Technology

Is Climate Tech Startup Carbo Culture Another Nordic Hype?

22Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Is Climate Tech Startup Carbo Culture Another Nordic Hype?

Is Carbo Culture another white climate tech startup with high ambitions about carbon removal helping enterprises meet their Net Zero goals? Come to think of environmental activism, the Nordic is a leader in marketing their environmental solutions. In this context, is Carbo Culture a Nordic-American climate tech startup, a net-zero, or more? Is it another aspirational Nordic startup leaning on climate concerns to absorb the clean funds allocated for climate tech startups? Before we evaluate anything, we got to understand the premises of the subject. Let's start with the premises of Nordic-American climate tech startup Carbo Culture, which aims at carbon removal. Carbo Culture aims to help global enterprises meet their Net Zero goals. Now, you are intrigued about what is a Net Zero goal? ...

Donate your Allotted Ransomware with Digital Shadows SearchLight™

21Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

Donate your Allotted Ransomware with Digital Shadows SearchLight™

Think of Pegasus, and it blows off your mind. Not to forget, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware; sends chills down the spine. Enter Digital Shadows Ltd, an ambitious cybersecurity enterprise, to deflect a ransomware storm, signal a business if its critical data is traded in the dark web market, or just build a lighthouse to warn against the pirates of impersonation. Digital Shadows SearchLight™ is a digital security service provider that monitors a business slipping into a sinkhole planned by ransom mongers; helps minimize risks such as detecting and preventing potential data loss, securing brand reputation, and reducing the attack surface. In its newest development, Digital Shadows SearchLight™ looks at the rising case of impersonating domains. The company has learned from its client data...

Custom Google Meet Virtual Background for iOS Users

19Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

Custom Google Meet Virtual Background for iOS Users

iOS users can now enjoy a personalized background for their meetings on Google Meet, thanks to the new update. Google revealed that video conferencing tool users can now edit/update backgrounds in Google Meet on iOS. iPhone or iPad users can now select from images recommended by Google, such as office spaces, landscapes, and abstract backgrounds. They may also upload their own background to use during meetings. Google Meet Virtual Background Professionals working from home would originally feel embarrassed to have an unkempt background during meetings. It wouldn't be feasible always to keep things tidy in a house full of kids. The Google Meet Virtual background is a great respite. iOS users can now use a custom Google Meet background and avoid embarrassment. Using Google Meet Virtual B...

Breakthrough Speech Neuroprosthesis Helps Man with Speech Paralysis

17Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Tech for Good, Technology, United States

Breakthrough Speech Neuroprosthesis Helps Man with Speech Paralysis

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a breakthrough in reinstation voice in a paralyzed person. The new technique is called "speech neuroprosthesis" that on trial enabled a man who has speech paralysis to communicate in sentences effectively. The Speech Neuroprosthesis is an implant that translates brain signals to the vocal tract into words that write on a screen. The Speech Neuroprosthesis is a commendable achievement of efforts harnessed over a decade by UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD. The technology has been approved through a successful clinical trial helping a man with speech paralysis, unable to speak independently, now express on a digital screen via the brain transplant. Research has appeared on July 14, 2021, on the UCSF website ...

AI Voice Generator to Voice Cloning to Deep Fake Voice Technology

15Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

AI Voice Generator to Voice Cloning to Deep Fake Voice Technology

The voice cloning market leveraging deep fake voice technology is predicted growth at 17.2% CAGR during the forecast period of 2021-2026. Synthetic voice cloning technology is the computerized generation of one's voice using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). While this deep fake voice technology aids humans suffering degenerative voice conditions, humanizes voice assistants, and makes the interactive content creation industry far from boring, it is prone to abuse and the rise of deep fake voice technology plagued by spammers, scammers, hackers, and all that conspiracy theorists regulating global porn and political affairs. Voice Cloning Market Prediction Mordor Intelligence predicts a significant growth of the deep fake voice technology or voice cloning market across...

Billionaires Fund Lithium Extraction to Sustainable Battery Technology

10Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

Billionaires Fund Lithium Extraction to Sustainable Battery Technology

"The global electric vehicle market size is projected to grow from 4,093 thousand units in 2021 to 34,756 thousand units by 2030, at a CAGR of 26.8%." Source. Growing demand for low emission commuting and tax subsidies for long-range, zero-emission vehicles have spurred manufacturers to go aggressive about lithium mining to produce electric cars and renewable energy. Backed by market research, as of January 2010, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated the world's total economically extractable lithium reserves at 9.9×109 kg and potentially economic lithium reserves at 2.55 × 1010 kg, mostly available in the salars of Bolivia and Chile. However, in the U.S., Lithium Americas Corp (NYSE: LAC) got workers digging the clay at Thacker Pass in Nevada. Extracting lithium from seawat...

Composting AR/ VR/ XR, Metaverse is Coming After You!

8Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Crypto & NFT, Technology

Composting AR/ VR/ XR, Metaverse is Coming After You!

2021 has little room for coincidences and chances; it is the opening of deliberate moves, and so that holiday offer is deliberate; it is a digital algorithm that mirrors your thinking—summarily, the Metaverse. The prefix "meta" means "beyond," and "verse" a backformation of "universe." According to Epyllionco Managing Partner Matthew Ball, Metaverse is "the convergence of online gaming, virtual reality, augmented reality, user generating content and social networking." Think of this Metaverse or AR/VR/XR technology as the quasi successor to mobile Internet. In the 90s, our mobile Internet today sprang to life how the technology is leading today. In AR/VR/XR technology, the iteration will take place in vast blobs of virtual worlds or virtual simulations, unlike mobile Internet, which suf...

Spot the Missing Spider on the New Web of Science™

7Jul

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

Spot the Missing Spider on the New Web of Science™

On July 7, 2021, Clarivate (NYSE: CLVT) announced enhancements to its Web of Science™ solution for global researchers. The Web of Science™ is positioned as a trusted publisher-independent global citation database helping the research community track ideas across disciplines and time from almost 1.9 billion cited references from over 171 million records. The solution is guided by the legacy of Dr. Eugene Garfield, inventor of the world's first citation index; a powerful research engine, the new version of the Web of Science simplifies how world-class data and analytics are indexed, accessed, and used via improved UI experience. The enhancements are expected to help the research community. Clarivate's Enhanced Web of Science™ Technology Web of Science™ Beamplot A new visualization tool o...

Non-Fungible Token or NFT for the Creator Economy

5Jul

By Manaswini TripathyNo Comments

Crypto & NFT, Technology

Non-Fungible Token or NFT for the Creator Economy

A Non-Fungible Token or NFT erupted in 2021, with virtual currency enthusiasts and traders scrambling to get a piece of the action. NFTs first came into existence in 2015, with the first few projects launching in 2017. Unique items, such as collectibles are sold online using NFTs. Because each piece is one-of-a-kind and cannot be duplicated, NFTs create exclusivity, making them attractive to collectors, artists, and other vendors. Several musicians and multimedia artists have recently explored the NFT sector to sell their creations as collectibles or art. WazirX, a cryptocurrency exchange in India, has officially launched India's first NFT platform. Notable NFT Transactions New billionaires have emerged due to the bitcoin boom, and they are exploring other cryptocurrencies to invest th...

AirCar Flying Car is not the First! It is PAL-V Liberty!

30Jun

By Linda AshokNo Comments

Technology

AirCar Flying Car is not the First! It is PAL-V Liberty!

Not the first-ever, but the news is that on June 28, 2021, Klein Vision's patent-protected AirCar completed its 142nd successful landing in Bratislava, Slovakia, at 6:05 AM. AirCar executive informed that the dual-mode car-aircraft completed a 35-minute flight from Nitra international airport to Bratislava in a major milestone. The investor of AirCar, Professor Stefan Klein and co-founder, Anton Zajac, took the test flight, and on landing, it converted into a sports car. "The automated transition from road vehicle into an air vehicle and vice versa, deploying/retracting wings and tail is not only the result of pioneering enthusiasm, innovative spirit and courage; it is an outcome of excellent engineering and professional knowledge," said Dr. Branko Sarh, Boeing Co. Senior, Technical Fellow...