The top 5 personal technologies that will disrupt digital business
Personal technologies have impacted enterprise IT departments even before the 1990s, when personal computing became more common, Werner Goertz, research director at Gartner, said during a recent session at the 2018 Gartner Symposium/ITxPo in Orlando. “Personal devices and services have come into your enterprise domain, and they challenge you on a daily basis in terms…
Artificial moon to illuminate urban cities in China
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); The Chinese city of Chengdu is working on a plan to replace the city’s streetlights with a fake moon. The news was announced by Wu Chunfeng, chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute. According to Wu, the development of the satellite began some…
Robot lawyer uses algorithms to protect your personal data
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); 80 percent of Europeans share their data with Paypal, Google, and Amazon as part of using their services. In so doing, this data is then collectively shared with over 1000 further companies by these initial three. Taking back control of your data yourself is therefore a lengthy legal…
New technique allows 3D printing of human tissue
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Tech Explained: Image recognition
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); At Springwise, we have often covered innovations that involve teaching computers to ‘see’ the world around them. This has been the basis of advances in areas as disparate as real estate and pet adoption. Teaching a computer how to see is a complex problem in computing. Simply attaching…
Portable writing instrument is a distraction-free tool
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Astrohaus, founded by award-winning product designer and mechanical engineer Adam Leeb, has released its latest writing tool – the Freewrite Traveler. The new tool has a distraction-free design and an ultra-portable form. There are no apps, notifications, or anything else that may cause a writer to lose focus.…
Single-axis wind turbine generates energy for apartment blocks
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Sustainability has taken a new turn with O-Wind, an omnidirectional, single-axis wind turbine catered to serve apartment buildings facing chaotic winds in urban environments. Patent pending, the O-Wind takes advantage of horizontal and vertical winds without requiring steering. It would enable apartment block residents to sustainably generate electricity.…
New font aids memory and helps you learn study notes
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); A team of designers and behavioural scientists at Australia’s RMIT University have developed a new font called Sans Forgetica to help people remember information better. It was designed using cognitive psychology principles to create ‘desirable difficulty’, an effect in which the brain engages in deeper cognitive processing. To…
Tech startup wants to eradicate fraud in the secondary luxury goods market
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); With the secondary market for luxury goods expected to be worth 2.75 billion GBP by 2025, Verado’s launch earlier this year might come as good news for buyers and sellers in the space. Verado is a verification technology expert. It is also an online platform that enables people…
Autonomous farm produces food with robot workers
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