TREND REPORTS
Diagnostic Device Sticks It to Sleep Apnea - SomnaPatch
[Product]
2017/06/11 10:04
The SomnaPatch is currently awaiting regulatory approval.When someone is suspected of suffering from sleep apnea, they're often sent for a sleep study (also known as polysomnography). This involves their spending the night sleeping at a clinic, with numerous electrodes hard-wired to their head. There are diagnostic devices that they can use at home, although these can also be rather cumbersome....
A Cooling Second Skin - Hail Ice Pack
[Design]
2017/06/11 10:03
For any athlete, icing is a crucial therapy for acute injuries and recovery from intense performance. The Hail Ice Pack offers an alternative to messy, less than ergonomic conventional ice packs of today.It acts as a second skin of cool relief, adapting to the anatomy of the athlete no matter which part of the body it’s placed. The flexible design is composed of hexagonal pods that bend and co...
(Patent) Facebook’s Emotion Tech : Patents Show New Ways For Detecting And Responding To Users’ Feelings
[Tech]
2017/06/08 10:57
Facebook's newest patent, granted May 25, aims to monitor users' typing speed to predict emotions and adapt messages in response.We took a look at some of Facebook’s emotion-based patents to understand how the company is thinking about capturing and responding to people’s emotional reactions, which has been a tricky area for consumer tech companies but key to their future. On the one hand, th...
Tesco Makes UK’s First Delivery by ROBOT in Trial That Could Change Shopping Forever
[Business]
2017/06/08 10:57
Nation's biggest retailer tries out machine which could FINALLY save us from having to endure the misery of a weekly slog around the supermarket.TESCO could start delivering groceries by robot after a successful trial.The supermarket managed to deliver a shopping order using a six-wheeled robot.The robots are made by Starship Technologies, which has also trialled deliveries with takeaway firm J...
Voice-Based Assistant Robots Made Up Nearly 50% of Service Robot Sales Owing to Advances in AI
[Business]
2017/06/08 10:57
Rapid progress in the development artificial intelligence (AI) has allowed humans to communicate with robots using natural languages. TrendForce’s breakdown of global sales of service robots for 2016 reveals that voice-based assistant robots accounted for the majority share of the total sales at nearly 50%. Robot vacuum cleaners made up the second-largest share of total service robot sales at...
(Video) McDonald’s Drive-Thru Actually Drives Up To Diners
[Business]
2017/06/08 10:56
The campaign created a drive-thru truck that brought fast food to the people.The convenient nature of McDonald’s is one of the fast food giant’s main selling points, and the drive-thru makes it so you don’t even need to leave your car. Recently, McDonald’s Brazil took it a step further, offering a way for customers to order food without having to drive to a restaurant. With help from ad age...
Gamer Chat Tool Discord Secretly Raised ~$50M as Insiders Cashed Out
[Investing]
2017/06/08 10:56
It’s been a rocky road to glory for Discord, a startup whose iPad battle arena game, “Fates Forever,” earned it a top spot at our 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt show, but wound up flopping with users.What a difference a few years makes. After pivoting to a voice and text chat tool for video game teams and trash talkers in 2015, Discord’s current trajectory makes it one of few consumer-facing compa...
(Video) A New Test Could Detect Cancer Years Before Symptoms Show
[Tech]
2017/06/08 10:56
A new non-invasive cancer test was able to detect cancer DNA in about 90 percent of blood samples, according to a recent study. This technique could help discover cancer years before actual symptoms appear.SIMPLE AND NON-INVASIVECancer research is one of the busiest fields in medical technology, and understandably so, as cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. While there a...
Self-Driving 'InMotion' Concept Puts Your Living Room on Wheels
[Design]
2017/06/08 10:56
The vehicle doesn't have a driving column -- or even a steering wheel. National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the company that discontinued the Saab name last June, debuted its InMotion electric level 5 autonomous car concept at CES Asia that's essentially a modular room on wheels. There aren't even any dashboard controls: Occupants adjust the seating arrangements, lighting and environmental...
