Month: October 2018

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…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 23, 2018 Off

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.…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 23, 2018 Off

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.…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 23, 2018 Off

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…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 23, 2018 Off

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…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 23, 2018 Off

AR medical tool helps locate veins for starting IVs

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); AR (Augmented Reality) is being used in a wide variety of industries, from live sports events to beer labels. Medical professionals have now also started to benefit from the technology. Starting an IV can be tricky. Veins are hard to locate, and making multiple injection attempts can cause…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 22, 2018 Off

New yacht is entirely powered by solar energy

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Yachting is a sport associated with the wind and the outdoors. So it may be surprising to learn that the average 80-foot (25 metre) yacht burns around 100 litres (26 gallons) of fuel an hour at 10-knots of speed – not exactly environmentally friendly. Now, Swiss company SolarImpact…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 22, 2018 Off

Location based ads on rideshare car windows

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By jrtrombold@gmail.com October 22, 2018 Off