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(PDF) Mckinsey - Adapting Workplace Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
[Business]
2020/03/22 09:06
Managers can’t push the pause button on capability building, so the moment belongs to virtual learning. Some tactics and strategies can help.As businesses around the world postpone and cancel in-person meetings in response to the novel coronavirus (or SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19 disease, workplace learning is emerging as one of the earliest and hardest-hit business activities. Based...
(Video) The Future of Neuromorphic Computing : How a Computer Chip Can Smell without a Nose
[Tech]
2020/03/22 09:05
The chips are "neuromorphic" and mimic the components of brain cells. Intel said it's Loihi chips have learned and recognized 10 odors. The technology could help detect smells associated with disease, explosives and environmental gases.[Intel Labs’ Nabil Imam holds a Loihi neuromorphic test chip in his Santa Clara, California, neuromorphic computing lab. He and a research team from Cornell Uni...
Coronavirus Sales Boost at Wholesale Clubs Started Weeks Ago
[Business]
2020/03/22 09:04
Now that the coronavirus has entered the United States and been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the public response is expected to have far reaching effects across U.S. consumer industries, from grocery stores to luxury travel. Across the country, recent panic buying has led to long lines, overflowing carts, and empty shelves. But transaction data reveals that the buying f...
'Social Distancing Aids' Made from 4 Collapsible Plastic Rings
[Design]
2020/03/22 09:03
As coronavirus (COVID-19) makes headlines across the globe, designers and artists are picking up their drawing tools to come up with innovative ideas to alleviate the situation. With the need for varying degrees of social isolation advised by health experts, los-angeles based architect michael jantzen has thrown his hat into the ring with his ‘social distancing aids’ photo art project, which...
(Patent) Apple Wins Patent for a Future Magic Mouse with a Shape Changing Body
[Tech]
2020/03/19 09:10
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 71 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we cover Apple's patent relating to a new Apple Mouse design with a shape changing body. Beyond specific features that Apple has in mind for the mouse, the new shape shifting design could in theory provide users with different size hands with the ability to mod...
COVID-19 Concerns Are a Likely Tipping Point for Local Brand Growth
[Consumer]
2020/03/19 09:09
Never mind national pride, opting for locally produced products may fast become a necessity for retailers and consumers concerned about products originating from countries where novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread. Local products and brands have been gaining popularity across the globe over the past couple of years. Consumers have typically closely associated products of local origin with s...
5G will Shift C-V2X Into High Gear
[Business]
2020/03/19 09:08
By 2035, 83 million 5G connected cars will be on the road, making them safer and greener.While the commercial rollout of 5G for consumers is in full swing, the new generation of cellular connectivity will also have a transformative effect on roadways worldwide. Soon, in 2023, cars will start to communicate with each other to increase overall road safety and traffic. According to recent figures...
Empty Stadiums and Online Streaming : How Coronavirus is Affecting the Media Industry
[Business]
2020/03/19 09:07
Here are four ways the novel coronavirus could affect these industries in the coming months.Postponed or cancelled events could lead to a decline in revenues for the event organizers as well as for media that broadcast them. Cable television companies are partly dependent upon advertising, meaning that any decline in revenue will impact profitability.The professional sports industry is already...
New Ventilator Mask Protects Entire Face from Coronavirus - ViriMask
[Product]
2020/03/19 09:06
Israeli ViriMASK could be a gamechanger for healthcare workers, airport workers and people in preventive quarantine.Many people are wearing facemasks to avoid breathing airborne coronavirus particles, and to keep from touching their noses and mouths.However, even N95 masks can’t fully block tiny virus particles and can’t kill the virus (two masks under development in Israel aim to do that). A...
