TREND REPORTS
Facebook is Working on AI That Understands What’s in Your Photos
[Tech]
2015/11/04 10:51
To make your Newsfeed better, Facebook is working on artificial intelligence that can understand what’s going on in your photos.Speaking at Web Summit, Facebook’s CTO, Mike Schroepfer, detailed a new system the company has been developing to understand what’s happening in photos and translate that into natural language elements.One demonstration showed a photo in Newsfeed of a man skateboard...
(Video) Chargifi Raises $2.7M Led By Intel Capital To Power Wireless Charging Network
[Investing]
2015/11/04 10:50
Like WiFi before it, could wireless charging be the next value-add for coffee shops and other public venues? One startup banking on that being the case is London-headquartered Chargifi, which is building out a wireless charging network.Today the company is announcing a $2.7 million Series A round led by Intel Capital, who can also be seen as a strategic investor given that the chipmaker is on t...
(Video) Fingernails2Go Kiosk Paints Nails in Seconds, On-The-Spot
[Product]
2015/11/04 10:50
Fingernails2Go uses an inkjet printer to paint users' nails.While many women enjoy a relaxing visit to the nail salon, it's an indulgence that not everyone has time for. Additionally, skilled though they may be, most manicurists aren't able to paint photos of kids or pets onto clients' nails. By contrast, Tensator Technology Centre's new Fingernails2Go Digital Nail Art Kiosk can create user-sup...
(PDF) The 2015 Global Innovation 1000 : Innovation’s New World Order
[Business]
2015/11/03 11:39
Asia is now the top regional destination for R&D spending, followed by North America and Europe. See also Interactive: Where Companies Spend Their R&D Money.The geographic footprint of innovation is changing dramatically as research and development programs become more global. An overwhelming 94 percent of the world’s largest innovators now conduct elements of their R&D programs ab...
(Video) Luminette Light Therapy Device for Healthy Circadian Rhythms
[Product]
2015/11/03 11:39
Lucimed, a Belgian company, is releasing the new Luminette head-worn light therapy device. Bright light, particularly in the blue spectrum, is well known to control our circadian rhythms. Long winters and indoor living can severely limit how much light enters our eyes, causing all sorts of emotional issues, worsening the quality of sleep, and bringing on the dreaded Seasonal Affective Disorder....
(Video) Biodynamic Cement for the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2015
[Design]
2015/11/03 11:39
From the "Opening" of Palazzo Italia to the international market: biodynamic cement is now a global product. A beautiful cement to see and touch. A sustainable, durable, resistant material which has great visual quality and is ready to be used in architecturally prestigious works such as Palazzo Italia at Expo 2015. Italcementi’s research and innovation skills have led to conceive a new materi...
(Video) Motus – Creative Motion Enhancer
[Product]
2015/11/03 11:39
The Motus system comes in two parts – three distinct flavors of hardware and some music-making proprietary software.Though Onyx Ashanti's Beatjazz controller or McGill University's Instrumented Bodies are pleasing to eyes and ears, making music creation part of the performance or dance routine doesn't necessarily mean also having to look like a cyborg. Paris-based phonotonic, for example, turn...
(Video) Support Bath Enables 3D Printing of Soft Biomaterials
[Tech]
2015/11/03 11:39
A 3D printer uses a syringe to inject printing gel into a translucent support gel.When it comes to surgical procedures on internal organs, the heart can be one of the most difficult to work with. Heart tissue doesn't repair itself like that of other body parts, so those with failing hearts only have the option of joining a long waitlist in hopes of receiving a transplant in time. All of this ma...
Which Countries are Most Affected by Higher Food Prices ?
[Investing]
2015/11/03 11:38
One effect of higher food prices in a given country is higher consumer price index (CPI) inflation. However, higher food prices affect people in different economies differently.This effect tends to be much greater for countries that are 1) large net importers of food, and 2) where households spend a greater percentage of their income on food (meaning that they have a much larger weighting of fo...
