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Feb 24, 2021 · 10 Breakthrough Technologies. GPT-3. Large natural-language computer models that learn to write and speak are a big step toward AI that can better understand and interact with the world. GPT-3...
- Lithium-Metal Battery Works
Exxon’s new management decided to shed any business line...
- Where computing might go next
Margaret O’Mara. October 27, 2021. If the future of...
- Lithium-Metal Battery Works
Top 10 Emerging Technologies. From breath sensors that can diagnose disease to wireless charging of low-powered devices, this year’s list of top emerging technologies is packed with inspiring advances related to the environment, health, infrastructure and connectivity.
1. Process automation and virtualization. Around half of all existing work activities could be automated in the next few decades, as next-level process automation and virtualization become more commonplace. “By 2025, more than 50 billion devices will be connected to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT),” McKinsey predicts.
- Gadgets
- Grand Award Winner: A Gym and Personal Trainer in An End Table
- Lush Lashes, Thanks to Magnets
- Banish Pesky Flyaways in A Single Pass
- The Most Discreet Period Tracker
- A Sex Toy That Learns What You Like
- Plant-Based Braiding Hair
- The First Fda-Cleared, Direct-To-Consumer Hearing Aids
- A Nasa-Backed Skincare System
- A Fitness Tracker You’Ll Never Take Off
Inmany ways, 2021 came with a question mark. The year began with an all-remote Consumer Electronics Show, an event that offered scaled-back product lines with nebulous shipping dates. Despite all that uncertainty, 2021 turned out to be an important year for gadgets, largely thanks to the big players absorbing some of the chip shortage impacts. Two ...
Sound familiar? In 2019, we awarded Mirror for ushering in a new era of at-home fitness, with its luxe, reflective workout screen and the promise of personal training via its built-in camera. In 2020, we spotlighted the Tempo Studiomirror-and-weights system for fulfilling that potential first—providing targeted, AI-driven strength training for folk...
Many mascaras promise to lengthen lashes with the help of buildable dark goop, and eyelash curlers aim to shape those hairs by physically crimping them upright. They’re Real! Magnet Extreme Lengthening Mascara does both—with the power of physics. A magnet-embedded wand swipes iron-oxide-rich pigment along lashes, tapping a mechanism called ferromag...
When the engineers behind Dyson’s Supersonic hair dryer arrived at a photoshoot in 2018, they thought they were in big trouble. The model’s hair was damaged and frizzy. A stylist on set, though, gave them an idea: He held the model’s hair taught with a brush while blowing the nozzle of the blowdryer downward just so, and her flyaways slipped beneat...
While the Oura Ring Generation 3 offers a fairly standard raft of health monitoring features—from sleep tracking to activity logging—it represents a significant improvement in reproductive health. It monitors fluctuations in body heat to predict when users will start menstruating, up to 30 days in advance. Based on the well-established connection b...
Deciphering personal pleasure can take lots of trial and error. The Lioness Vibrator 2.0 offers a potential shortcut. The toy includes onboard temperature and force sensors, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope that all work together to track pelvic floor contractions—one of the most-accurate indicators of orgasm across sexes and genders. The device a...
Natural hair can benefit from protective styling—the braids, twists, and other looks that tuck fragile ends away from cold winds, UV rays, friction, and other irritants that can cause breakage. For many, adding extensions to the mix is a crucial way to get length while keeping hair healthy. But human hair is expensive and can come from suspicious s...
Traditional hearing aids cost thousands and require multiple trips to audiologists for fittings and follow-ups. That’s a problem worth solving: According to the World Health Organization, some 630 million people will experience hearing loss by 2030, and that number will hit 900 million by 2050. This year, Bose released the first direct-to-consumer ...
On its face, Droplette is simply an excellent addition to a skincare obsessive’s cosmetic regimen: Designed by MIT-trained female scientists, the Star Trek-esque device turns pods of treatments like collagen and retinol into a super-fine mist to help skin absorb the ingredients more quickly. Droplets 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair...
The WHOOP is already a standout in the super-saturated world of fitness wearables thanks to its focus on recovery—a metric that taps sleep quality, athletic strain, and heart rate variability to identify a user’s ideal workout and rest days. The WHOOP 4.0 cements the company’s commitment to being a health-and-wellness conscience by making the devic...
Jan 11, 2021 · Many of the these, including prices, will be announced in the coming days - but we already know there are new models from LG, HP and Samsung, among many others. It's a good time to be in the ...
Jan 21, 2021 · The most exciting new laptop tech coming in 2021 | Popular Science. AMD and Intel have new chips that will make for more powerful portable machines. By Stan Horaczek | Published Jan 20, 2021...
