Twin’s Whole Body Digital Twin builds a “digital twin” modeled after a patient’s individual metabolism. This digital replica is continuously updated based on data from wearables, blood tests and self-reported symptoms. AI is then used to analyze the twin and offer personalized guidance that could facilitate improvements.
Users can see how changes to nutrition, sleep, activity and breathing could potentially reverse or prevent chronic metabolic diseases. Because it enlists technology and monitors that are already approved, Twin has said that its system doesn’t need FDA approval.
In keeping with China’s status as a global leader in technological innovation, the opening ceremony made up for its relatively low number of participants with an extraordinary spectacle created by an array of lasers, lights, enormous LED screens, and pyrotechnics. Despite the use of plenty of cutting-edge technology, however, the ceremony’s imagery was largely inspired by the natural world, with the narrative centered around the beginning of spring and featuring recreations of a variety of Chinese flora and fauna, including willow trees and butterflies. The most spectacular moment? The light sticks paraded by dancers that unfolded to create dandelions, before fireworks exploded above to represent the seeds of the flower spreading across the earth.
While director Zhang Yimou may be best known for the kaleidoscopic cinematography, lavish costuming, and eye-popping sets of his wuxia martial-arts epics Hero and House of Flying Daggers, the three-time Oscar-nominated director’s themes of resilience and national pride made him the obvious choice to direct the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, widely remembered as one of the most dazzling of all time. So it followed that he was enlisted to direct this year’s proceedings too—and he once again realized his distinctive vision with the ravishing visual splendor that has become his signature.
Here is a summary of some of the tech used for the ceremony
It's better than my Mavic Air 2 , better than my Air 2S , and much better than my Mini 2. I've also flown the Mavic 2 Pro and the Inspire 2, and I'd rate this as better than the Mavic 2 Pro and on par with the Inspire 2 .
It was rock solid in the sky.
Battery life was also good. OK, nowhere near the 46 minutes of no-wind flight time that DJI claim (I've heard that a firmware update might bring some battery life improvements with it), but way better than my Air 2S could do. I went through a couple of batteries, and each gave me 29 minutes.
Another in a series of the Best of 2021 – this time courtesy of National Geographic
The one below = “Medical worker Nazir Ahmed stands with a cooler of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the meadows of Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Ahmed spent roughly seven hours searching by foot and car for shepherds and nomadic herders who had yet to be immunized.”
If Smith, the bearded, boisterous Pixar cofounder, had gotten a chance to answer the question, he would have freely admitted that LSD helped set his creative direction, which in turn shaped both Pixar’s culture and its technology. He left the company just as it began making actual films, but every frame of those films owes something to Smith. He helped unleash the breakthroughs that allowed for movies to be generated entirely by code and algorithms. And in his work before and after Pixar, he made immense contributions to the first digital paint software, coding up features that transformed our ability to manipulate images.
Eight states will roll out a feature allowing users to add driver’s license and state IDs to Apple Wallet for iPhone and Apple Watch to use at security at participating airports, Apple announced Wednesday.
Arizona and Georgia are the first states to adopt the feature and Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah will follow, though the company did not specify a timeline.
I watched the Apple "Hi, Speed" event yesterday, and have excerpted some in the Analyst Cam series on Deal Architect.
I hope enterprise vendors pick up on some of the production themes as they plan future virtual events
Move outdoors
Ok, so not everyone has a prop as good as Apple Park. But too many enterprise sessions are interviews from people's homes. They are gorgeous homes, but I would show a bit of the great outdoors. Most people are tired of home settings:)
Let your product speak for you
The "transportation modes" Apple showcased - iPhone strapped to a drone, to bottom of truck - made for stunning imagery. In enterprise events, there is a little too much focus and talk time for vendor executives and in character-based product demos. With a little imagination, enterprise software could let products showcase live customer scenarios.
Summarize along the way
I liked how Apple reinforced features - in spoken words, highlighted text, even in infograph format.
Music never fails
Apple had me when they introduced the Home Pod Mini. I thought I heard the start of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song". It's actually "I'm ready to rock that" by Bonti. Lots of other other upbeat music throughout the show.
Subtly work in other contemporary themes
COVID health and sustainability are hot topics now. I like how Apple used credits to describe protocols that applied to their production team. They also worked in their carbon footprint and rare earth messages. Did not dwell on it - probably took two minutes in total.
Have product ready to order
May be too far a bridge for enterprise tech, but I will try:) Don't announce, then show a multi-year product release cycle. Ideally get a half a dozen beta customers in progress before you even showcase, and then say available to order TODAY. And get your SI partners ready to implement in weeks.
Watch the entire show below - it is just over an hour long - but I highly recommend it.
Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the heart and soul of the future camera of Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
The images are so large that it would take 378 4K ultra-high-definition TV screens to display one of them in full size, and their resolution is so high that you could see a golf ball from about 15 miles away. These and other properties will soon drive unprecedented astrophysical research.
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