Month: March 2019

AI tool assesses a job applicant’s work style in seconds

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: German startup Bunch has created an automated way to assess a job applicant’s work style. Called Emma, the Chrome extension is used with LinkedIn to scan profile language, posts and recommendations, as well as dozens of other indicators that reveal behaviour. The algorithm, which is powered by…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 12, 2019 Off

British artist builds phone booth to call Europe before Brexit

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: British artist Joe Sweeney wants people to pick up the phone and call Europe before the UK leaves the EU. His project, ‘+44 Leave a message for Europe’, is an interactive digital installation. It invites people to record a message online to the EU or register their…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 11, 2019 Off

Company gets girls to school in Africa by making an affordable, eco-sanitary pad

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Eco-Sanitary Trading, a company in Namibia, has introduced an affordable sanitary pad for women. Naomi Kefas, the managing director of the company, said the company created the product after realising that underprivileged girls missed school each month because they couldn’t afford pads. While visiting the city of Rundu,…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 11, 2019 Off

Hospital pulls moisture from the air to get clean water

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); A hospital in Jamaica has installed a system by Zero Mass Water that pulls moisture from the air to create drinkable water. The system is eco-friendly, using solar powered “hydropanels”, and eliminates plastic water bottles. The hydro panel is composed of a normal solar panel with two hydropanels…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 8, 2019 Off

Mapping software locates cereal on a shelf in a shop

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Israeli startup Oriient has created mapping software to help people find their way through buildings. Like GPS — only for indoor use — the Add-on app makes it easier for people to navigate shops, malls, hospitals or really any building. The Add-on is sold to app developers…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 8, 2019 Off