TREND REPORTS
This Startup Is Screening Kids’ Eyes With an App Instead of a $20,000 Device
[Product]
2019/02/10 09:04
Gobiquity says pediatricians using its FDA-registered GoCheck Kids software have detected risks in 50,000 of 900,000 children.GoCheck Kids is the first iPhone app registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to screen young children for correctable vision impairment with a simple photo. Among other things, it’s meant to reduce the risk of permanent vision loss among the 18 million Ame...
(Infographic) Voice Search Stats & Facts
[Investing]
2019/02/10 09:03
Voice Search Functionality has revolutionized and eased the way we used to do different things. Voice-activated assistant devices.such as Amazon’s Alexa and Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod, or Siri and Cortana in mobile phones are present almost everywhere around us. And with this, it can be said that most of our Internet searches will be conducted through the voice search functionality b...
(Patent) Amazon to 'Revolutionise' Shopping with 'Virtual Changing Room' App
[Tech]
2019/02/07 09:10
Amazon is developing a fashion app that will “revolutionise” clothes shopping by allowing customers to try on outfits with a ‘virtual mannequin’ created from social media photographs.In a development experts fear will threaten the High Street, the American online giant has lodged a UK patent to scour “selfies” and online calendars to predict clothes a person may like or need.It would “da...
(PDF) PwC : Unlocking Growth in the B2B Telecom Segment
[Business]
2019/02/07 09:09
Revenues across the telecom industry’s crucial B2B segment are slowly declining.The needs and desires of buyers aren’t being fulfilled. Sensing opportunities for disruption, new competitors are circling, with capabilities that many incumbents can’t easily match. It’s no wonder that transformation has risen to the top of the agenda for telecom CEOs and boards.Telecom operators know that to b...
(PDF) IBM Builds a More Diverse Million-Face Data Set to Help Reduce Bias in AI
[Tech]
2019/02/07 09:08
IBM is hoping that a new database of a million faces more reflective of those in the real world will help.Facial recognition is being relied on for everything from unlocking your phone to your front door, and is being used to estimate your mood or likelihood to commit criminal acts — and we may as well admit many of these applications are bunk. But even the good ones often fail simple tests li...
Wannaby's Wanna Kicks AR App Lets You Digitally Try on Sneakers
[Product]
2019/02/07 09:06
A Belarus-backed startup known as Wannaby has introduced a new app for trying on shoes. Known as Wanna Kicks, Wannaby’s new iOS app utilizes augmented reality to allow consumers a chance to virtually “try on” sneakers. To use Wanna Kicks, all users have to do is log onto the app, pick a selection from a lineup of “3D models,” and then point their phone’s camera directly towards their feet...
Price Changes Over the Last 20 Years Prove the Economy is Rigged
[Investing]
2019/02/07 09:05
That’s the message behind our recent analysis of price changes over the last 20 years. We looked at everything from mass market consumer items, like TVs, cell phones and apparel, to critical life-altering purchases, like healthcare, college tuition and textbooks. It turns out that the most important things in life keep getting more and more expensive, while the things that don’t really matter...
MIT - Converting Wi-Fi Signals to Electricity with New 2-D Materials
[Tech]
2019/02/07 09:04
Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more.Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricit...
Ford Motor Company Sketches Out New Car Designs In VR
[Tech]
2019/02/07 09:03
Experience with CAD not required.There are a lot of steps involved when it comes to designing a car. It first starts with a simple sketch or a series of sketches that will go through a series of changes until engineering needs are met. Then, 2D renderings become 3D models, more tweaks and changes are made, and additional 3D models are developed until an actual drivable prototype is built. And e...
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