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Virtual and Augmented Reality Investment at 2013 Levels in First Quarter
[Investing]
2020/05/11 09:05
While Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked over $4 billion AR/VR investment last year, virtual and augmented reality investment dropped in Q4 2019 and Q1 2020 in terms of both deal volume (i.e. number of deals) and deal value (i.e. dollars invested). The first quarter of this year saw AR/VR investment volume (again, number of deals) at a quarterly level last seen back in 2013. In th...
(Video) Exer Launches AI-based Fitness Coach on Your Mobile Phone
[Business]
2020/05/11 09:05
Just in time for the home fitness craze, Exer has launched its AI-based coach that shows you how to exercise correctly at home. “Unfortunately, people can’t go to a gym now,” Thet said. “We started this a few years ago, and I think it is even more relevant now. As people accelerate into more digital forms of education for fitness, this will become increasingly even more relevant. We believe...
Dutch Restaurant Can Beat Social Distancing, Fully-Booked Until End of June
[Design]
2020/05/11 09:04
Dutch Restaurant Can Beat Social Distancing, Fully-Booked Until End of June.A dutch restaurant is fully-booked until the end of June after constructing glass huts in which social distancing customers may enjoy a candlelit dinner despite the coronavirus crisis.A restaurant in Amsterdam called Mediamatic capable of operating with full social distancing measures is already fully-booked until the e...
Red Dot Award 2019 Winner - Foldaway Dining Suite : Compact
[Design]
2020/05/11 09:03
Dining, entertainment and work all compete for precious space in apartments today, creating a demand for adaptable furniture that can cater to multifunctional space demands.Compact is a foldaway dining table that addresses these needs. The table comfortably accommodates four adults for dining, or provides a more spacious area for work or recreational pursuits, extending the utility and enjoymen...
(Video) AR Experiment Uses AI to Cut and Paste Real-World Things Into Photoshop
[Tech]
2020/05/10 09:10
Finally, a practical use for AR that isn’t just shopping[Cyrial Diagne’s ‘AR Cut & Paste’ demo in action]Apart from burning through VC money and educating the public on how frighteningly large emperor penguins are, what is augmented reality actually good for? Here’s one answer: real-life copy and paste.As this awesome demo from developer Cyril Diagne demonstrates, AR can be the perfect...
(Infographic) Visualizing Tech Giants’ Billion-Dollar Acquisitions
[Investing]
2020/05/10 09:09
Our graphic shows every billion-dollar acquisition made by Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple, from Facebook's $22B purchase of WhatsApp to Microsoft's recent $1.4B bet on 5G cloud specialist Affirmed Networks.[click to enlarge]Over the last 3 decades, the FAMGA tech giants — Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple — have collectively made 770 acquisitions. Even amid the Co...
(Patent) Intel Pursues a Patent for a Safety System for a Vehicle
[Tech]
2020/05/10 09:08
US patent application 20200133281 discloses a safety system for a vehicle that includes processors configured to determine uncertainty in predictions from a driving model during vehicle operation,Adjust parameters of the driving model, and provide the adjusted parameters to a control system of the vehicle. The illustrations depict the uncertainty in predictions.Patent Application : https://bit....
Fat Iron : Iron Off Stubborn Fat & Stretch Marks
[Product]
2020/05/10 09:07
World's 1st FDA cleared & clinically tested home use device that TRULY IRONS OFF FAT! The only FDA cleared device made for home-use that lets you sculpt the body you want. Fat Iron combines 3 clinically proven powerful Fat-reducing and skin-tightening technologies. They work in synergy to iron away stubborn fat, stretch marks, saggy skin, and wrinkles while strengthening & toning your m...
Why Americans Wanted To Work Remotely Pre-Coronavirus
[Consumer]
2020/05/10 09:06
The bad news regarding the spread of COVID-19 keeps flowing and its hard not to feel disheartened, depressed, disgruntled or just downright weary. Even in the early weeks of the pandemic, people all over the world latched onto whatever positives they could, whether it was the return of wildlife to eerily empty cities or the courage and tenacity of the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the...
