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Fraunhofer - Cultured Liver Cell Microreactor Might Replace Animal Testing
[Tech]
2016/02/04 11:38
The project aims to create a liver-like environment outside the lab, allowing for drug testing without the use of animals.Finding alternatives to animal testing is an important endeavor. While the practice has been banned in the cosmetic products industry since 2013, it's still a central part of evaluating the effectiveness and dangers of new medication, with researchers usually using laborator...
The Secrets Behind Designing an AI Persona
[Design]
2016/02/04 11:38
In a future ripe with AI assistants, machines must seem more human.Collective anxiety over the future of artificial intelligence reached a peak with Her, a moody exploration of what happens when you fall in love with a non-existing entity. Three years later, that possibility still lingers. With rapidly advancing technology, we may very well become friends—or more—with our machines.The possibi...
(Video) Microsoft's Concept for Watching NFL with Iits Futuristic HoloLens Goggles
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
Today, Microsoft unveiled a concept video that shows how its futuristic HoloLens holographic goggles could change the experience of watching NFL games. Microsoft isn't currently working on an actual product similar to what's depicted in the video, the company is quick to say (although Microsoft does have an ongoing partnership with the NFL).But the video is an intriguing proof-of-concept for ho...
(PDF) WEF - Global Risks Report 2016
[Business]
2016/02/03 11:22
From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 finds risks on the rise in 2016.In this year’s annual survey, almost 750 experts assessed 29 separate global risks for both impact and likelihood over a 10-year time horizon. The risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016 was found to be a failur...
(Video) Google Engineer Invented Homemade Smart Bathroom Mirror
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
One Google engineer’s been getting a lot of attention recently for the very impressive-looking hardware he managed to cook up, marrying an Android UI with an otherwise very traditional bathroom mirror.The mirror’s still a mirror, but embedded behind its glass is an LCD panel wired to an Amazon Fire stick and running a custom Android UI. That gives it some simple weather-forecasting and news-r...
Bosch Claims 7% Fuel Savings With Haptic Feedback Gas Pedal
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
Bosch proposes combining exiting fuel-saving technologies with haptic feedback in the throttle pedal.These days we've become accustomed to gadgets that give haptic feedback, usually as a vibration or reactive force. The technology has also crept into our cars in the form of seats or steering wheels that vibrate to warn when you're wandering out of your lane. Original equipment suppliers like Bo...
Here's What's Behind the Mysterious Oreo Door That Popped Up in NYC Today
[Business]
2016/02/03 11:21
If you're in New York City today, and anywhere near 18th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, head over there before 6:30 p.m. and check out this Oreo mysterious door. Actually, it's more like a portal.The Mondelez cookie brand is calling it the "Oreo Wonder Vault." And we're told it's where new Oreo flavors magically appear, as if out of thin air. And indeed, that's apparently what's happening...
Insurify Raises $2M, Launches Text-Based Virtual Auto Insurance Agent
[Investing]
2016/02/03 11:21
Insurify, a startup that makes recommendations for auto insurance coverage, is announcing today a $2 million seed round and also launching Evia, a personal digital assistant that people communicate with in text messages to get quotes for the car insurance that’s right for them.Evia is available in a limited public beta. Insurify’s underlying system works in 30 states, and it can offer quotes...
(Video) Up The Wall : A Shelving System You Can Design
[Design]
2016/02/03 11:21
Bent Hansen Studio just launched a flexible shelving system that breaks away from tradition. Up The Wall invites you to step in to create a shelf that works for you and your needs. One set contains one short and one long shelf that join together to form an asymmetrical cross. The beauty of the design is that you can add more sets to build a custom shelf as large or as small as you want. Up The...
