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(Paper) PIFu: Pixel-Aligned Implicit Function for High-Resolution Clothed Human Digitization
[Tech]
2020/02/25 09:09
We introduce Pixel-aligned Implicit Function (PIFu), a highly effective implicit representation that locally aligns pixels of 2D images with the global context of their corresponding 3D object. Using PIFu, we propose an end-to-end deep learning method for digitizing highly detailed clothed humans that can infer both 3D surface and texture from a single image, and optionally, multiple input imag...
Which Consumer Attitudes Will Shape the Streaming Wars ?
[Consumer]
2020/02/25 09:08
A new age of media is upon us. As a number of powerful media companies enter the streaming video marketplace in a very big way, choice in this promising arena has never been greater. The clamor to get involved in the streaming boom is certainly growing louder, but when it comes to determining successes and failures, the consumer is the ultimate decider.Content creators and platforms battling fo...
This Air Purifier Maker Is Accelerating Tests on Coronavirus - Molekule
[Product]
2020/02/25 09:07
Molekule air purifiers have killed other viruses in lab tests. The $799 devices compete with cheaper solutions like masks.Jaya Rao received a warm welcome from passengers next to her when she plugged in her air purifier on a recent flight from San Francisco to New York.“The guy sitting next to us was freaked out about all this viral stuff,” said Rao, co-CEO of San Francisco-based Molekule, wh...
(PDF) Deloitte - Tech Trends 2020
[Business]
2020/02/25 09:06
Deloitte’s 11th annual Tech Trends report provides insights and inspiration you will need for the digital journey ahead. Several of this year’s trends are responses to persistent IT challenges.Others represent technology-specific dimensions of larger enterprise opportunities. All are poised to drive significant change and transform business in unpredictable ways.Which technologies have the mo...
Cool Coating Allows Hot Electronics to Let Off Some Steam
[Tech]
2020/02/25 09:05
Although nobody wants a hot smartphone, there's no way that the things could ever incorporate tiny cooling fans. Some day, though, they may stay frosty through the use of a material that absorbs and releases water.We have already seen cooling systems that utilize what are known as phase change materials. Often taking the form of a wax, these turn into a liquid when the temperature rises, absorb...
66% of Americans Admit to Sleeping with their Phone at Night
[Consumer]
2020/02/25 09:04
People check their smartphones up to 160x a day (or every 9 minutes), according to a new study that examines the obsession.Americans are completely obsessed with their smartphones, with 75.4% saying they are "addicted," according to a new report from Reviews.org. The obsession runs deep, and shockingly so, with 45% choosing giving up sex over giving up their phone.Of those polled, 58% reported...
Library Designs Every Book Addict will Add to Their Bucket List
[Design]
2020/02/25 09:03
I’m a complete bibliophile! In fact, give me a good book and I can cuddle up with it, completely forgetting about the rest of the world. Hence, it’s no surprise that a library is one of my favorite places in the world, and I’m sure others share the same sentiment. Libraries are warm and comforting spaces with the promise of unlimited knowledge, and are the entryway to another world. So, we’...
(Patent) Apple Researching All-Glass iPhone with Wraparound Touchscreen
[Tech]
2020/02/24 09:10
New Apple research describes an all-glass iPhone which can display information, icons, and images on any surface —with the entire device touch sensitive.The days of having to hold an iPhone vertically to make Face ID work may be numbered. So may the very idea of holding the phone the "right" way around, as a new Apple patent describes an iPhone which has little need or even indication of a cor...
(PDF) Deloitte - Global Powers of Retailing 2020
[Business]
2020/02/24 09:09
The aggregate retail revenue for the Global Powers of Retailing Top 250 companies reached US$4.74 trillion in FY2018 (up from US$4.53 trillion in the previous year). However, they achieved slower growth resulting in a currency-adjusted composite growth rate of 4.1 percent, lower than the previous year’s 5.7 percent growth. Executive Summary The outlook for the global economy and the retail i...
