Customers Want You to Understand Their World
I want to tell you the tale of two companies both trying to reach part of the community they serve and how one failed and the other nailed it. Why this is important is because it ties closely to the way customers choose to spend their money these days. They want companies who understand their…
Water bottle uses friction to melt snow suitable for drinking
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); One danger when mountaineering or participating in back-country snow sports is running out of water. It may seem odd to run out of water when surrounded by snow, but eating snow actually promotes dehydration and hypothermia. Most adventurers rely on small gas stoves to melt snow. Now there…
Technology allows users to turn pages by blinking
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Springwise have spotted various innovations in recent times that focus on streamlining education processes. Developers created a new font that aids memory loss to improve revision efficiency. A streaming service also offered students cheaper access to textbooks. Now a group of Chinese students have invented a new way…
Miniature microphone fits onto users’ molars
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IoT and the security challenges that tech companies face
Cisco’s Michele Guel spoke with TechRepublic and CNET Senior Producer Dan Patterson about how companies need to defend for the future, but they need to also make sure to handle all the “old school” ways to interact. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Dan Patterson: What’s happening in the space that you…
Autonomous robot can replace bees as pollinator
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); There is a great deal of concern among apiarists about the rate at which honey bees are disappearing due to colony collapse disorder. Bees are the primary pollinators of a huge variety of crops. This means their disappearance poses serious risks for agriculture and food production. Furthermore, it…
Load-bearing backpack helps railway porters
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); People use backpacks everyday and Springwise has followed various innovations designed to make them smarter. From this connected backpack to a geofence system to keep belongings safe, innovations to help consumers on the go are proving ever more popular. Yet similar ideas can also be applied to help…
Prepaid card offers parents financial support
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Springwise have often featured innovations focused on helping people manage their finances. An app helps create investment portfolios, and this startup uses AI to offer loans to first-time buyers. Now another financial platform is focusing on giving financial support to new parents. Storkcard aims to help parents manage the…
How hospitals can use AI to fight medical device hacking
More about cybersecurity As more hospitals connect medical imaging equipment to the internet, the risk of malicious cyberattacks increases exponentially. To combat these threats and keep patients safe, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a solution that taps artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent attacks. Internet of things (IoT) devices have greatly benefited…
In Your Ear
Communications and marketing and computing in general is moving beyond the keyboard and text faster and faster. PC and laptop sales continue to decline EXCEPT for 2-in-1s (those laptops that fold into tablets) and hybrids (Microsoft Surface tablets, ipads with keyboards). What’s coming in their place? In the home, Amazon’s Echo platform (Alexa!) has audio…