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Blood Pressure E-Tattoo Promises Continuous, Mobile Monitoring
[Tech]
2022/06/27 09:06
Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it’s tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting. For decades, cuff-based devices that constrict around the arm to give a reading have been the gold standard. But now, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University have developed an electronic tattoo that can be...
China’s Property Slump Is a Bigger Threat Than Its Lockdowns
[Investing]
2022/06/27 09:05
The worst decline on record could hold growth below 4% for the rest of the decade.While global attention is focused on the economic impact of coronavirus lockdowns in Shanghai and Beijing, the slump in China’s housing market is likely to have even more profound implications.An official index that tracks apartment and house sales has posted year-on-year declines for 11 months straight—a record...
Alladapt Announces Completion of Oversubscribed $119M Institutional Financing
[Investing]
2022/06/27 09:04
Financing from new and existing investors will support continued development of a novel treatment for food allergy.Alladapt Immunotherapeutics Inc., a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing prescription therapeutics to address IgE-mediated food allergy, announced today the closing of a $119 million financing round led by Enavate Sciences, a portfolio company created by Pat...
Butlr's People-Sensing Platform is Designed as Google Analytics for Buildings
[Product]
2022/06/27 09:03
The founders of Butlr, an occupancy-sensing platform that captures in real-time the presence and movement of people within a space, said that the data the platform harvests can be used to revolutionise the workplace.Named as one of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022 by the World Economic Forum, Butlr uses thermal sensors and machine learning technology to build insights on space...
(PDF) Bain - Food Tech : Turning Promise Into Opportunity
[Business]
2022/06/24 09:10
The time is right for the food system transformation to gather pace.The global food system’s ability to meet rising demand from finite resources is coming under strain. At the same time, consumers are demanding healthier and more sustainable food. These trends create a huge opportunity for food tech innovations such as alternative protein, functional food, clean food, vertical farming, and cut...
Meet HyperTaste, an AI-Assisted Electronic Tongue
[Tech]
2022/06/24 09:09
IBM researchers built an e-tongue that can analyze the chemical composition of liquids.A glass of water with a white upright disk sitting on its lip. Behind the glass are four bottles of clear liquid.HyperTaste [white device] was used to detect authentic gin from a Berlin distillery out of a lineup of several fake options as well as water. Is it possible to give computers a sense of taste? This...
Airspace Link’s Drone Tracking Platform Gathers Government Customers
[Investing]
2022/06/24 09:08
Detroit-based Airspace Link has positioned itself as a provider of increasingly important infrastructure in the burgeoning drone services space, letting operators get local and federal approval quickly. With $23 million in new backing, the company now plans to take its platform to other countries looking to get their drone industries off the ground.The company’s main offering is an online serv...
(Infographic) Global Trade Series: The Benefits of Free Trade
[Investing]
2022/06/24 09:07
History has shown that trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth. Despite this, the number of protectionist policies enacted around the world has increased.This is due to a rising tendency to view trade as a competition, rather than a cooperative endeavor. For evidence, consider the ongoing China-U.S. trade war, which has impacted everything from electronics to soybeans.The economic co...
(Video) AI-Powered Paint Tool Can Create Unique Paint Shades With Your Voice
[Tech]
2022/06/24 09:06
The AI app is essentially a React web app that makes use of natural language to find your preferred colour using both third-party and proprietary code.The tool’s unique algorithm essentially converts tweaking statements like making it brighter or darker in the form of mathematical adjustments. For now, the tool is only being offered to architects and Sherwin-Williams’ high-performance coil co...
Video Drives Surge in Mobile Data Traffic
[Consumer]
2022/06/24 09:05
With super-fast wireless connections, all-screen smartphones and apps like TikTok, YouTube and of course Netflix, people are consuming more video content than ever on the go. That increase in mobile video consumption is of course taking a toll on wireless networks, which have seen data traffic increase manyfold in a matter of a few years.According to Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report, global m...
SEAN Shared e-Scooter Travel System Avoids Parking Chaos
[Design]
2022/06/24 09:04
SEAN is a shared e-scooter concept that wants to provide a green way to travel. This project wants to create a great travel ecosystem by reducing emissions from cars and reducing congestion on roads. By identifying problems in traditional shared vehicle such as parking chaos and misplacing vehicles, they occupy a large amount of public space and at the same time affect city appearance. This pro...
MoMo Brings a Mushroom-Inspired Mic for Your Video Calls, Podcast Recordings
[Design]
2022/06/24 09:03
There are a lot of changes and trends that the pandemic brought to us and two of those things are virtual meetings and podcasts. And even though some parts of the world are getting back to normal, we think that online meetings and webinars as well as people producing podcasts will remain at least for the next couple of years. This means also that products and equipment that can make life easier...
