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Listen to the story {Play} GelSight sensors is a new technology for the next generation robots that have been developed at MIT. It uses physical contact with objects to provide a detailed 3D map of its surface. Thereby it can determine what the object is. By putting the GelSight sensor …
Listen to the story {Play} It can feel quite strange to use a digital medium in everyday life. These concepts have been explored in well-known movies such as Source Code, Blade Runner, Her, etc. Smartphones have also become widely used in everyday life and in 2019 there were 2.5 billion …
Listen to the story {Play} A new report about the Swedish book market 2021 shows that book sales continually increasing in Sweden. Where the year 2021 was the best year ever with 5 billion SEK in total sales (approximately €500 million), in 2016 the total sales were 4 billion SEK. …
Listen to the story {Play} A portfolio is a collection of work that you’ve created that shows your skills in a certain area, like painting, photography, or UX design. What’s the purpose of your UX design portfolio? It’s important to understand exactly what your portfolio should achieve. What information should …
Listen to the story {Play} Here follow three research reports from the field of cognitive science and neuroscience of how culture and language affect skills. Thoughts without language? Research from CEA-Inserm-Université Paris Sud-Collège de France shows that there is a network of brain regions involved in advanced mathematics and also …
Listen to the story {Play} Deepfake crime is a real and present danger for businesses. Last year, it cost one bank alone $35 million in a single scam, yet many businesses are still ignoring the risks, partly thanks to a lack of cyber security skills at leadership level. With Deepfake technology …
Listen to the story {Play} If you have figured out an effective way to manage your company’s big data, then make way for some serious innovation. But be warned, trying to big data effectively can be problematic. Often large and complex data sets are difficult (at the best of times) …
Listen to the story {Play} In Carol Dweck’s seminal paper about the growth mindset, she suggested that people with such mindset can perform better and achieve significant outcomes, compared with those with a fixed mindset. “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through …
Listen to the story {Play} A research team from MIT has developed a method to help people better understand when to trust an AI teammate, e.g. when diagnosing medical conditions. The method is based on an onboarding technique that guides humans to develop a more accurate understanding of the AI’s …
Listen to the story {Play} Are you thinking of enhancing the accessibility of your mobile application or like to create one for the target audience? If yes, then you should be aware of the mobile app UI-UX design trends that will skyrocket in 2022. It’s 2022 which is another year …
