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Virtual Dressing Room Startup Revery.ai Applying Computer Vision to The Fashion Industry
[Business]
2021/08/26 09:08
Figuring out size and cut of clothes through a website can suck the fun out of shopping online, but Revery.ai is developing a tool that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create a better online dressing room experience.Under the tutelage of University of Illinois Center for Computer Science advisrr David Forsyth, a team consisting of Ph.D. students Kedan Li, Jeffrey Zhang...
AI-Designed Chips will Generate 1,000X Performance in 10 Years
[Tech]
2021/08/26 09:07
Automation has been part of chip design since the 1980s. But now AI-designed chips are producing great results that could lead to 1,000 times better performance for chips in the next decade, according to Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus.De Geus, one of the pioneers of chip design automation, said in an interview with VentureBeat that the company’s software started using AI to design customer chips la...
Fleets of Microcars Could Become Another Public Transport Option
[Business]
2021/08/26 09:06
The vehicles are self-charging and powered by solar energy.Navigating tightly packed city streets just got a lot easier with the introduction of the Squad car. Created by The Netherlands-based Squad Mobility sustainable transport company, the Squad car is several steps up in comfort from scooters. Squad cars have two or four seats, with storage space in the back of the vehicle. Completely free...
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Popularity Varies Across US Age Groups
[Consumer]
2021/08/26 09:05
As voice assistants battle to be the No. 1 digital secretary, their rates of adoption differ significantly across age groups. Siri dominates among adult Gen Zers, with 60% of US voice assistant users ages 18 to 24 using the software from Apple. Meanwhile, Alexa is most popular among the senior set, with 41% of those ages 65 and older using the Amazon service. Google Assistant does not lead in a...
Futuristic Volvo Air 360 Concept Makes Flying Experience as Real as Possible
[Design]
2021/08/26 09:04
Volvo Air 360 was designed as part of 2020 Volvo Design Challenge, the brief was to design future vehicle that embraces three elements of nature: land, water, or air. Nacho Alfonso chose “air” as his element for this vehicle concept. The sky is the limit, Volvo Air 360 is a concept passenger drone designed specifically to provide passengers with flying experience, making it as real as possibl...
(Infographic) How Much the Most Iconic Technology in History Would Cost Today
[Product]
2021/08/26 09:03
There have been many gadgets and technological devices created through the years that could be classified as iconic.From the original Victrola phonograph of 1906 to the comically large Motorola DynaTAC 8000x cellular phone of 1984, these early technologies shaped the new tech gadgets of today, and many are still considered to be among the greatest inventions of all time.The HP research team loo...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Live Commerce is Transforming The Shopping Experience
[Business]
2021/08/25 09:10
Blending entertainment with instant purchasing, live commerce offers retailers, brands, and digital platforms a new channel with enormous scope for creating value.The arrival of Alibaba’s Taobao Live in May 2016 marked the opening of a new chapter in sales. The Chinese retail giant had pioneered a powerful new approach: linking up an online livestream broadcast with an e-commerce store to allo...
(Patent) Apple Seeks to Patent a Deployable Key Mouse
[Tech]
2021/08/25 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210255711, discloses a computer input device that has a deployable key mouse. The computer input device includes a housing, a set of key switch mechanisms positioned in the housing, and a removable key structure that is operable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The removable key structure is operable as a key-based typing input in the first...
This Startup Produces EVs in a Different Way - Arrival
[Business]
2021/08/25 09:08
Instead of investing billions of dollars, these $50 million plants could save companies.Electric car and van startups are looking for new ways to manufacture their products. They all learned from Tesla which experienced a manufacturing hell when first producing its vehicles."The thing that's remarkable is that Tesla didn't go bankrupt in reaching volume production," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in...
