Data-driven body–machine interface for the accurate control of drones. First-person-view goggles have already given drone pilots the ability to soar through fireworks and hover over active volcanoes as if they were quadcopters themselves. But now, a team of researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) are giving enthusiasts the ability to spread their wings and f...

As image recognition advances continue to accelerate, startups with a mind towards security applications are seeing some major interest to turn surveillance systems more intelligent.AnyVision is working on face, body and object recognition tech and the underlying system infrastructure to help companies deploy smart cameras for various purposes. The tech works when deployed on most types of came...

About 118 P2P lenders have failed in July, the most since 2016. Shakeout’s impact on the financial system has been limited.The shakeout in China’s $192 billion peer-to-peer lending industry is accelerating at a rapid clip.At least 118 platforms have failed this month through early Friday, according to Shanghai-based Yingcan Group, whose tally for July stood at 57 just three days ago. The numb...

This massive new cargo plane from Airbus has taken its maiden voyage over southern France, and with a smile no less. The Airbus ‘BelugaXL’ sports a design inspired by the Arctic white whale, and will be the first of several utilized by Airbus to transport large aircraft mechanisms between its engineering facilities in Europe. To give you a better idea on the size of this behemoth vessel: its...

It doesn’t matter if you’re nursing a cold or managing a long-term illness, remembering to take your medicine on time is a challenge for everybody. Like the name suggests, the PillClok aims to simplify the process of pill-taking with a thoughtfully designed interface and tandem smartphone app.Users can go beyond the basic Monday through Friday limitations of regular pillboxes by dropping in t...

The first-ever crypto investment report released by digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments reveals that the majority of capital inflow this year is coming from institutional investors.Grayscale has been overseeing investments into crypto for five years, launching a Bitcoin (BTC) Investment Trust back in September 2013 and then expanding to other single-asset funds — including Ethe...

Corning's Gorilla Glass covers the displays of phones from Apple, Samsung, LG and many more, and two years after the last refresh, Corning has just unveiled Gorilla Glass 6. Now more durable than ever, the new covering glass is able to survive up to 15 successive drops from a meter (39 inches) high.We wouldn't recommend putting it to the test though – that number of successive survived drops i...

D.C.-based Framebridge today announced the close of a $30 million Series C financing round led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, and NEA.Launched in 2014, Framebridge offers affordable and convenient custom framing via its website and mobile app. The idea for the company started when founder and...

The “Internet of Things” is exploding. It is made up of billions of “smart” devices—from miniscule chips to mammoth machines—that use wireless technology to talk to each other (and to us). Our IoT world is growing at a breathtaking pace, from 2 billion objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion by 2020.1 That will be around 26 smart objects for every human being on Earth! Where the Wirele...