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(Video) Nvidia Uses AI to Make Our Eyes Always Look at the Camera
[Tech]
2023/01/16 09:06
Your eyes will retain their natural color and blinks, but gaze is automatically adjusted to focus on the camera.I've been working at PCMag since November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with...
The Biggest Global Risks of 2023
[Business]
2023/01/16 09:05
The profile of risks facing the world is evolving constantly. Events like last year’s invasion of Ukraine can send shockwaves through the system, radically shifting perceptions of what the biggest risks facing humanity are.Today’s graphic summarizes findings from the Global Risks Report, an annual publication produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It provides an overview of the most pres...
Paper Batteries, Blue Quantum Dots, and Other Enabling Technologies from CES 2023
[Tech]
2023/01/16 09:04
Paper Batteries, Blue Quantum Dots, and Other Enabling Technologies from CES 2023 Innovations from research labs aim to inspire new generations of consumer products.[This paper fuel cell will soon be powering temperature and humidity trackers and smart bandages TEKLA S. PERRY] CES, the huge annual conference, showcase, and deal-making venue for the international consumer electronics industry, i...
World’s Biggest Jeweler, Pandora Will Only Sell Lab-Created Diamonds
[Product]
2023/01/16 09:03
Pandora is turning away from diamond mining and toward synthetic stones.The Danish jeweler Pandora has announced it will only use lab-created diamonds in its products, making it the first major player in the industry to totally abandon mined diamonds.Blood diamonds: Diamonds are carbon atoms that have been forced into a crystal structure by pressure and heat. This takes billions of years and on...
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023 - MIT Technology Review
[Tech]
2023/01/13 09:10
MIT Technology Review has announced its 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023, featuring advances its reporters and editors predict will fundamentally change the way we live and work. The 22nd annual list recognizes important technological advances in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, climate change, space science, telemedicine, and more. The editorial package in the January/February Innovati...
(PDF) Bain - Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report 2023
[Investing]
2023/01/13 09:09
More funds are on the hunt, but a small group of dealmakers account for most of the activity.Biopharma and life science tools are attractive: Within these two subsectors, more than 600 healthcare buyout deals have been executed over the past five years globally, fueled by strong end-market growth tailwinds, recession resistance, and attractive returns for PE; given that these trends are expecte...
(CES 2023) Pepper-Picking Robot Moves Through Crops on Overhead Wires - Agrist
[Tech]
2023/01/13 09:08
According to Japanese robotics firm Agrist, there's a shortage of farm workers in that country, resulting in lower yields than would otherwise be possible. The company is offering a partial solution to the problem, though, in the form of a pepper-picking robot.Known simply as L, the bot is the recipient of an Innovation Award at CES.Instead of rolling on wheels or walking on legs, the robot mov...
Abstracts Written by ChatGPT Fool Scientists
[Tech]
2023/01/13 09:07
Researchers cannot always differentiate between AI-generated and original abstracts.Scientists and publishing specialists are concerned that the increasing sophistication of chatbots could undermine research integrity and accuracy.Credit: Ted Hsu/AlamyAn artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them, ac...
Mila Raises at a $52M Valuation to Add Smarts to Fresh Air
[Investing]
2023/01/13 09:06
Three years ago, Mila showed up on Kickstarter with its smart air purifier. The company created an air cleaner with a choice of different filters to suit the use case (and price point) customers were interested in, along with an impressive array of sensors built into the device itself. Today, the San Francisco-based company announced it closed a $10 million Series A to scrub the nasties out of...
