Smart Shopping Experiences With AR And VR

Connected cars are not too far away from being introduced. There will come a day where the people can simply sit in a car and drive off, instead of setting the temperature, seats, batteries, as everything would be automatic. 

The cars would be autonomous and make a steady approach to the destination the driver prefers. After reaching the destination, the car would park itself in the prearranged parking location, which includes a wireless inductive charger.

TensorFlow is dead, long live TensorFlow! ☞ https://school.geekwall.in/p/S1bpTIVqE/tensorflow-is-dead-long-live-tensorflow

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5 Lean Manufacturing Benchmarks to Follow

Going lean has been the goal of most companies in the last few years because lean has proven to be an effective model for most demanding industries like software development, manufacturing, construction, and many others.

In today's cut-throat competition where improved quality, shorter lead times, increased profit, reduced cost, enhanced productivity and better customer service are used to measure a company’s worth, lean is the methodology to follow. Lean manufacturing is simple to understand and quickly makes an impact when implemented properly.

The 5 Lean Manufacturing Benchmarks To Follow:

1) Abolishing Waste

Lean principles revolve around the idea of detecting waste and minimizing them. It uses the acronym "DOWNTIME" which reveals the 8 types of waste Lean Manufactures target:

• Defects are arguably the most costly type of waste, especially if it reaches the customer. • Overproduction is making more products than ordered. It can cause raw material shortage and wastage of labor hours. • Waiting is when the line shutdown occurs while equipment repair or waiting for parts. • Not using people’s talents is when manufacturers fail to use their employee’s talents properly, holding back the innovation at the organization. • Transportation is what drives the manufacturing process, from material delivery to supply chain and specific production areas. • Inventory comprises of raw material, finished goods, sub-assembly, office supplies and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO). Outdated inventory can take up valuable space. • Motion means reaching, bending, walking and lifting. Even sharing tools between workstations can waste a lot of time while retrieving it. • Excess processing is spending time on product features that don't affect the functionality.

2) Constant Improvement

Lean manufacturing is not a one-time job, nor is it ever finished. Thus, promoting a culture of continuous improvement instills Lean thinking throughout your organization. Constant Improvement can happen daily. Continuous improvement can also be attained through kaizen, a Japanese term translated... Read More

Tesla Adds Larry Ellison, Musk’s ‘Close Friend,’ to Board

“Tesla named two new independent directors including Oracle’s Larry Ellison, a public booster of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as the board has been under pressure to increase oversight of its outspoken founder”. Reblog with caption 🙃

Careful, You are made of glass

Ever wondered how groups of cells managed to build your tissues and organs while you were just an embryo?

Using state-of-the-art techniques he developed, UC Santa Barbara researcher Otger Campàs and his group have cracked this longstanding mystery, revealing the astonishing inner workings of how embryos are physically constructed. Not only does it bring a century-old hypothesis into the modern age, the study and its techniques provide the researchers a foundation to study other questions key to human health, such as how cancers form and spread or how to engineer organs.

“In a nutshell, we discovered a fundamental physical mechanism that cells use to mold embryonic tissues into their functional 3D shapes,” said Campàs, a professor of mechanical engineering in UCSB’s College of Engineering who holds the Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology. His group investigates how living systems self organize to build the remarkable structures and shapes found in nature.

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What Future Holds For Digital Marketing

Digital marketing is deeply embedded in our daily lives as we spend most of our online. Organisations have extensively started using digital mediums for their marketing campaigns. 

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Companies use various platforms like search engines, social media, emails, online shopping websites to connect with current as well as prospective customers for their marketing campaigns.

A Guide to adopting Blockchain Technology

#Blockchain is a popular solution for storing digital information securely. The adoption of this technology has doubled in 2018 compared to last year; governments and companies have spent $2.1 billion on blockchain this year according to the International Data Corporation, a provider of market intelligence and advisory services.

Here is a guide showing the ways to adopt blockchain:  https://goo.gl/9hokUX

Versatility and Convenience are what the e-commerce industry stands for; it is growing and transforming with each day. To ace as a retailer in the industry, technology can be adopted as the essential sidekick. Online retailers can expand their businesses at scale by continually monitoring trends and KPIs of competition, implementing a comprehensive strategy and following through with consistent work.

To assist the growth of online retailers, critical strategies that are not so commonly employed need to be implemented. Some of the not-so-common strategies are discussed below

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The next breakthrough for Cyber Command’s Unified Platform program will be a fully built software factory, a platform for consolidating applications and inventing new tools. This will help integrate and deploy analytical capabilities for the cyber mission force. 

Besides consolidating, the platform will standardize the variety of big data tools used by Cyber Command and its subordinate organizations, including the Defense Information Systems Agency. The common platform will allow organizations to easily share information and build tools that can be used across the service cyber components leading to greater interoperability.