Month: March 2019

Dutch startup uses AI to quickly and more accurately value property

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Dutch startup GeoPhy uses artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly and more objectively value property. Algorithms calculate values based on thousands of bits of information. The data comes from public and private sources, including satellite imagery, millions of property records — looking at sales history and also links between…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 5, 2019 Off

South Korea uses robots to build robot museum

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By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 5, 2019 Off

UK startup uses smart lights to grow more nutritious and tastier herbs

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: London startup (IoT Stars) is using machine learning and smart LED lighting to help anyone produce high quality microgreens. Crop IQ is a kitchen countertop device that uses smart LED lighting to help people fine-tune flavours. It works with an app. Imagine you want hot basil. You select this from the…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 4, 2019 Off

Communication apps help prisoners stay in touch with family and friends

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: A new generation of smartphone apps are challenging traditional communication services in US jails. Three apps designed by former prisoners seek to provide better, less expensive services to the 2.3 million people currently incarcerated. The apps are similar to Instagram and other popular smartphone programs. But these…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 1, 2019 Off

UK bank card miaows when you make a purchase

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: UK-based fintech ANNA has launched a bank card that miaows when you make a contactless payment. London design agency PSK came up with the design. Some three hundred cats auditioned for the role. In the end, the designers chose a cat named Pickles. The miaow, according to the company, serves as…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com March 1, 2019 Off