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Industrial

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Dry cleaning from the comfort of your own closet
Samsung's Airdresser is a clothes steaming closet that saves you trips to the dry cleaner. Their latest smart home tech puts a steamer in your closet to effortlessly straighten your clothes. It is a closet within your closet that refreshens your clothes after you hang them up. It eliminates the process of having to wash your clothes, wait for it to dry and/or iron them, as it does it all at once in the convenience of your own home. https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-airdresser-is-a-closet-for-rich-people-and-were-obsessed/
10 September 2019 by Shaina Barrag...

Dining

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New research has found ways to tell if your food is really grain free
Tests in the past have been able to detect if gluten is present in a food, but now with advanced detection kits, CSIRO have found
3 September 2019 by Shaina Barrag...

AI

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New self-driving scooter
The KickScooter T60 is a new self-driving scooter that was introduced in China to drive itself to a charging station. Most countries are falling behind with the new technology, having to gather their scooters around the town every night for them to be charged. However, this new idea prevents all that work as it uses AI to navigate its way back to the charging stations without a person. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/16/20809002/segway-ninebot-electric-scooter-self-driving-uber-lyft-charging-station
26 August 2019 by Shaina Barrag...

Wellbeing

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Attaching Fitbits to Port Jackson Sharks to observe their behaviour
A group of scientists has just discovered how modern technology can be used to study sharks out in the open. The researchers wanted to gain an understanding of shark behaviour and their whereabouts in order to reduce the amount and risk of human-shark interactions. Now, Macquarie scientist Julianna Kadar has just found the best method of using tagging technology to do just that. The researchers gathered Port Jackson sharks from the wild and attached a Fitbit like device ? acoustic accelerometers ? on the sharks to monitor their movements. The data collected by this new technology has since confirmed new information about the breed. https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/august-2019/fitbits-throw-light-on-secret-lives-of-sharks
19 August 2019 by Shaina Barrag...

Startup

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An app that allows you to read books in the blink of an eye
Has there ever been a book you have always wanted to read and learn from but didn?t have the time to read? Blinkist is an innovative app that solves that problem. It provides the key ideas and concepts from non-fiction books to you in the form of text and audio. They have experts who read books, who then create a 10-15-minute review of the book containing summaries, key insights and points. The tech company has already provided summaries of over 2,500 best-selling books, creating shorter version ?blinks? for you to read or listen to them within minutes. https://www.blinkist.com/magazine/posts/meet-app-transformed-reading-1-5-million-people
16 August 2019 by Shaina Barrag...

AI

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Fighting motion sickness using AI
ZF, a German supplier of car parts is working on advanced technology that will make someone less likely to feel sick on long journeys. Rather than curing the motion sickness, the purpose is teaching your car how to drive and avoid it. By analysing the correlation between motion sickness and the dynamics of the moving vehicle, the technology is intended to also store preferred driving styles of each passenger in order to prevent any triggers to feeling sick. ZF is wanting to reduce the feeling of motion sickness and discomfort ? including dizziness, headaches and nausea. https://www.just-auto.com/news/zf-teams-with-scientists-to-combat-motion-sickness_id190113.aspx
16 August 2019 by Shaina Barrag...