Businesses can use four tools to forecast the turning point for new technologies and trends.Four economic forecasting tools used in combination can help predict whether Covid-19 trends are permanent.Bain research shows nearly 60% of people using videoconferencing today plan to use it just as much or more after the pandemic is over.More than 60% percent of consumers expect to maintain or increas...

Non-Contact Measurement | Instant Temperature Reading | Multi-User Friendly | Childcare Support | In-app Tracking.ThermGo is a portable thermometer phone accessory that works with all mobile devices. No battery is needed, simply plug it into your phone or tablet to instantly measure temperature on persons, objects, or surfaces. It provides accurate temperature reading instantly and can log and...

2020 was a bad year, but not for the stock market. In fact, the S&P 500 ended the year at an all-time record high. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t challenges along the way, as our latest visualization shows.The S&P 500 index provided a V-shaped performance throughout 2020, opening the year at 3,258 before collapsing to 2,237 on March 23 and then rising to an all-time record of 3,7...

To close a historic year, gucci and the north face announced their first collaboration in december 2020. The italian fashion house and the ultrawarm outwear brand teamed up for a collection that celebrates the spirit of exploration, blending gucci’s maximalist designs with the north face’s winter jackets. to promote the new partnership, gucci’s creative director alessandro michele conceived...

U.S. patent application, US20200405030, discloses a flexible hair shaping heating device in the form of a sheet. The device includes a flexible heating layer, a flexible heat conductive layer provided on a surface of the heating layer, and a flexible heat insulation layer provided on the other surface of the heating layer and the device is capable of forming a closed space around the hair. The...

Data-powered enterprises significantly outperform their peers.There are currently 40 trillion gigabytes of data out there – that’s more data than there are grains of sand on earth. And more is coming. Is it possible to derive actionable, profitable intelligence from this avalanche of information? To become a data-powered enterprise, rather than a data-battered one? We wanted to find out. In t...

Japanese company NEC, which develops facial-recognition systems, has launched one that it claims can identify people wearing masks.It hones in on parts of the face that are not covered up, such as the eyes, to verify their identity.Verification takes less than one second, with an accuracy rate of more than 99.9%, NEC says.The Met Police uses NEC's NeoFace Live Facial Recognition to compare face...

Making predictions is a tricky business at the best of times, but especially so after a year of upheaval. Even so, that didn’t stop people from trying their hand at reading the crystal ball. If anything, the uncertainty creates a stronger temptation for us to try to forecast the year ahead.Out of the thousands of public 2021 predictions and forecasts available, there are plenty of one-off gues...

Texas A&M researchers have designed a device that stimulates the endings of the vagus nerve, which is responsible for the regulation of food intake.[Sung II Park and his collaborators have created a tiny, wireless device that uses light to signal a feeling of fullness.]Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issu...