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(Paper) VR Finger Tracking That Recognizes Air-Drawn Passcodes - FMKit
[Tech]
2020/06/23 09:08
While makers of mixed reality headsets move closer each year to convincingly merging the real and digital worlds as users see and hear them, input — the ability to interact within VR or AR environments — remains challenging, as controllers are still necessary for most interactions. This week, Arizona State University researchers demonstrated a potential alternative called FMKit, enabling head...
(Patent) Apple Pursues a Patent for Controlling Access to Protected Functionality of a Host Device Using a Wireless Device
[Tech]
2020/06/23 09:07
U.S. patent application, 20200196151, discloses a wearable device that establishes a verified session with a host device when present in its vicinity. The user may then access sensitive information stored in or otherwise accessible in the host device from the wearable device. The figure below depicts a wearable device communicating wirelessly with a host device.Patent Application : https://bit....
Run The World raises $10.8M to Bring Live Events Online
[Investing]
2020/06/23 09:06
Some businesses have boomed, and others have gone bust due to the COVID-19 crisis — without question, live events is one sector that has been hit hardest. But as the world adapts to a new way of working, online events are seeing a surge in demand, with tech behemoths such as Apple transitioning their traditionally offline conferences into the virtual realm.And this shift is at least partly why...
(Infographic) What Images People Are Searching for During Quarantine
[Consumer]
2020/06/23 09:05
Getty Images saw a spike in searches for "social distancing" and "virtual party," among others.Since the novel coronavirus hit the U.S., it has clearly disrupted not just advertising but every facet of normalcy. As people have worked from home and sheltered in place to avoid spreading the virus, they have also changed their internet browsing habits.Getty Images shared some recent keyword trends...
(Paper) Graphene Smart Textiles Developed for Heat Adaptive Clothing
[Tech]
2020/06/23 09:04
This prototype garment features a patch of adaptive material on the chest that can be turned on or off to block heat or allow heat it through.Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a new type of smart textile that could make its way into adaptive clothing that keeps the wearer cool in warm weather, and vice versa. The material achieves this through the use of graphene which c...
(Video) Zephyr Seat is a Lie-Flat Airline Seat for Economy Class Travelers
[Product]
2020/06/23 09:03
US-based startup zephyr aerospace has unveiled the design of a new airline seat and bed combination for economy class. Called zephyr seat, this lie-flat accommodation is able to retrofit existing commercial aircrafts — both boeing and airbus — while complying with social distancing measurements for airlines.Most airline seats haven’t changed since the 1970s. 99% of all economy class seats ar...
(PDF) BCG - Global Wealth 2020 : The Future of Wealth Management
[Investing]
2020/06/22 09:10
The wealth management industry is over 200 years old. Yet for most of that history, providers have operated according to the same general playbook. It took the massive digital and regulatory disruption of the past 20 years to begin shaking up industry business models, and evidence suggests that most providers have moved slowly, with many still adhering to traditional ways of private banking. (S...
Apple’s Secretive AR and VR Headset Plans Altered by Internal Differences
[Business]
2020/06/22 09:09
Mike Rockwell’s team of 1,000 engineers aims to create the company’s biggest hits since the iPhone.In late 2018, Apple Inc. was a few years into its plan to build a powerful headset with both virtual- and augmented-reality capabilities when things shifted dramatically. Jony Ive, then the company’s design chief, objected to some fundamental aspects of the product and urged Apple to change cou...
(Paper) MIT CSAIL - Using AI to Recreate How Artists Painted Their Masterpieces
[Tech]
2020/06/22 09:08
AI technology shows how artists created their famous paintings.Have you ever looked at a painting by Monet or Picasso and wondered, “how’d they do that?”With a little help from artificial intelligence, that’s now possible: a team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) just developed a machine learning system that can take an image of a finished painting...
