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Walmart has patented a design for a shopping cart that could measure your speed and heart rate.
Young visionaries in Nigeria have been pitting their wits against each other in a bid to come up with new ways of tackling old, but ever important problems. Students have been challenged to come up with ethical uses of tech in a way that can help communities as part of the annual Kids Innovation Challenge. This year's winners were a team that came up with a smart compost system capable of transforming food waste into manure.
IN THE PRESS - Friday, September 15: We look at a historic auto union strike in the US today against three major carmakers in what's been a summer of dissent. Also, we look at reactions in the Haitian and Dominican press after a row over a shared river led to border closures. Finally, we look at the laureates of the IG Nobel prizes, which are dedicated to quirky and weird scientific research!
With the Škoda Smart Dials, the Czech car manufacturer is implementing the combination of haptic and digital controls in a completely new way. The new generations of Kodiaq and Superb have three knobs below the infotainment display, each with a 32 millimeter digital display. They enable quick access to numerous vehicle functions available depending on the equipment level. The driver and front passenger use the two outer smart dials to regulate the interior temperature, seat heating and seat ventilation - the display shows the active function in each case. The middle Smart Dial controls up to four user-selected functions such as infotainment volume, fan level, air vent direction, smart air conditioning, driving modes and map zoom. The central smart dial can be configured via the infotainment system menu; the user switches between the functions of the button by holding it down for a longer period of time.
In Togo, urbanisation and changes in consumption patterns have led to an increase in waste production, with Lomé producing 350,000 tons annually. This figure is set to double in the next five years, therefore giving rise to an illegal landfills crisis. To address this, a recycling company recently came up with an innovative and free solution for households.
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