Cortisol is well-suited for measurement through wearable devices, according to study co-author Sam Emaminejad, because its concentration levels in sweat are similar to its circulating levels. The human body responds to stress, from the everyday to the extreme, by producing a hormone called cortisol.To date, it has been impractical to measure cortisol as a way to potentially identify conditions...

Café server bot, it’s a specially designed robot to serve you coffee and doubles as a mobile condiment where guests can get napkins, straws, or sugar packets. Acassio Inc. teamed up with Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials to develop this robot for Storant, it’s an automated café located in South Korea. As an automated café, it makes sense that it uses robot as your waiter to serve...

A new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a rapid and accurate COVID.A new cellphone app and easy-to-do assay appear geared to be a potential game-changer for Covid-19 and flu diagnostics. What’s particularly exciting are the ease of use, relative affordability, and that the inventors are making the system freely available to all. The free app is for the Android opera...

The sporting-goods industry continues to evolve amid increased health awareness, shifting channel preferences, and rising sustainability concerns. Sporting-goods players need to adapt to five trends shaping the industry in 2022.Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect business around the world, the sporting-goods industry has managed to return to pre-COVID-19 levels of growth amid tou...

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) demonstrated a new research milestone in autonomy, providing a glimpse into the future of safer mobility for all.As revealed in this video, TRI researchers successfully programmed a vehicle to autonomously drift around obstacles on a closed track — a world first. Combining a deep knowledge of both vehicle dynamics and control design, TRI’s Nonlinear Model Predi...

We’ve been hearing variations of the same story for years: "Facebook is no longer cool", "people are leaving Facebook behind", "teenagers are over Facebook", and so on and so forth. And yet, the world’s largest social network continued to grow, adding nearly 600 million monthly active users over the past three years alone. Until now that is. According to its latest earnings release, Facebook'...

Fans will be able to buy adjacent virtual property in 'The Sandbox.'Perhaps taking inspiration from blockbuster music experiences in Fortnite, Warner Music Group is creating a performance venue in the metaverse. It's teaming up with The Sandbox to create a "hybrid of musical theme park and concert venue" on the platform.Some of WMG's vast roster of artists (which includes the likes of Ed Sheera...

Even with the current market tumult, anyone who thinks ESG is a bubble might want to hedge their bets. While definitions of environmental, social and governance investing vary -- it can mean putting your money in anything from a wind-energy company to a Silicon Valley tech giant -- assets are set to balloon to $50 trillion by 2025 from about $35 trillion, according to estimates from Bloomberg I...

With a consumer shift toward holistic skincare, Ayurveda’s rising popularity proves that Chinese consumers want wellness that isn’t only skin-deep. “Namaste” is a new mantra for many of China’s beauty consumers. After K-beauty and C-beauty, Indian Ayurveda-inspired beauty has become the latest emerging trend to expand its presence from the country’s cosmetic aisles to premium spa retreats...