Why The Hell Do Test Cars Have Those Weird Looking Wraps

Whenever a new model hits the road for testing, car nerds are always keen to get a first look. But as much as you might want to, automakers sure don’t want you to see everything. It’s common practice for car companies to use a type of “camouflage” when they’re testing pre-production vehicles. Credit: Chris Doane Automotive Three simple reasons why Firstly, secrecy is a key marketing strategy. Covering a new model with camo and mystery only increases the anticipation and curiosity of potential buyers....

December 12, 2022 · 3 min · 449 words · Susan Prospero

Why Trump S Push To Ban Wechat Would Be Hard On The Chinese Diaspora

Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 6 placing the Chinese-owned app in the firing line, claiming it was a “threat” to US national security. The order propelled the US Department of Commerce into action to propose banning WeChat from US app stores and prohibit money transfers using the app. This move was met with dismay by many Chinese Americans, who rely on the app as a source of both news and connection with family and friends in China....

December 12, 2022 · 5 min · 866 words · Natasha Tabor

Why Your Workplace Sucks At Internal Communication

For a PR nerd, it is a silver bullet that helps you improve everything about a company. If you are an HR specialist, it is something that reduces the workload. And for management, it is often a tick in a checklist: something that needs to be done to look like a professional and a successful company. The thing is, they are all correct answers. Internal communication is a wide field that has the potential to solve many problems a company faces....

December 12, 2022 · 4 min · 728 words · Louis Iman

Yes You Can Actually Buy This Badass Electric Batmobile

Led by architect and artist Nguyen Dac Chung, the Vietnam-based Macro Studios used blueprints from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy to faithfully recreate the movie’s Tumbler vehicle. The result? A replica that’s the spitting image of Batman’s iconic beast. But that’s not all, it also comes with an eco-friendly twist: it’s electric. Without further ado, I present to you the Dark Green Knight: And to get a full picture, here are both the Tumbler and the e-Tumbler: Weighing just 600kg, the electric Tumbler features the same tubular steel chassis as the original, but replaces its bulky metal bodywork with lightweight panels made of ABS plastic, carbon fiber, and composite....

December 12, 2022 · 2 min · 309 words · Gloria Mitchell

Your Future Home Wants To Read Your Mood

A tech setting for every mood Inhalio, with just a quick verbal cue, can release scents that correlate with your mood, whether you’re feeling bright, cheerful, angsty, or drowsy. Philips Hue lights have pre-programmed scenes like ‘relax’ or ‘focus’ that sync directly with televisions and other entertainment systems to provide pulsing, complementary lighting. This trend of setting the lighting stage even extends into the automotive space via mood lighting systems. Kia’s EV6 offers ambient lighting that drivers can customize manually based on how they’re feeling....

December 12, 2022 · 4 min · 780 words · John Fala

Youtube Finally Adds Built In Timestamps With Chapters

— YouTube (@YouTube) May 28, 2020 Creators don’t need to use any special tools to create chapters; they can simply write the relevant timestamps in the video’s description. That said, videos must have at least three chapters of 10 seconds or longer, and the first chapter has to start at 0:00 for the feature to work. YouTube has been testing this feature for a while now, so you might’ve already seen it here and there, but it’s nice to see it roll out more widely....

December 12, 2022 · 1 min · 98 words · Kathryn Wheelock

10 Tips To Help Your Business Communicate During The Coronavirus Crisis

Here are 10 things to keep in mind when assembling your organization’s COVID-19 plans: Form a COVID-19 task force and command room Establish a team from different functions to assess your organization’s coronavirus needs and risks. The team should include representatives from your key functions, including supply chain, human resources, communications, operations, sales, legal, health, safety and environment (HSE), and more. Determine the task force’s command and decision-making structure. For key decisions, who is the ultimate authority and who needs to be informed?...

December 11, 2022 · 8 min · 1630 words · Heather Daniel

14 Ways To Clarify Project Scope With Your Programming Team

To help leaders better communicate expectations and goals, we asked a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council members the following question: What is your preferred method for making sure your programming team is clear about the scope of a project and what needs to be done? Their best answers are below: Get them involved from the start To avoid “guesswork” on the scope, the programming team needs to be involved during the planning and the design phase from the start....

December 11, 2022 · 6 min · 1072 words · Timothy Bolt

23 New Models And 18B The Numbers Behind Nissan S New All Electric Plan

Too many pledges have been made, so we’ve broken them down for you in this handy list, by the numbers. 23: The number of total electrified vehicle models (15 EVs and 8 PHEV/hybrids) the automaker will introduced by 2030, representing more than 50% of its global sales 4: The amount of revealed concept cars that showcase Nissan’s tranformation 75%: How much of its Europe car sales are planned to be all-electric by 2026 55%: How much of its Japan car sales are planned to be all-electric by 2026 40%: How much of its China and US car sales are planned to be all-electric by 2026 and 2030, respectively 65%: How much the introduction of cobalt-free tech will reduce the cost of lithium-ion batteries by 2028, when Nissan will also launch its proprietary all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) $75: How much Nissan expects its ASSB will bring down the price per kWh by 2028, aspiring to achieve cost parity between EVs and internal combustion vehicles in the future 52 GWh: How much the automaker will increase its global battery production capacity by 2026, aiming for 130 GWh by fiscal year 2030....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Phyllis Schermann

3 Reasons Why Sodium Ion Batteries May Dethrone Lithium

Battery researchers and manufacturers have been assiduously searching for a more sustainable replacement. One intriguing alternative they’ve discovered is another chemical element: sodium. Why lithium has been dominating Lithium and sodium are neighbors in the periodic table, which basically means that they offer similar properties and can both be used as charge carriers in the battery cell. However, each sodium ion is larger than an equivalent lithium ion. As a result, battery researchers have struggled to produced an anode — the battery’s positively charged electrode/terminal — that can absorb enough sodium ions to give a sodium-based battery cell the energy density required to power an EV....

December 11, 2022 · 3 min · 540 words · Kyle Janelle

3 Ways Leaders Should Pursue Breakthrough Innovation During A Crisis

What is breakthrough innovation? It’s a new way of attacking an old problem that leads to products or services that can fundamentally change the outlook of a business, industry, or market. Typically, it’s not a single solution but rather the cumulative result of sustained, incremental attempts. Some examples of companies that drive breakthrough innovation include SpaceX, the leader in commercial space; Airbnb, which expanded the hospitality industry’s capabilities; and Salesforce, an organization that changed management and client relation software through emerging trends in technology....

December 11, 2022 · 6 min · 1108 words · Ashley Mcclure

5 Arrested After Drilling Through Warehouse Wall To Steal 85 Bitcoin Machines

Local news outlet The Sun Daily reports that the value of the Bitcoin machines was around $10,300 (RM42,500). According to CoinATMRadar there aren’t any Bitcoin ATMs in Malaysia, that coupled with the fact that the hardware was stolen from a warehouse, it’s safe to assume the Bitcoin machines being referenced here are cryptocurrency mining machines. The report states that police were notified on October 29 after a shopkeeper lodged a report claiming that 85 Bitcoin machines were missing....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 259 words · Michael Alford

5 Easy Steps To Achieve Inbox Zero

Inboxes are beasts, overflowing mountains of frustration – and in my opinion, a real buzzkill when it comes to productivity, sucking up hours out of our days, weeks, and months. So, what’s the secret to maintaining a healthy inbox and keeping your sanity? Is it even possible? I think so! I’ve put together a few simple steps that will help you achieve email nirvana – you can thank me later....

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 774 words · Shawn Vega

5 Tips To Keep Your Computer Fast Af After Updates

Computer users install software updates to improve the performance and security of their computers. However, slowdowns can happen. There are several reasons why. If your computer has limited amount of random access memory (the physical hardware inside a computer that temporarily stores data), then updates could slow your computer down. Nowadays, 4-8GB RAM would be limited, and 16-32GB would be ideal for a general-purpose computer. Software updates often require the use of additional RAM....

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 757 words · Joan Kennedy

60 Days In Lockdown 4 Productivity Tips To Keep You At The Top Of Your Game

For those not used to working remotely full-time, doing so proved to be an understandably challenging time: working away from colleagues, potentially surrounded by family and small children, makeshift desks and offices, and uncertainty-induced anxiety about what lay ahead. As always, the tech community has been quick to share productivity tips and advice to help others deal with what some have already deemed ‘the new normal.’ [Read: Here’s why ‘if you build it, they will come’ is shitty advice] But what’s changed some 60 days later?...

December 11, 2022 · 6 min · 1085 words · Shad Bell

600 Scientists Oppose Uk S Use Of Behavioral Science To Fight Coronavirus

In fact, more than 600 academics recently signed an open letter “expressing concern” about the UK government’s use of behavioral science in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. This letter did not reject the use of behavioral science as part of the response, but simply called for the government to release the behavioral evidence it was using to determine policy. According to the principles of behavioral science, people don’t act rationally....

December 11, 2022 · 5 min · 888 words · Raul Jones

A Beginner S Guide To Ai The Difference Between Human And Machine Intelligence

As legend has it, a reporter once asked Mahatma Ghandi what he thought of Western Civilization. His response was “I think it would be a good idea.” The same sentiment could be applied to artificial intelligence if you compare it directly to human intelligence. That is, the most advanced AI systems in the world (DeepMind’s, GPT-3, etc.) pale in comparison to a human infant’s intellect: artificial intelligence would be a good idea....

December 11, 2022 · 3 min · 587 words · Thomas Alvarado

A Glimmer Of Hope

It’s the middle of June and COVID-19 is still here. In fact, the data indicates it’s just getting started. We’re seeing the largest daily spikes of new cases since scientists began tracking the disease back in December of 2019. At the rate we’re going, experts figure about one in every five people could end up contracting a “serious” case of the disease. Credit: Worldometers That’s the bad news. But, as you can see above, there’s some good news....

December 11, 2022 · 3 min · 477 words · Linda Rodriguez

A New Common Sense Test For Ai Could Lead To Smarter Machines

Today’s AI systems are quickly evolving to become humans’ new best friend. We now have AIs that can concoct award-winning whiskey, write poetry, and help doctors perform extremely precise surgical operations. But one thing they can’t do — which is, on the surface, far simpler than all those other things — is use common sense. Common sense is different from intelligence in that it is usually something innate and natural to humans that helps them navigate daily life, and cannot really be taught....

December 11, 2022 · 5 min · 907 words · Victor Martinez

A Realistic Picture Of How Ai Fits Into Today S Economy

There’s a difference between a shiny new thing and a thing that works. You just need to look at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to see how much of the technology we create just doesn’t cut it and gets tossed into the wastebin of innovation because it doesn’t find a working business model. Where does artificial intelligence stand? Recent advances in machine learning have surely created a lot of excitement — and fear — around artificial intelligence....

December 11, 2022 · 9 min · 1772 words · Kathi Cruise