–which collects its data from hundreds of millions of anonymized e-receipts–found that the $159 AirPods have accounted for more than a quarter of all online wireless headphones revenue since pre-orders for the...
The Next Big Thing in Smartphones? The Software
[Business]
2017/01/12 10:53
Handset shipment growth is expected to have increased only by 0.6% in 2016, intensifying competition among top players Apple, Samsung and Huawei. Apple’s iPhone 7 phone on display in New York. Apple, which unveiled the first iPhone a decade ago this week, is increasingly relying on its services business for growth.Advances in hardware have become incremental, and growth in handset sales has la...
Illumina Wants to Sequence Your Whole Genome for $100
[Tech]
2017/01/12 10:53
The first sequencing of the whole human genome in 2003 cost roughly $2.7 billion, but DNA sequencing giant Illumina has now unveiled a new machine that the company says is “expected one day” to order up your whole genome for less than $100.Illumina’s CEO Francis deSouza showed off the machine, called the NovaSeq, onstage at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in downtown San Francisco today,...
We May Have Less Than 5 Years to Change How We Learn, Earn and Care
[Consumer]
2017/01/12 10:53
A jobs revolution is underway. How do we prepare?. Over the course of the last year, at World Economic Forum and elsewhere, I have asked participants two questions. First I ask for a show of hands on whether they feel confident about their current skills taking them through to the end of their careers – about one in five raise their hands. Then I ask if they feel confident about advising their...
Taclim VR Shoes Let You Kick Virtual Butt
[Tech]
2017/01/12 10:52
One of the more interesting products I got to test at CES was a pair of VR sneakers from Japanese gadget-maker Cerevo. The Taclim VR system consists of a pair of sneakers and gloves that are designed to give you a more immersive virtual experience.The sneakers use haptic feedback to simulate different surfaces that you're walking over. The demo I tried attempted to simulate walking on sand, woo...
