In an attempt to imbue trust, China has announced a plan to implement a national ranking system for its citizens and companies. Currently in pilot mode, the new system will be rolled out in 2020, and go through numerous iterations before becoming official.While the system may be a useful tool for China to manage its growing 1.4 billion population, it has triggered global concerns around the eth...

Developed by Sonicare's former Director of Engineering. Flawlessly brush your teeth in 20 seconds.Even though it's really a fairly quick task, some folks say that they simply don't have time to brush their teeth. If you're one of those people, then you may be interested in the Encompass electric toothbrush – it's claimed to do a full-mouth brushing in just 20 seconds.Regular New Atlas readers...

Please Be Seated is a giant outdoor seating installation made of three concentric rings of wave-like forms made from scaffolding planks. Created by British designer Paul Cocksedge, the communal bench has been built in Broadgate for the London Design Festival.Built in Finsbury Avenue Square alongside Make's Number One Broadgate office block in the City of London, Please Be Seated is made of thre...

Consumers will trade attention for online content—creating new demand for an old model.CONSUMERS have added subscriptions to online entertainment alternatives swiftly in recent years. In response, many traditional content makers, such as Hollywood studios, have flipped their business models. However, the shift to digital platforms also offers benefits, such as greater efficiency and precision,...

OpenAI has a Dota 2 team consisting of self-taught bots than can beat top amateur teams.Without diving down the slippery slope argument of the evolution of biological organisms, we know for a fact that both natural selection and competition play a massive part in the development of complex life forms – as well as their respective intelligence -- in existence today. It is this that a team at th...

Ma, a former English teacher, founded Alibaba in 1999 to connect Chinese exporters to American retailers.Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce company Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a U.S.-Chinese tariff war.Ma, one of China’s wealthiest and best-know...

US patent application 20190286232 discloses a distributed system that includes a bracelet, an eyewear and a neckband device. The bracelet device tracks movement of the user's hand motions with respect to the user's AR environment. Figure below illustrates the distributed AR system.Patent Application : http://bit.ly/32VTVcC[uspto]

About four in ten shoppers report checking sales and promotions available to them on a retailer’s mobile app while shopping in-store, according to the 10th annual RIS News study.The report found that several different online consumer behaviors bled into the physical retail experience including, checking sales and promotions, comparing prices, and researching products. Shoppers were also lookin...

The Snore Circle Smart Anti-Snoring Muscle Stimulator adheres just beneath the chin to tighten the throat muscles and reduce snoring.The Snore Circle Muscle Stimulator is equipped with sensors able to listen for the sound of snoring and trigger the emission of a mixture of 10-60Hz micro impulses. These safe but effective impulses will cause the throat muscles to tighten, in turn opening the air...