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Sorry, Drones and Self-Driving Cars Won’t be Delivering Your Amazon Packages Anytime Soon
[Business]
2017/09/20 11:51
E-commerce means more deliveries than ever will pour into the world’s cities. By 2020, e-commerce sales are expected to rise 85%, auguring a flood of packages. With urban congestion bad and getting worse, how will we get all those packages?High-tech solutions to last-mile delivery have been on the horizon for decades, say logistics experts. But instead of jet packs, mostly we have gotten Amazo...
Gartner Says Worldwide Spending on VPA-Enabled Wireless Speakers Will Top $3.5 Billion by 2021
[Business]
2017/09/20 11:51
Enterprise Adoption Will Start in 2019 With Hospitality, Communications and Remote Healthcare Applications.End-user spending for the worldwide virtual personal assistant (VPA)-enabled wireless speaker market is forecast to reach $3.52 billion by 2021, up from $0.72 billion in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc."The market for VPA-enabled wireless speakers, such as the Amazon Echo devices and Googl...
The Future of Mobile Biometrics
[Business]
2017/09/20 11:51
The newly announced iPhone X is abundant with new features. The one grabbing the most headlines, though not necessarily for the right reasons, is the facial recognition software used to unlock the device. While many remain skeptical of relying on this technology as the primary way to access their phone, forecasts by Acuity Market Intelligence suggest that come 2019, all smartphones will have at...
(Video) McLaren Applied Technologies Reveals Invincible Shield for Client X
[Design]
2017/09/20 11:51
Introducing Project Invincible, the latest innovative personalised healthcare solution made from materials that will be used in next season’s Formula 1 car. The McLaren Applied Technologies team created the Invincible shield for a wealthy customer who had recently undergone surgery.Along with racing and producing high-end sportscars for the well-heeled, there's a third string to McLaren's bow:...
Pi Wirelessly Charges Your Devices at a Distance, No Mat Required
[Product]
2017/09/20 11:50
he Pi Charger can handle up to four devices at once.With the news that Apple's latest iPhones are going to support wireless charging, the tech is back in the spotlight, but it still has its limitations. You still need to find a powered mat or disc to put your phone down on, it's not easy to charge several devices at once and it's not easy to use them while they're being charged. Pi promises mat...
Priestmangoode Reveals Initial Concept for Hyperloop Transportation at London Design Festival
[Design]
2017/09/20 11:50
During the 2017 london design festival, leading design consultancy priestmangoode reveals the behind-the-scenes workings of its design process at design frontiers at somerset house. The exhibition featured at the event, ‘please don’t feed the designers’ is a recreation of the innovative company’s design studio. a leading team of designers, from product to materials specialists and virtual r...
(PDF) Mckinsey - What Southeast Asia Needs to Become a Major Player in Artificial Intelligence
[Business]
2017/09/19 11:08
For artificial intelligence to take hold in Southeast Asia, the region needs more defined business use cases, better data ecosystems, and more concerted talent-development efforts.Artificial intelligence (AI) is still in its early stages in Southeast Asia: the use of machine learning—an AI application in which machines are given access to data to learn from—is just beginning to have an impact...
A Shape-Shifting Car ? Patent Filings Point to Auto Industry’s Future
[Tech]
2017/09/19 11:08
Car makers feeling heat from Silicon Valley are boosting patent filings for self-driving vehicles and ride sharing.[A rendering of the Toyota Concept-i self-driving vehicle mock-up. PHOTO: TOYOTA]Car fanatics wanting a glimpse at the auto industry’s next big thing used to flock to auto shows. Now, many of them flip through online patent filings.Auto makers, pressured to keep up with Silicon Va...
(Video) UNIQLO's Chatbot "UNIQLO IQ" Started Trial Operation
[Business]
2017/09/19 11:08
UNIQLO will start testing the chat bot. Announced that it is planning to start trial operation of "UNIQLO IQ" chat type shopping service developed by UNIQLO on 20th September 2017.It is targeted at 2,000 UNIQLO members, after the pilot operation, this chatbot function will be installed in UNIQLO application in 2018."UNIQLO IQ" is a service that allows you to interactively select items using the...
