Initially, hair is white. It gets its natural color from a type of pigment called melanin. The formation of melanin begins before birth. The natural color of our hair depends upon the distribution, type and amount of melanin in the middle layer of the hair shaft or cortex.
Hair has only two types of pigments: dark (eumelanin) and light (phaeomelanin). They blend together to make up the wide range of hair colors.
Melanin is made up of specialized pigment cells called melanocytes. They posi...
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Eureka! Ranch - Innovation Think Tank & Training Company
It helps organizations innovate by filling their pipeline with exciting ideas improving their process to go faster and ship more training their people to think innovatively.
It helps organization ideate and execute new ideas for growth in less than 30 days. It process is complete with customer feedback, prototyping, ROI and feasibility scoping. It accelerates development of a new concept into test market using our in-house R&...
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Canopy Stairs – spiral staircase that attaches to any tree trunk
Canopy Stair is a clever spiral staircase that attaches to any tree trunk, helping you build a walkway right up to the top.
This modular stair system, created by designers Robert McIntyre and Thor ter Kulve, uses a series of ratchet straps to attach the cast aluminum frame, treads, and handrail to the outside of the tree trunk, letting you attach more as you go until you reach the desired height. The stairs will then stay sturdily in place until your adventure is don...
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DRUTEX – Smart Window
DRUTEX Smart Window is an interactive window that displays various types of media content. Apart from its standard functions, the company’s first smart window makes it possible to watch TV, browse the Internet, and use a capacitive panel.
https://youtu.be/ZAshLE7gWEg
The innovative multimedia product features an interactive window and a control unit used to control the device and interact with users via a number of interfaces. Its LCD matrix is enclosed in a glass pane, protecting the...
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OrionStar – Robotic Coffee Maker
OrionStar, a subsidiary of Chinese tech company Cheetah Mobile has launched a robot coffee maker. Humanoid robot barista that simulates master-level brewing techniques and guarantees a refined taste in every cup.
The robot, which can also prepare and serve tea, reportedly combines dual 6-axis robotic arms and 3,000 hours of AI learning.
Cheetah Mobile Inc is a Chinese mobile Internet company headquartered in Beijing. The creator of some of the most popular global mobile apps, it h...
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Robots helping during Covid 19
Robots have been deployed to help during Covid 19 for various purposes duing Covid 19.
ABB SCARA robots are being used to deliver high-precision performance as part of a new automated laboratory system being deployed in Singapore to help in the fight against COVID-19. The system, known as the Rapid Automated Volume Enhancer (RAVE) uses the robots to automate several of the laborious tasks involved in sample processing, enabling up to 2,000 samples to be prepared in a single day, around ...
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‘reMarkable’ – Tablet that replaces a paper notepad
A digital notebook that can replace paper and notepad.
reMarkable2 - The world's thinnest tablet. Organize your thoughts with the only tablet that feels like paper.
True paper feel. Weeks of battery. Paper-like sketching. No distractions. Annotate directly. No lag whatsoever. Readable in sunlight.
reMarkable 2 is0.19 in / 4.7 mm reMarkable 2 is 30% thinner than reMarkable 1. reMarkable 2 features the second-generation CANVAS display, which reduces the writing latency to just 21 ms.
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Shimao Wonderland InterContinental- China’s underwater hotel
Shimao Wonderland InterContinental hotel Built into the side of a quarry in the Sheshan Mountain Range, the hotel has 336 rooms on 18 floors.
Built into8 an abandoned quarry about 20 miles from Shanghai, the hotel includes two underwater floors and a green rooftop that blends into the surrounding countryside.
The unique design takes advantage of the location and natural elements such as the rocky cliffs, waterfalls, and surrounding hills. A glass waterfall atrium pour...
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PERI – 3D-printed residential building in Germany
3D construction printer can be used to create concrete structures in a quick and cost-effective manner, and with a significant degree of design flexibility - without the need for formwork. This makes the procedure an ideal alternative to brick construction.
PERI builds the first 3D-printed apartment building in Germany
Building consisting of 5 apartments across 3 floors with approx. 380 square metres of living space constructed using a 3D construction printerThe largest printed apartment...
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GraphCore – Intelligence Processing Unit – new era of machine intelligence.
IPU is a parallel processor to accelerate machine intelligence inside the processor.
Graphcore's "Intelligence processing unit" (IPU) aims to do for AI what the graphics processing unit did for computing.
Graphcore first chip, called the Colossus GC2, was a "16 nm massively parallel, mixed-precision floating point processor",packaged with two chips on a single PCI Express card called the Graphcore C2 IPU, it is stated to perform the same role as a GPU in conjunction with standard machine ...
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TechTogether Seattle 2021 – Jan 22nd
TechTogether Seattle 2021 theme Always Together, Never Apart represents the ability for technology to bring us closer together despite being physically far apart.
On the weekend of our hackathon, you'll be able to collaborate with other hackers and come together to build impactful projects. Always Together, Never Apart is all about uplifting each other through a supportive environment despite being hundreds or thousands of miles apart.
Why attend TechTogether Seattle?
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STEM Genius® Winter Youth Conference
Annual STEM Genius Winter Youth Conference!
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). seven brand new programs added to our robust collection of STEM programming.
Join this virtual conference featuring programming for middle school students in the morning and high school students in the afternoon.
...and keep an eye out for when we can all safely meet in our new location in the heart of the city on a beautiful 53 acre campus encompassing 10 offices and 40 engineering d...
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AWS DeepRacer Championship Cup
AWS DeepRacer is an autonomous 1/18th scale race car designed to test RL models by racing on a physical track. Using cameras to view the track and a reinforcement model to control throttle and steering, the car shows how a model trained in a simulated environment can be transferred to real-world.
AWS DeepRacer League at re:Invent 2020Race at AWS re:Invent online via the DeepRacer console.
https://youtu.be/9isd_KeuAvM
Developers of all skill levels can join the AWS DeepRacer League to...
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NASA Artemis Program
Artemis program is a U.S. government-funded international human spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.
NASA is leading the program, but expects international partnerships to play a key role in advancing Artemis as the next step towards the long-term goal of establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon, laying the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy, and eve...
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NASA intern opportunity
NASA internships and fellowships leverage NASA’s unique missions and programs to enhance and increase the capability, diversity and size of the nation’s future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Internships are available from high school to graduate level. Internships provide students with the opportunity to participate in either research or other experiential learning, under the guidance of a mentor at NASA.
https://youtu.be/WeA7edXsU40
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Millisecond technology -pasteurization technique can double the shelf life of milk
MST is a new patented pasteurization technique. Employing a unique combination of low heat and low pressure it achieves a highly efficient reduction of microorganisms in liquid products and is applicable both to liquid foods and pharmaceutical products and substances.
MST preserves nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and protein, while maintaining the natural flavor of the product being processed.
HOW MST WORKS
The MST process suppresses or eliminates microorganisms’ vital functions...
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‘Apeel’ – edible coating to increase the shelf life of fruits & vegetables.
Apeel uses materials that exist in the peels, seeds, and pulp of all fruits and vegetables to create a protective extra peel that seals moisture in and keeps oxygen out. That means our produce stays fresh, nutritious, and delicious twice as long.
It also means less produce goes to waste throughout the supply chain—from grower to retailer to consumers at home.
According to Apeel - Every piece of produce is a living, breathing thing, [and] it needs its own optimized little microclimate in ...
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‘Boarding Glasses’ -Motion Sickness Prevention Glasses
Eyeglasses designed to prevent motion sickness.
They claim to create a false horizon with liquid-filled tubes in the rims of the glasses, or with strobing lights embedded in the lenses.
The glasses don't have lenses, so anyone can wear them and even wear them outside the regular glasses.
Motion sickness, or kinetosis, occurs when there is sensory conflict between our visual and vestibular systems.
This mismatch in sensory information may result in an array of symptoms ranging from...
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KFC – Game Console with 4k, 240fps & Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Compute Element
KFC has launched a new gaming console called 'KFConsole'. It has built this in partnership with hardware manufacturer Cooler Master.
It has number of key features;
- First-of-its-kind hot-swappable GPU slot
- Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Compute Element
-Asus-powered graphics
-Performance of PCIe NVMe speeds that are 6× faster
-Two Seagate® BarraCuda® 1TB SSD
-VR READY - Virtual Reality out of box
-RAY TRACING -Rays of light individually simulated creating true to lif...
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MUSE – is a multi-sensor meditation device that provides real-time feedback on your brain activity, heartbeat, breathing, and movement to improve focus.
Muse is a brain-sensing headband that helps you refocus during the day and recover overnight.
EEG-powered sleep tracking insights including sleep stage visualization, sleep position tracking, and a personalized sleep efficiency score.
Muse S helps you understand and track how well you focus, sleep, and recharge so you can refocus during the day and recover each night.
Muse connects to your mobile device via Bluetooth. Once connected, simply start the Muse Meditation app, put on you...
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Apollo Neuro – wearable wellness device for stress management that uses gentle vibrations to help the body destress naturally.
Wearable wellness device for stress management that uses gentle vibrations to help the body destress naturally.
Apollo Neuroscience is a wearable that uses low-frequency inaudible sound waves (vibrations) to help reduce stress, speed up recovery, and positively influence your nervous system by changing your heart rate variability (HRV).
Apollo was developed by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh.
Apollo is a wearable wellness device that uses gentle vibrations to he...
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‘Eat Just’ – Develops Plant-based alternatives and Lab Grown Meat
'Eat Just' is a food technology company, and it believe everyone deserves to eat well.
'JUST EGG' - Tastes like eggs.
Plant Based with similar flavor, texture and color to chicken eggs.
JUST Egg is made from mung beans, which contain a protein that tastes and scrambles like eggs. The mung bean is a protein-rich legume that has been cultivated around the world for thousands of years and is a staple in many global cuisines.
Cholesterol-free, antibiotic-free, and always non-GMO. T...
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Apex Game Tools – delivering next-generation artificial intelligence tools for games within all genres.
Apex Game Tools develops software components for pathfinding, AI, and utility functions.
Apex Game Tools creates artificial intelligence solutions and tools for a variety of game genres. In addition to working with other research institutions and universities to enhance AI, Apex does its own research in machine learning, algorithms and cybernetics.
Apex's many products include Utility AI, a scoring-based framework for computer games. Utility AI provides multiple decisions, scores each...
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Facetune by Lightricks – real-time photo and video editing apps that creates top-quality media content
Facetune2 by Lightricks top-quality videos for your business with our easy-to-use video maker. Start with easy-to-use templates and make high-end promotional videos for your brand. See edits in real time. Easy resizing for social. Make videos from photos. Videos that get results.
Facetune 2. More than just a retouching app – instantly add glam to every one of your portraits. Enlight Photofox. Create amazing digital art from photos & images with this artistic juggernaut.
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‘WSC Sports’ platform generates personalized sports videos for digital platform automatically in real-time using AI
WSC Sports' AI driven platform analyzes live sports broadcasts, identifies each and every event that occurs in the game, creates customized short-form video.
WSC Sports Technologies provides an innovative workflow automation solution for sports media-right owners, from ingestion of live content to distribution
Originally envisioning as a coaching tool for basketball, and then a platform to give sports fans control of their viewing experience
At its core, the technology itself was built...
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Fudan University in Shanghai, China – COVID-19 diagnosis using machine-learning model based on ocular surface features
The standard practices for screening patients with COVID-19 are the CT imaging or RT-PCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) for testing viral nucleic acid, which is expensive and in need of professional equipment and waiting time.
Fudan University in Shanghai, China has suggested a method that have shown that the COVID-19 patients are usually accompanied by ocular manifestations and constructed a machine-learning model based on ocular surface features and proposed a new screening method ...
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Vessel Health home wellness tracker
Vessel in-home wellness tracker that instantly and accurately uncovers what your body really needs.
Nutrition coach in your pocket.
With Vessel, users can test 10 different health metrics in less than 10 minutes
Today's technology provides people with unprecedented data on their bodies, with many people relying on devices that help to track sleep, steps, and recovery, among other wellness indicators. Vessel represents the continuation of this trend, tracking what's going on inside you...
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GutBiome – Analyzes microorganisms in your gut and provide you with a full probiotics profile.
GutBiome+ is an excellent tool for those interested in improving their digestive health and overall well-being. When you provide a stool sample for the gut health test, we use whole metagenome sequencing to:
Analyze the microorganisms in your gutTell you about your microbe profile, metabolism, nutrition utility, lifestyle status, and gut typeProvide you with a full probiotics profileOffer custom dietary suggestions to implement based on your metabolism and microbiome
Your health is he...
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Hapbee – for happiness, relaxation, focus. Using low-energy magnetic fields, it mimics signals that your brain already understands.
Hapbee smart health connected headband is able to instantly make you feel the emotions you desire.
Hapbee is powered by patented ultra-low radio frequency energy (ulRFE®) technology invented by EMulate Therapeutics, Inc., a technology company based in Seattle, WA.
Hapbee - for happiness, relaxation, focus. Using low-energy magnetic fields, it mimics signals that your brain already understands.
Hapbee imagines a world where every human can unleash thepotential they're born with — the p...
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IONS – Institute of Noetic Sciences. Explaining phenomena not previously understood using science.
Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), leverages science to explain phenomena not previously understood, harnessing the best of the rational mind to make advances that further our knowledge and enhance our human experience.
As scientists focused on what are common but not often understood phenomena, they are also aware of the vast historical records of wisdom practices that also speak to the mysteries and possibilities which allow us to access more of our human capacities.
At IONS, scienti...
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