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ILMA Lets You Carry Your Lamp, CCTV, and Smoke Alarm on Your Travels
[Design]
2022/04/15 09:03
There seems to be a trend and a desire these days for products that do more than one thing, especially when it comes to tech gadgets. While minimalist design still informs the external appearance of some products, designers have become a bit craftier in hiding multiple functionalities from view. There are cases when more than one or two features unnecessarily increase the complexity of a produc...
(Patent) Apple's Granted Patent a Motion & Gesture Input for Apple Watch
[Tech]
2022/04/14 09:10
Apple's granted patent generally relates to Apple Watch detecting a user's motion and gesture input to provide commands to the device or to other devices.In particular, Apple Watch can use one or more sensors to determine a user's motion and gesture input based on movements of the user's hand, arm, wrist, and fingers. One or more optical sensors, inertial sensors, mechanical contact sensors, an...
(Infographic) The Metaverse Could be Tech’s Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
[Business]
2022/04/14 09:09
The metaverse is one of the hottest buzzwords in tech, and this far-reaching vision of a next-gen internet will rely upon an entire ecosystem of companies to make it a reality. We cut through the noise to explain what the metaverse is, how it's being built, and who's building it.The business world is obsessed with “the metaverse”: the idea of shared worlds driven by virtual products and digit...
(Paper) This $1 COVID Test Could Make Going Out Again a Breeze
[Tech]
2022/04/14 09:08
This cutting-edge sensor only requires you to spit on it to spot COVID, H1N1, and Zika.At this point in COVID, I don’t want to think about how many at-home test kits my family has burned through (or what that privilege has cost my bank account). And even still, my children have had to sit in pharmacy drive-throughs, with mom and dad swabbing and mixing samples in the front seat, for school-cer...
Global Venture Funding Reached $143.9B Raised Across 8,835 Deals in Q1’22
[Investing]
2022/04/14 09:07
After a red-hot 2021, global venture investment cools in Q1’22, even as the global unicorn club reaches a new high.Global venture funding reached $143.9B raised across 8,835 deals in Q1’22, down 19% from the previous quarter’s funding. Despite the slowdown, Q1’22 marked the fourth-largest quarter for funding on record.The US alone accounted for nearly half of total funding, with some of the...
Apple Targets Watch Blood-Pressure Tool for 2024 After Snags
[Product]
2022/04/14 09:06
New pill management, sleep, women’s health features coming. Group of physicians depart company’s health tech group.[Blood-pressure features may become a key selling point for smartwatches in coming years.]Apple Inc.’s plan to add a highly anticipated blood-pressure monitor to its smartwatch has hit some snags and the technology isn’t expected to be ready until 2024 at the earliest, accordin...
(Infographic) Virtual Influencer Survey
[Business]
2022/04/14 09:05
Virtual influencers are fictional characters generated using computer graphics software and created to have their own personalities, interests, and unique personas. These digital characters have generated large followings on many different social media platforms including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and more. The Influencer Marketing Factory has been seeing more and more virtual influ...
Pudgy Penguins, the Hot-and-Then-Not NFTs, Attempt a Comeback
[Investing]
2022/04/14 09:04
Virtual community has new owners with a ‘new roadmap’. Penguin owners hope for success like Bored Apes Yacht Club.Pudgy Penguins, a once hugely successful NFT project that got blown off course by drama that included the ousting of its founders, is attempting a comeback. Hopes are high in the newly energized community -- but in today’s crowded, up-and-down market for nonfungible tokens, it wi...
This WFH Accessory is Designed to Monitor Your Posture for Healthy Spinal Alignment
[Design]
2022/04/14 09:03
Uplift is a posture-monitoring desk accessory that broadcasts users’ real-time side profiles and posture-correcting suggestions.Working from home has done a number on our spinal alignment. As we crunch in work to meet our deadlines, we gradually hunch over the laptop to meet its screen without ever realizing how it affects our spines and postures. While physical posture correctors do exist, we...
