Practicing minimalism doesn’t mean sacrificing style or comfort. In fact, there’s a movement toward tiny modular smart homes and its quickly becoming a worldwide phenomenon. From the solar-powered micro-home by Kodasema to the $139,000 stackable Kasita Home, smaller footprints provide greater flexibility – especially when it comes to location. You can easily buy property in Iceland and have a Koda home dropped in-between two picturesque mountains right outside of Reykjavik. Best part: if you’re concerned about reducing your carbon footprint, these energy-efficient abodes are equipped with a full arsenal of eco-friendly amenities.
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Stanford’s New 4D Camera Gives Robots, VR, and Cars Wider View
In 1996, two Stanford professors, Marc Levoy and Pat Hanrahan, published a paper about light field photography. Light field photography creates a 4D image by capturing a 2D view with data about the direction and distance of the light hitting the lens. Users can refocus their images after it’s taken because of that data about the light in the photo. An example of its benefit is that robots can refocus their vision when it’s raining or if something obscures their camera.
South Miami Makes Florida History: Solar Power Now Required on New Homes
South Miami becomes the first Florida city—and the only city outside of California—to require solar panels on homes. The law affects those building new homes and those renovating their current home.
Anti-Drone Radio Wave Startup SkySafe Raises $11.5 Million
Founded in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz backed today’s biggest technology companies: Facebook, Skype, Slack, Lyft, Twitter, and more. SkySafe and Andreessen Horowitz have a record of working well together. Jordan says, “They really understand the drone market and where it is headed. They see the need for these enforcement systems to really roll out commercial applications.”
New Rotational Keyboard Simplifies Smartwatch Texting
Walmart wants to make sure you’re happy when you’re shopping in their store. They’re developing facial recognition technology that detects unhappy or frustrated customers. The technology uses security cameras to watch customers’ facial expressions and movements while they’re at the checkout lines. From there, the technology will attempt to identify varying levels of dissatisfaction to make a decision.
Augmented Reality Headsets Will Replace Your Office Desk and Computer
Augmented reality (AR) is an exciting prospect of our near future. We are able to superimpose holographic images onto our world through lenses or headsets. The fun parts of augmented reality include watching entertainment in high definition, but right now there is a race to develop AR for the corporate world. A company named Meta is demonstrating that they are not afraid to compete with the likes of Microsoft and other tech titans to dominate this niche.
Walmart Creating Robots To Find Unhappy Customers At Checkout
Walmart wants to make sure you’re happy when you’re shopping in their store. They’re developing facial recognition technology that detects unhappy or frustrated customers. The technology uses security cameras to watch customers’ facial expressions and movements while they’re at the checkout lines. From there, the technology will attempt to identify varying levels of dissatisfaction to make a decision.
Cryptocurrency: What It Is, Its Mysterious History, and Its Uncertain Future
Bone Conduction Ring Turns Your Finger into a Smartphone
Equipped with noise-cancelling microphones, the Orii ring is not just a cool way to answer your phone – it allows you to talk in loud places while keeping your conversations private. It looks like you’re a member of the secret service even though you may just be talking to your Mom. As with most smart devices, they usually accompany an intuitive app that makes the technology all the more impressive. The Orii app is no exception. Users can set different colored LEDs depending upon the incoming notification or by an individual on your contact list.
At 179.3 mph, Drone Captures Guinness World Record
Already considered the NFL of drone racing, the DRL (Drone Racing League) is on a mission to bring its sport into the mainstream limelight. On the heels of the DRL raising $20 million from broadcasting network Sky and Formula 1’s Liberty Media Corp, the company has a serious shot at making professional drone racing a worldwide phenomenon. With the 2017 DRL season already underway as of June 20th, the DRL Techops team wanted to showcase the revolutionary technology that will someday become the future of drone racing.
