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Netflix Is Using 'The Defenders' to Understand Its Audience
[Business]
2017/08/23 10:50
TODD YELLIN IS pretty sure his wife would have never watched Jessica Jones if he hadn't tricked her. She's not a fan of shows based on comic books, and even though he's a Netflix exec, nepotism wouldn't have been enough to make her tune in. Yet he knew she'd love it. So Yellin did what Netflix often does to woo users: He played to her interests by mentioning the strong female lead and rave revi...
U.S. Smartwatch Ownership Expected to Increase Nearly 60 Percent Into 2019
[Consumer]
2017/08/23 10:50
Expanding use cases, new products, and advances in operating systems refresh smartwatch excitement. With the introduction of new devices, new features, and updates to hardware and operating systems alike, 2017 has brought a number of changes to the smartwatch market. As of June 2017, nearly nine percent of U.S. consumers aged 18+ owned a smartwatch, up almost 1.5 percentage points from the six...
(Video) The Philippe Starck-Designed Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Is A Nearly Invisible Smartphone
[Design]
2017/08/23 10:50
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 concept video shows off razor-thin bezels.The Galaxy S8 and LG G6 took the idea of bezel-less displays mainstream, but it was Xiaomi's Mi Mix that kicked things off last year. It looks like the Chinese manufacturer is aiming for an even more ambitious design for its successor, if a new video shared by the phone's designer Philippe Starck is any indication.The video shows off a v...
Clay-Based Antimicrobial Packaging Keeps Food Fresh
[Tech]
2017/08/23 09:22
Tomatoes after six days, wrapped in conventional plastic wrap on the left, and those wrapped in the new material on the right.Run-of-the-mill plastic cling wrap sure is better than nothing when it comes to keeping food fresh, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. Scientists have now developed a new material promised to offer greater protection, by incorporating nanoscale clay...
(Infographic) Top Luxuries We Can’t Live Without
[Consumer]
2017/08/23 09:10
According to new survey data, fast Wi-Fi, smartphones and pets are the top necessities of modern life that Americans just can’t give up. 1,000 Americans were recently surveyed by Thermosoft to find out which modern day luxuries they could do without, and which they will never give up. The data and corresponding infographic provides an interesting look at the most common consumer goods American...
(Infographic) The Economic ($15.7 Trillion) Impact of AI
[Investing]
2017/08/22 11:12
For the people most immersed in the tech sector, it’s hard to think of a more controversial topic than the ultimate impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society.By eventually empowering machines with a level of superintelligence, there are many different possible outcomes ranging from Kurzweil’s technological singularity to the more dire predictions popularized by Elon Musk.Despite this...
The Cognitive Photobooth
[Design]
2017/08/22 11:12
Can a machine know people better than they know themselves? To answer this question, we created an interactive installation, the Cognitive Photo Booth, where IBM's AI computing system, Watson, created data-driven portraits of people.Our data is who we are. It's an echo of our behavior. A record of our emotion. In the Cognitive Photo Booth – a key attraction at the AI-inspired Art with Watson p...
(Infographic) Movie Maps : Where Films Are Shot Worldwide
[Business]
2017/08/22 11:12
We’ve all felt it: a sudden desire to travel, sparked by some exotic scene that’s playing across the silver screen. What’s more intriguing than the prospect of a real visit to the far-flung geographic gems that movies reveal? At HotelsCombined, we’ve got all your REAL travel needs covered – even to destinations you’ve only seen on film. In fact, we set out to uncover the hottest spots for...
(Video) 3D-Printed Robotic Arm for Sign Language Translation - Project Aslan
[Tech]
2017/08/22 11:12
A team of engineers at the University of Antwerp in The Netherlands has developed a 3D-printed robotic arm that can act as a sign language translator for deaf people.Sign language interpreters are often in short supply, and so this research team set out to develop a low cost automated system that can translate text into sign language. “A deaf person who needs to appear in court, a deaf person...
