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This A.I. App Converts Any Photo Into 3D, No Dual Lenses Required - Lucidpix
[Product]
2020/01/08 09:05
3D photos literally pop out of any newsfeed — but sharing one requires a device with dual lenses or Dual Pixel technology. Not for much longer, however. LucidPix, teased during CES 2020, is an artificial intelligence app that takes photos that you’ve already snapped and converts them into 3D images.LucidPix works by using contextual A.I. to identify the objects in the scene, and then generati...
Meydan Levy Creates 4D-Printed Artificial Fruit Filled with Nutrients - Neo Fruit
[Design]
2020/01/08 09:04
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Meydan Levy has developed five edible artificial fruits, which comprise printed cellulose skins filled with a cocktail of vitamins and minerals.Called Neo Fruit, Levy's fake fruit have soft cases that are 3D-printed from translucent cellulose – an organic compound that gives plants their structure.These skins are then injected with nutrient-rich liqui...
(Video) CES 2020 - L'Oréal Launches Perso, a 3-in-1 At-Home Personalized Beauty Device
[Product]
2020/01/07 09:10
A First-Of-Its-Kind, 3-in-1 Device For Personalized At-Home Skincare And Cosmetics. Smart AI system creates on-demand, personalized formulas for skincare, lipstick, and foundation that optimize over time--incorporating real-time skin assessment, air-quality, pollution data and trend analysis.L'Oréal today unveiled Perso, an AI-powered at-home system that represents the ultimate in beauty perso...
2020 Prediction Consensus : What Experts See Coming in 2020
[Business]
2020/01/07 09:09
Through the ages, humans have feared uncertainty. We’ve searched for clues in everything from entrails to tea leaves to the arrangement of heavenly bodies in the night sky.In the modern era, data and media are the new magic 8-ball. The jury is still out on whether we’ve gotten any better at anticipating the forces that will shape the coming year, but that certainly hasn’t stopped people from...
(Paper) MIT's SensorSnaps : Integrating Wireless Sensor Nodes into Fabric Snap Fasteners
[Tech]
2020/01/07 09:08
SensorSnaps are low-power wireless sensor nodes that seamlessly integrate into caps of fabric snap fasteners.SensorSnaps provide a new technique to quickly and intuitively augment any location on the clothing with sensing capabilities. SensorSnaps securely attach and detach from ubiquitous commercial snap fasteners. Using inertial measurement units, the SensorSnaps detect tap and rotation gestu...
CES 2020 - Bosch's LCD Car Visor Only Blocks Your View of the Road Where the Sun Is In Your Eyes
[Tech]
2020/01/07 09:07
Fully autonomous vehicles are already being tested on roads across the country, but there’s one feature in every car that feels like it hasn’t been upgraded in a century: the sun visor. So a group of engineers from Bosch set out to update this antiquated feature so that it blocks the sun without also blocking a driver’s view of the road.It’s a problem that every driver experiences at at lea...
How Amazon Makes Its Money
[Business]
2020/01/07 09:06
Here's a breakdown of Amazon's revenue from across its e-commerce and retail ecosystem, cloud infrastructure, streaming services, consumer devices, advertising business, and beyond.Amazon is unique among giant US tech corporations. It's not just an e-commerce and shopping giant, a cloud provider, a device-maker, or a software-and-services platform—it's also a money-making leviathan with tentac...
(Video) MIT Scientists Formed Embr Labs and Developed the Wave Bracelet
[Product]
2020/01/07 09:05
This wearable smart thermostat promises to make frigid environments—and overly warm ones, too—seem more comfortable.EVEN EVEN-TEMPERED people have a tendency to run too hot or too cold, an affliction often exacerbated by the lack of personal temperature controls in offices or planes, at the movies and in the gym.After one too many days spent shivering in their own workshop, three MIT scientis...
(Paper) Full Noncontact Laser Ultrasound : First Human Data
[Tech]
2020/01/07 09:04
CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS, FINE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.For most patients, ultrasound is a relatively painless procedure. Conventional ultrasound is safe, low-cost, non-ionizing, and one of the most commonly used imaging modalities worldwide. In a typical exam, a clinician presses an ultrasound probe with gel on the skin surface to generate an image at the desired...
