The increased use of robots threatens millions of jobs in developing countries, by undermining the advantage of low wages and facilitating the "reshoring" of industries back to industrialized countries, according to a new policy brief from UNCTAD.The Policy Brief - "Robots and industrialization in developing countries" - finds that reshoring is happening slowly and is limited to certain sectors...

RiskIQ, a startup with a new kind of security technology, has raised $30.5 million in a third round of funding.Georgian Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors Summit Partners, Battery Ventures, and MassMutual Ventures. RiskIQ notes that threats outside the firewall are vast and dynamic, so the company provides clients with access to the widest range of security intel...

It just seems poetic, that a speaker design be inspired by something that’s a ‘musical instrument’ itself. I say musical instrument in quotes because the instrument in question is a wind-chime, a self-playing autonomous instrument that channels breeze to produce beautiful and soothing random sounds. The Harman Kardon Wind Lantern speaker’s wind chime element lies in the way the remote hangs...

A team of scientists at Oxford University has created a new artificial intelligence system that they call LipNet.They claim that this AI can lip-read better than humans, which is interesting to say the least. LipNet is capable of doing that by watching a video of a person speaking and then it matches the text to the movement of their mouth. The researchers claim that LipNet has a 93 percent acc...

Deploy technology innovatively and effectively to compete in the rapidly changing Commercial Real Estate (CRE) ecosystem. To do this, companies should include five integral themes in their CRE business strategy. CRE owners may believe that smart cities are unlikely to impact the existing built environment, or that the timing is too far out to consider seriously. However, some evolving trends ar...

The sporty fashion retailer has made an impressive effort to repurpose ocean waste into swimwear that people will want to buy.Volcom has launched a new line of swimwear made from recycled fishing nets. It is a fascinating and admirable attempt to rescue some of the waste floating in our oceans and put it to good use. “Caught up in a good thing” is the catchy tagline that accompanies the launc...

When you go for a jog, you need a place to keep your phone and keys. When you get on a plane, you need a way to keep all your stuff organized. This infographic from Self Storage Finders outlines numerous storage solutions preferred by Millennials.Red-eye jetsetters, metropolitan commuters, and all-around multitasking millennials need the perfect place to stash their stuff on-the-go. This infogr...

Inside the culinary passion project Sous Weed.During the third season of Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss' Peggy Olson surprises herself and her colleagues when she declares, "I'm Peggy Olson and I want to smoke some marijuana." She's working on a Saturday and she's creatively blocked, so why not try something new? It's a delightful moment and one that made Peggy into, as Moss has noted, a stoner icon.O...

Bridgette Veneris, a 10-year-old Australian girl diagnosed with leukaemia, has invented Faster-Aid, a new dispenser for Band-Aid style adhesive bandages.After being diagnosed with leukaemia 18 months ago, a 10-year-old girl from Australia was inspired to invent a new device for dispensing Band-Aids. Dubbed the Faster-Aid, Bridgette Veneris' design works like a roll of sticky tape that's reseala...