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Stretchable Throat Sensor a "Game-Changer" in Stroke Treatment
[Tech]
2018/02/25 10:05
The sensor can measure heart activity, muscle movement, sleep quality, swallowing ability, and patterns of speech.Over the years, we've seen all manner of innovations designed to assist the rehabilitation of stroke patients, from adapted Nintendo Wii games to anti-inflammatory drugs, and from stem cell treatments to robotic gloves. Though the idea of using wearable sensors to track patients' pr...
(Infographic) Infrastructure Boom: 5 Ways Investors Can Play It
[Investing]
2018/02/25 10:05
The world needs infrastructure, and the world needs it soon.It’s not just about replacing aging pieces of infrastructure like bridges and roads – it’s also about developing modern infrastructure that enables new technology, faster communications, and our ability to use, move, and transmit energy from renewables and natural gas.Today’s infographic comes to us from Miller Howard Investments a...
Self-Heating Jacket Uses Machine Learning to Keep Its Owner Comfy - Ministry of Supply
[Product]
2018/02/25 10:05
Early pledges of US$195 are still available for the Mercury jacket on Kickstarter.We've seen a number of smart home thermostats over the past few years that learn just how toasty you like your living room, but these won't do much good when you venture out the front door. Boston apparel company Ministry of Supply wants to bring this kind of personalized climate control to people on the move, lau...
This Modular Cat Furniture is Made from Cardboard Boxes - A Cat Thing
[Design]
2018/02/25 10:03
A Cat Thing came about as a real-life solution for the designers’ newly adopted cats. The Room Collection has an endless array of possible configurations. There’s no shortage of ingenious ideas for cat furniture, ranging from the modern to the sculptural to the whimsical, but this latest creation gets major props for not only being modular and sustainable, but also personal.Designed by a Taip...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Will Automation Affect Economies Around The World ?
[Business]
2018/02/22 10:10
All countries will feel the impact of automation, but at different speeds and in different ways. In this podcast, McKinsey Global Institute looks at its likely impact in China, Europe, and India.New technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping the workplace globally. All countries will feel the impact in some way, shape, or form. In this episode for the McKinsey Glo...
Swinburne Kick-starts $1.2M Automatic 3D Printed Car Repair Service
[Investing]
2018/02/22 10:09
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is to spearhead the development of an automated, 3D printed repair service for cars with the Australian, not-for-profit Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) and industrial automation firm Tradiebot Industries.Funded by a sum of $1,264,695 AUD (approx. $994 thousand USD), project ‘Repair Bot’ will run through 2019. The goa...
(PDF) Deloitte - The Internet of Things : A Technical Primer
[Business]
2018/02/22 10:08
The Internet of Things connects people, places, and products and, in so doing, it offers opportunities of value creation and capture for a full panoply of stakeholders. Organizations, however, should be careful in focusing on IoT initiatives that solve real business problems and create real business value―not just connecting stuff for the sake of connecting stuff.TODAY, it seems easy to imagin...
Imec Boosts Bluetooth Battery Life
[Tech]
2018/02/22 10:07
Low-voltage circuit extends battery life by 50 percent.A Bluetooth transceiver design that dramatically boosts battery life could enable richer sensor networks and extend the lifetime of implanted medical devices. At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco this week, engineers from European research organization imec and Renesas Electronics Corporation (a semiconducto...
The Three Systemic Shifts Shaping The U.S. Beauty Landscape
[Consumer]
2018/02/22 10:05
Across the broad fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) landscape, you’d be hard pressed to find an industry that’s more driven by market trends than the beauty industry. And when we stop and take an in-depth look at what’s going on in the beauty space, we can see that trends are re-writing the basic foundation of the industry.There was a time, not too long ago, that much of the beauty industry w...
