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(Video) Epic Games Launches MetaHuman Creator Tool to Make Realistic Animated People
[Business]
2021/04/22 09:07
Epic Games is launching early access for its MetaHuman Creator tool, which enables people to create realistic animated human characters within minutes.Epic Games unveiled the tool in February, and it had an overwhelming response from people who tried it and created two MetaHuman sample characters with it. Now, early access users will be able to use it in Unreal Engine, or for further editing in...
Pew - 1/3 of Asian Americans Fear Threats, Physical Attacks
[Consumer]
2021/04/22 09:06
Amid widespread reports of discrimination and violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus outbreak, 32% of Asian adults say they have feared someone might threaten or physically attack them – a greater share than other racial or ethnic groups. The vast majority of Asian adults (81%) also say violence against them is increasing, far surpassing the share of all U.S. adults (56%) who...
(Paper) 5G As a Wireless Power Grid
[Tech]
2021/04/22 09:05
This inkjet-printed prototype of a mm-wave harvester allows devices to pull energy from 5G wireless communication systems out of the air and convert it into electricity.A team from Georgia Tech has just announced a world-first: a 3D-printed rectifying antenna the size of a playing card that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals and use it to power devices, turning 5G networks into...
The Highest-Valued Startups in the World
[Investing]
2021/04/22 09:04
According to a report by Bloomberg, Indonesian unicorns Gojek and Tokopedia are merging into GoTo. The company will be made up of Gojek's ride-hailing operations, Tokopedia's e-commerce business and a designated fintech unit. Gojek's and Tokopedia's combined valuations on CB Insights would make GoTo the 12th highest-valued startup in the world, worth $17 billion.The merger would create an Indon...
Self-Sanitized Autonomous Pods Combine Public Transit with Safe Socializing - Pivot
[Design]
2021/04/22 09:03
COVID-19 has changed the perception of life in the last year or so, and it’s still showing no signs of retreating as new variants push their claws towards human life. Scientific researches have proved that such pandemics will be a common affair in the coming time, and to get around them, we’ll have to alter our living methodology. Pretty obviously, the way we commute is also going to take a...
(PDF) Deloitte - Digital Media Trends, 15th Edition
[Consumer]
2021/04/21 09:10
How can media and entertainment companies develop lasting relationships with discriminating consumers? Our latest survey reveals a world being reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and generational trends.After a historic and challenging year, US consumers have become more reliant than ever on media for entertainment, information, and social connection. The pandemic has accelerated preexisting indu...
(Patent) Microsoft Seeks to Patent a Method for Chat-Enabled Messaging
[Tech]
2021/04/21 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210105232, describes a method for providing a continuous conversation experience for a message recipient of one message type (e.g. email, text, etc.) to continue the conversation with a different message type (e.g., a chat session, instant message, etc.) without manually providing message context for communicating via the second message type. The figures below repre...
TCL’s Fold ‘n Roll Concept Transforms a 6.87-Inch Phone Into a 10-Inch Tablet
[Design]
2021/04/21 09:08
It’s a delightful mashup of previously showcased flexing and rolling concepts.TCL is once again teasing a foldable phone concept — and it’s a Frankenstein’s monster of some previously showcased flexible concepts. Called Fold ‘n Roll, it combines the company’s “dragonhinge” technology with an extendable display panel. The result is a 6.87-inch phone that can expand to an 8.85-inch phable...
(Video) Synthesia Raises $12.5M for AI That Generates Avatar Videos
[Investing]
2021/04/21 09:07
Synthesia, a startup using AI to create synthetic videos of avatars for marketing, today announced it has raised $12.5 million. In a press release, the company said the funding will be put toward expanding its workforce as it invests in product R&D.As the pandemic makes virtual meetups a regular occurrence, the concept of “personal AI” is rapidly gaining steam. Startups creating virtual b...
