These Researchers Want to Make a 3D Map of the Entire Planet As we all know, our planet is going through a noticeable climate change these days with environmental calamities taking place every other day. Keeping this inevitable change in mind, two researchers named Chris Fisher and Steve Leisz have taken a nonprofit initiative called “The Earth Archive” to preserve a record of our planet as it is envisioned today....

This App Lets You Build Powerful iOS Apps on Your iPad with No Code Are you highly enthusiastic about building iOS apps but lack hardware resources to do so or lack relevant coding skills to develop a powerful app? Worry not, there exists an iPad app named Kodika that lets youbuild iOS apps with simple drag and drop actions. The app lets you create a responsive iOS app by dragging and dropping almost everything including images, buttons, and even lists....

This Band Lets You Generate T-Shirts Based on Your Spotify Listening Habits English rock band Bring Me the Horizon has unveiled its new merch store earlier this week. While having a dedicated merchandise store has become common these days for influencers and musicians, there is a difference in this merch store. The t-shirt available in this store isdesigned based on your Spotify listening habits. The band has named the website “amo in colour”, a reference to the band’s latest album amo....

This New Robot Can Solve a Rubik’s Cube with Just One Hand OpenAI has come up with a new robot capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube with a single hand. The AI-based company trained neural networks in simulation using reinforcement learning to make this achievement possible. The company has been working on this project since May 2017 and has now achieved its goal marking this as a milestone towards its progress in the field of AI....

This Pub Uses AI to Make Digital Queues Using Facial Recognition As an attempt to efficiently manage queues, a pub in London has implemented AI for allotting turns to people. This way, the pub aims to reduce unruly behavior that might happen when impatient people tend to break the line for getting a quick drink. The AI system implemented in the pub usesfacial recognition technologyto make this possible. The bar has a large TV screen that shows a live feed denoting the person’s position and estimated wait time to place an order....

This Smart Trash Can Disposes Waste for You Do you hate taking out the trash at home? Well, meet SmartCan, a motorized garbage can that will do the all of that for you. SmartCanis an innovative approach developed by a Massachusetts-based startup Rezzi. The company recently won theProtolabs’ Cool Idea Awardfor its futuristic idea and methodology. “We want to help people eliminate unnecessary chores from their daily lives. We see an opportunity to take IoT beyond just turning off lights or turning on music, and really help alleviate the burden of the mundane physical tasks that everyone faces....

This Smart Walking Stick Helps Blind People Move Around Efficiently To make the lives of blind people better, a company named YGA has developed a smart walking stick that it calls WeWalk Smart Cane. The product attaches itself to a normal cane and expands its accessibility features. The smart cane provides users with warnings regarding obstacles found at their body and face levels, thanks to itsobstacle detectionfeature made possible by ultrasonic sensors equipped in the device....