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(Video) New “Super Melanin” Protects and Heals Skin
[Tech]
2023/11/05 09:06
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a synthetic melanin that’s even better at protecting the skin and healing damage than the natural kind.The challenge: Melanin — a pigment found naturally in our skin, hair, and eyes — is your body’s natural defense against damage from sunlight, air pollution, and other environmental conditions.The amount of melanin found naturally in your...
(Infographic) The Buying Power of Diverse Communities in the US Is Rising
[Consumer]
2023/11/05 09:05
How the face of the American consumer is changing.New Year, new hopes and new hurdles. Join Adweek for Outlook 2024, January 23, as we gather experts to dissect the (near) future and focus in on the key issues that will matter most in 2024. Save 50% with early-bird rates—register now.Americans’ disposable income is estimated to reach $22.8 trillion by 2026, up 23% compared to 2021. More than...
INCU – Concept Incubator with Updated Aesthetic and Multiple Features to Bring "Home Like” Feeling
[Design]
2023/11/05 09:04
INCU is a concept project that redesigns conventional incubator and gives it an updated aesthetic that brings warmth and “home like” feeling. The goal of this concept was to create a gentle and stress-free experience for both parents and nurses. INCU incorporates multiple smart functions that help the development of the baby as well as entertainment features such as music and light therapy th...
Vollebak’s New Solar Charged Hat Is Perfect for Spelunking
[Product]
2023/11/05 09:03
Vollebak is back, yet again, with a new piece of solar-charged apparel. Its new Solar Charged Hat looks exactly as comfortable as it is sustainably-designed, being that it’s made up of three layers of material insulating the head of whoever wears it. Plus, it’s covered in “membranes” that absorb light (like plants!) to power its biggest feature: it glows brightly in the dark wherever you “...
TIME - The Best Inventions of 2023
[Product]
2023/11/02 09:10
200 innovations changing how we live.Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from TIME’s editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online application process, paying special attention to growing fields—such as AI, green ener...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Return of Agile Hardware Product Development
[Business]
2023/11/02 09:09
Agile-for-hardware product development can reduce time-to-market and improve quality and productivity. Five key changes can help leaders capture the benefits of agile for hardware.Many people believe that the physicality of hardware product development means it is not well-suited for an agile approach, and that agile should be left to software development alone. This is not the case. In fact, a...
(Paper) Inflatable Humanoid Cybernetic Avatar for Physical Human–Robot Interaction
[Tech]
2023/11/02 09:08
In a digital twin, a humanoid robot can be the counterpart of a simulated agent in the real world. In addition, a human, virtual avatar, and avatar robot might constitute digital triplets. We propose an inflatable cybernetic avatar (CA) with a humanoid upper body using an inflatable structure that can represent gestures. This inflatable CA is much lighter, safer, and cheaper than conventional h...
(Infographic) The Open-Source AI Development Market Map
[Business]
2023/11/02 09:07
The need for AI model transparency and rapid innovation among the developer community has put open-source AI in the spotlight. We map 70+ vendors developing open-source tools to help enterprises build and deploy AI projects.[click to enlarge]The open-source approach to AI development — which is focused on making source code available for public use and allowing a community of developers to con...
(Paper) Google Research : Noise-Cancelling Hearables That Track Heart Rate
[Tech]
2023/11/02 09:06
Researchers at Google have devised a technology that allows active noise-canceling (ANC) wearables to feature health-sensing applications.The team utilized a technique called audio plethysmography (APG) in ANC wearables to monitor a user's physiological data, such as heart rate and heart rate variability, without the need for additional sensors or sacrificing battery life.This technique of audi...
