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AI Startup Cresta Launches from Stealth with Millions from Greylock and a16z
[Investing]
2020/02/09 09:06
As Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs cluster around the worldview that artificial intelligence is poised to change how we work, investors are deciding which use cases make the most sense to pump money into right now. One focus has been the relentless communication between companies and customers that takes place at call centers.Call center tech has spawned dozens if not hundreds of AI startups, m...
Visualizing the 700-Year Fall of Interest Rates
[Investing]
2020/02/09 09:05
Today’s graphic from Paul Schmelzing, visiting scholar at the Bank of England (BOE), shows how global real interest rates have experienced an average annual decline of -0.0196% (-1.96 basis points) throughout the past eight centuries.Currently, many sovereign rates sit in negative territory, and there is an unprecedented $10 trillion in negative-yielding debt. This new interest rate climate ha...
Edge-Finding Thermal HUD Gives Firefighters Vision Through Heavy Smoke
[Tech]
2020/02/09 09:04
The Cthru mask has a thermal vision camera on the outside and a small HUD over the right eyeQwake Technologies.Firefighting teams tend to carry hand-held devices to help them see in harsh, smoky conditions, but an American company has built edge-detecting thermal vision into a single eye heads-up display inside the breathing mask for hands-free use.Qwake's C-Thru mask places a small, transparen...
AURA Strap Transforms Your Apple Watch Into an Ultimate Fitness Tool
[Product]
2020/02/09 09:03
AURA Strap is a smart band designed to transformed your Apple Watch into an ultimate fitness tool. This strap features bioimpedance analysis that detects your fat/muscles volume and hydration level. It’s important to stay hydrated, this strap allows you to track your hydration levels anytime, the companion app will help you to understand measured data, helping you set new goals for healthier l...
(PDF) Benedict Evans - Tech in 2020 : Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
[Business]
2020/02/06 09:10
Every year, Benedict Evans produce a big presentation digging into macro and strategic trends in the tech industry.This year, ‘Standing on the shoulders of giants’ looks at what it means that 4bn people have a smartphone; we connected everyone, and now we wonder what the Next Big Thing is, but meanwhile, connecting everyone means we connected all the problems. Tech is becoming a regulated ind...
(Patent) Dyson Reveals Patents for Headphones That Purify Air Around You
[Tech]
2020/02/06 09:09
Vacuum manufacturer Dyson has applied for a patent for a new pair of headphones with a built-in air purifier, which it claims could help combat the harmful effects of air pollution in cities, Bloomberg reports. The recently published application, which was filed with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office in July 2019, describes a pair of headphones with air filters built into its ear cups. Dia...
(Video) AI-powered Robot Pickers will be the Next Big Work Revolution in Warehouses - Covariant
[Tech]
2020/02/06 09:08
At a warehouse on the outskirts of Berlin recently, a new addition to the warehouse, a robot, drew press attention.The New York Times called the component-sorting robot "a major advance in artificial intelligence and the ability of machines to perform human labor."A video demo of the robot in action revealed the robot placing various items, with different shapes, in different containers."As mil...
Apple Watch Outsells the Entire Swiss Watch Industry in 2019
[Business]
2020/02/06 09:07
The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry by a wide margin in 2019, according to new data shared today by Strategy Analytics.Apple shipped an estimated 30.7 million units worldwide in 2019, up 36 percent from the estimated 22.5 million units shipped in 2018.Comparatively, the Swiss watch industry (which includes all Swiss watch brands) is estimated to have shipped a total of 21.1...
Handheld 3D Skin Printer Proves Itself a Healer in Severe Burns Trial
[Tech]
2020/02/06 09:06
Handheld instrument for wound-conformal delivery of skin precursor sheets improves healing in full-thickness burns.In search of new ways to treat severe burns that don’t involve skin grafts, scientists at the University of Toronto have spent more than a decade developing a portable device that can print out large sheets of "bio ink" to boost the healing process. The team has put its latest mod...
