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People Trust Black COVID-19 Masks More Than Others. But Why ?
[Consumer]
2021/02/04 09:05
If you want someone to feel safe around you, go with a black (or white) mask.Since COVID-19 struck, companies have made masks in every shape and size—ranging from the classic N95 respirator to clear masks for the hearing impaired to cloth masks in endless patterns and colors.For safety, you should use an N95 respirator if you can source one, or even consider doubling your mask. But if you want...
Israel’s Vaccine Programme Gives Hope to The World
[Consumer]
2021/02/04 09:04
Hospital admissions among the old have fallen by a third since their peak.OVER ONE-THIRD of Israel’s population has received a vaccination against covid-19 since December 19th. Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, has campaigned heavily for vaccinations, personally lobbying the boss of Pfizer, an American drugmaker, to secure early shipments of its vaccine. He was the first Israeli to be ja...
Anti-Microbial Wrap Makes Handles Safe to Touch - Handshield
[Product]
2021/02/04 09:03
The Handshield offers personal protection for all types of handles, and can be easily cleaned for reuse.An easy-to-use wrap can be placed over all types of handles to prevent the transmission of viruses and bacteria – including COVID-19As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on, people have developed a growing awareness of just how many places could be secretly harbouring dangerous microbes...
Nike’s First Ever Hands-Free Shoes and the Design Process - Go FlyEase
[Product]
2021/02/03 09:10
Nike and footwear design technology go hand-in-hand, they’ve proven it in the past and now there’s yet another example of their prowess. These are the Go FlyEase hand-free shoes that bring the convenience of wearing and taking off your pair without even bending over or touching them ever. People who already do this with a pair of shoes with laces (when they are too tired or lazy) to take them...
Tesla Champion Ark Investment Outguns Wall Street Titans
[Investing]
2021/02/03 09:09
Ark Investment Management outgunned established Wall Street titans BlackRock and State Street last month, as the asset manager founded by a longstanding Tesla bull reaped the rewards of its bets on disruptive tech companies.In a fevered market that is drawing comparisons with the internet boom of the late 1990s, Ark’s actively managed exchange traded funds have attracted $8.2bn this year, outs...
(Patent) Microsoft Wants to Patent a Method of Identification of Transparent Objects from Image Discrepancies
[Tech]
2021/02/03 09:08
U.S. patent application, US20210027479, describes a method for receiving a visible light image and a thermal image for a frame of a scene. The method includes detecting image discrepancies between the visible light and thermal image and identifying locations in the scene associated with transparent objects. The figures below illustrate generating a point cloud and surface mesh of the image to i...
Nielsen Streaming Unwrapped - Tops of 2020
[Business]
2021/02/03 09:07
2020 has been branded with an assortment of labels and titles, but from a media perspective, it was a truly transitional year for streaming video. With dramatic impacts to traditional staples like live sports, and an anxiety-inducing hyper news cycle alternating between COVID updates and political divisiveness, streaming video provided a much needed escape. While the massive spikes in media usa...
(Paper) Printed Paper Speakers Roll Into a Ring to Offer Surround Sound
[Tech]
2021/02/03 09:06
Scientists explored the potential of their newly made T-Paper by producing a prototype circular speaker dubbed T-RingJacob Müller.Scientists at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology have spent years developing compact and discreet speakers that are quite literally paper thin, and the latest breakthrough improves on this technology for a more immersive experience. The scientists have com...
(PDF) Who Is Winning the AI Race 2021 : China, the EU, or the United States?
[Business]
2021/02/03 09:05
The United States still holds a substantial overall lead in AI, but China has continued to reduce the gap in some important areas and the EU continues to fall behind.The nations that lead in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future of the technology and significantly improve their economic competitiveness, while those that fall behind risk losing competitive...
