TREND REPORTS
Silicon Valley Becomes a Hotbed of Automotive Innovation
[Business]
2016/03/27 11:08
Arms race for small artificial-intelligence and autonomous-vehicle startups likely to continue.[click to enlarge]General Motors Co.’s proposed purchase of tiny Cruise Automation Inc. for more than $1 billion would be one of the auto industry’s biggest Silicon Valley acquisitions to date. And it would certainly not be the last.Auto makers and car-parts suppliers have hooked into tech startups...
LifeBeam Scores $16M to Help You Track Your Workout
[Investing]
2016/03/27 11:06
Wearable technology developer LifeBeam announced today that it scored a $16 million investment led by Squarepeg Capital.The funds from the round will help LifeBeam further develop its “awareable” products, which promise users the “most personalized and insight-driven workout experience.”“The LifeBeam team has taken its impressive track record of success with the most innovative consumer br...
Varian’s New Smaller Beacon Transponder for Radiation Therapy Targeting
[Tech]
2016/03/27 11:05
Varian Medical Systems received U.S. and European approvals and is now launching its new Calypso 17G soft tissue Beacon transponder. The device which allows for real time tracking of soft tissue tumors is now half the size of the previous model. This should help improve applicability of the technology for smaller tumors while increasing the accuracy of radiation treatments.The beacon emits non-...
No More Washing : Nano-Enhanced Textiles Clean Themselves with Light
[Tech]
2016/03/27 11:04
Red indicates the coverage of silver nanoparticles in a fabric in this image that's been magnified 200 times.Even though we no longer have to beat our clothes on rocks to get them clean, laundry is still a pretty tedious chore. If researchers at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have their way though, the amount of time we spend measuring capfuls of liquid, scraping out...
The Disney Camera
[Design]
2016/03/27 11:04
Not just Disneyland, but frankly all amusement parks evoke two extreme reactions from children. Most kids are elated, filled with pure extacy at the prospect of being in such a fun filled place. Some however, get thrown off by the excited large crowds and all the fanfare.The Disney camera by Soo Mok uses technology to remove that paranoia. Giving the child a camera gives them a certain confiden...
(Infographic) Customers Hate When You Fail to Deliver Cross-Device Experiences
[Consumer]
2016/03/27 11:03
Today’s consumers have a high bar of expectation. They want the experience from desktop to mobile to tablet to flow smoothly, and they definitely notice when this fails.A new study released Tuesday by Adobe explores the cross-device preferences of consumers, finding that 66 percent of device owners get frustrated when content is not synchronized across devices.The biggest cross-device group? M...
Machine Learning Can Help Kids with Autism Recognize Emotions
[Tech]
2016/03/24 11:17
Gamifying this often daunting task could prove more effective than traditional methods.Recognizing and responding to emotional and mental states of others is one of the frequently reported symptoms for children with autism. By turning input from Narrative Clip, a wearable camera, and Microsoft’s emotion recognition software into a game, Autimood can help kids enhance their social skills in a f...
(Patent) Ortek's Electronic Device to Detect the Earliest Signs of Dental Cavities Awarded a U.S. Patent
[Tech]
2016/03/24 11:17
New Breakthrough Development in Dental Care Detects Pre-Cavity Lesions With 100% Accuracy. Ortek Therapeutics, Inc., a global leader in oral care innovations and microbiome technology, announced today that a U.S. Patent has been recently awarded for the Ortek ECD™ (ECD) dental device, a system for detecting early or pre-cavity lesions that cannot be readily detected by visual examination or x-...
More People Who Use Airbnb Don't Want to Go Back to Hotels
[Consumer]
2016/03/24 11:16
Airbnb is less than eight years old, but it has already caused massive changes in the way people travel. While consumers may have initially been hesitant to try the service, a new survey from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shows that once they switch, they don't go back to hotels. According to a note sent out by Steven Kent and his team, a recent survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers had some pretty trouble...
