U.S. patent application, US20210113921, describes a method for addressing network disruptions that prevent applications from receiving user input by providing automated user inputs instead of the actual user input to the interactive application during the disruption. The figure below illustrates providing actual user input and automated user input during a video game.Patent Application : https:...

Low birth weights are a serious, often undiagnosed problem. This app for rural health workers—a winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards—is more accurate than old, uncalibrated scales.In 2015, 20.5 million newborn babies around the world were classified as having low birth weight. Babies weighing under roughly 5.5 pounds (2.5 kilograms) are 20 times more likely to die than t...

More consumers are venturing out for in-store shopping. Stores that specialize in candies and chocolates saw day-over-day spikes beginning in the last week of March.As vaccines become more widely available across the U.S., people are testing the limits of what they’re comfortable with when it comes to activities they once took for granted. A retail rebound in March shows that people are ventur...

Predictive analytics startup Pecan.ai today announced it has raised $35 million in a series B round led by GGV Capital. Cofounder and CEO Zohar Bronfman says that the funds will allow Pecan to expand its operations globally and help organizations adopt AI and big data.Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data to extract meaningful insights. Market Research Future predicts the global d...

Chinese demand, particularly among Gen Z, is growing fast for medical aesthetic treatments and products. This could be just the beginning.Wang Zhi, who studied chemical engineering at university, knows lots about aesthetic medicine. He has the skill sets to evaluate product ingredients in detail and is an authority on anti-ageing tips. That’s why he titles himself Tsinghua Skin Expert Wang Zhi...

Unlike other sterilisation products on the market, Hydralizer can run without electricity or a clean water supply and consists of both steam and UV light sterilisation.Aadya Chachra from the Savannah College of Art and Design has conceptualised a steam and UV light steriliser that works without electricity and a clean water supply. The development, called “Hydralizer”, has been aimed at rural...

Most Americans are well aware that federal spending during the COVID-19 pandemic has been very costly. Yet, are we aware of just how costly the government response to the 2019 Coronavirus has been?Furthermore, what is the federal budget for these expenditures? As our visualization shows, a larger percentage of current spending as of February 28, 2021 spans federal agencies focused on the health...

From Beijing to Hangzhou, China’s wealthiest cities led the 2020 billionaire boom.Aquarter of the 2,755 members of the 2021 Forbes World’s Billionaires list live in just 10 cities–including more than 10% who reside in just four Chinese metropolises. For the first time in seven years, the Big Apple lost its No. 1 ranking as Beijing recorded a net gain of 33 new billionaires. The Chinese capit...

A novel device designed to help stroke patients recover wrist and hand function has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Called IpsiHand, the system is the first brain-computer interface (BCI) device to ever receive FDA market approval.The IpsiHand device consists of two separate parts – a wireless exoskeleton that is positioned over the wrist, and a small headpiece that...