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MUJI is Developing Self-Driving Buses That Can Function in Any Weather Condition
[Design]
2018/11/04 09:05
MUJI self-driving bus the bus will be the first in the world capable of functioning in all weather conditions.Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI is teaming up with finnish autonomous driving company sensible 4 to design a self-driving bus — the first in the world capable of functioning in all weather conditions. with a capacity of 10 seats, and 6 standing positions, ‘gacha bus’ has been closely d...
Drone Lights Will Guide You Home
[Design]
2018/11/04 09:04
The idea seems wild, but the more and more you think about it, the more it begins making sense, and seems more plausible than before. The idea behind the Twinkle is to combine drone tech and illumination to make the world’s smartest and most useful street-lights.Each individual street-lamp would be a vertical pole with multiple Twinkle drones docked in it. The drones would come with powerful l...
(Infographic) How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Clinical Trial Recruitment
[Tech]
2018/11/04 09:03
To keep up with the rising demands of empowered patients, physicians and pharma businesses regularly test innovative treatments and medicines during rigorous clinical trials.But one misguided move can trigger a domino effect, such as when the wrong patients are selected for a clinical trial.Today’s infographic comes to us from Publicis Health, and it highlights why the current model of clinica...
(PDF) Deloitte - State of AI in the Enterprise, 2nd Edition
[Business]
2018/11/01 10:35
Early adopters combine bullish enthusiasm with strategic investments.In our second annual survey, early adopters remain bullish on cognitive technologies’ value and are ramping up AI investments. But questions linger about risk management—and about who at the company will push projects forward.Executive summaryFOR the second straight year, Deloitte surveyed executives knowledgeable about co...
Smart Glasses Allow Users to Switch Focus with Touch of the Finger - TouchFocus
[Product]
2018/11/01 10:34
TouchFocus glasses offer wider field of vision than glasses with progressive or multifocus lenses.New glasses, allowing users to switch focus electronically, will be launched in Japan this spring.For people suffering from presbyopia (natural loss of ability to focus on nearby objects that occurs with age), a single pair of glasses or contact lenses can no longer provide them with clear vision a...
Salaries for Blockchain Engineers are Skyrocketing, Now on Par with AI Experts
[Investing]
2018/11/01 10:34
Blockchain engineers are making between $150,000 and $175,000 in annual salaries on average. - Blockchain engineers are the top paid roles in software development, on par with specialists focused on artificial intelligence.- Demand for blockchain engineers has increased by 400 percent since late 2017 on Hired, a firm that helps clients recruit tech candidates.The value of cryptocurrencies might...
Top Battery Scientists Have a Plan to Electrify Flight and Slash Airline Emissions
[Tech]
2018/11/01 10:34
A manufacturing trick with magnetic fields produces a battery that may discharge fast enough to get an aircraft off the ground.CMU mechanical engineering professor Venkat Viswanathan and MIT materials science professor Yet-Ming Chiang (right) are developing a new battery specifically designed for an advanced hybrid plane.Brightly colored molecular models line two walls of Yet-Ming Chiang’s off...
All-In-One Portable Projector Can Turn Any Flat Surface Into a Touchscreen
[Product]
2018/11/01 10:34
The puppy cube is able to track up to 10 simultaneous touch points on the projected image.After seeing a pre-production prototype at IFA 2014, we got the opportunity to pick up a stylus-like pen, power up a portable projector and were able to interact with images thrown onto our wall by the successfully crowdfunded Touchjet Pond. Now China's Puppy Robotics is launching the puppy cube, a laser p...
Amazon’s Ambitious Drive Into Digital-Advertising
[Business]
2018/11/01 10:34
Building a big ad business will help the firm to keep expanding.An award-winning series, “The Marvellous Mrs Maisel”, follows the fortunes of a woman in the 1950s who undergoes an unlikely transformation from a typical housewife of the day into a talented standup comedian. It is produced by Amazon and can be viewed on Prime Video, the e-commerce giant’s on-demand service. Since its birth in...
