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최고관리자 | 18-03-10 00:24
Chinese to enter Mexican bike-sharing market
중국 기업, 멕시코의 자전거 공유 시장 진출
Mobike could give Mexico City's incumbent mo' competition. The private Beijing-based bike-sharing company, along with compatriot Ofo, both sport more than a billion dollars in capital, and they plan to launch their bike-sharing business in Mexico City. Mobike is looking down the road beyond Mexico. Rene Ojeda is general director Mobike in Mexico. "Latin America is a market that has a lot of mobility needs. We have a lot in common with our Latin brothers and sisters across the continent. Mexico will be a base for these options to spread further south." Mobike will go head-to-head with ECOBICI, which is run by the city government. ECOBICI rents more than 6,000 bikes at over 450 stations, and it's one of the largest bike-sharing programs in North America.
Walmart hikes minimum age to buy guns
월마트, 총기 구입 가능 연령 높여
The biggest retailer in the U.S. - Walmart - is tightening its policy on gun sales. On Wednesday, the company said it would raise the minimum age to buy firearms from 18 to 21. Walmart also said it would remove items from its website that resemble rifles, including toys. Its stores had already stopped the sale of high-powered guns and accessories in 2015. Walmart's move follows age restrictions introduced by Dick's Sporting Goods which also said it would permanently stop selling assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. The retailers' shake up comes as the White House weighs in on gun control after last month's Florida high school shooting. "Somebody can buy a handgun at 21. Now this is not a popular thing to say in terms of the NRA but I am saying it anyway. I’m gonna just have to say it. But you can't buy, I mean, think of it. You can buy a handgun… you can’t buy one, you have to wait till your 21. But you can buy the kind of weapon used in the school shooting at 18. I think it’s something you have to think about. So I'll tell you what. I'm gonna give it a lot of consideration." Walmart was the target of anti-gun protests in 2013, when a petition was signed by nearly 300,000 people across the U.S., urging the company to halt the sale of assault weapons.
Mobile World: creative device developers eye 5G tech
모바일 월드 : 5G 기술에 대해 증가하는 관심
It is a future Hollywood has imagined many times before, where 3D holographic adverts hover before our eyes. But at Mobile World Congress, this vision is fast becoming reality. British company Kino-Mo showcasing its Hypervsn technology. "It is a new way for brands, for companies and governments to communicate with their customers, so the technology allows projecting 3D graphics in the air without any wearable equipment so it's a new hologram for a mass market.” Another cinematic dream close to taking off - Huawei and Ehang's car in the sky. The so-called taxi drone will transport passengers via remote control. Tapping into what the engine of our future - 5G. Ultra-fast broadband is just one aspect of tomorrow's connected economy. 5G will also turn cars smart along with entire cities. For a long time though the question has been when? Issues over network standards and infrastructure delaying the roll-out. "To me, We're at the exact same stage then 2002. It was two years before the launch of 3G. And so we're at the same moment. So it's going to take time. We're going to hear about the technology a lot more and it's going to be a big deal. But you know, let's temper expectation from a consumer standpoint." The first commercial roll-outs will be later this year in the US, Korea and Japan. While 5G ready chips means the first 5G devices are imminent. As for things like flying taxis? Well they're coming, but unlike most terrestrial taxis, you may have to wait a little longer than you'd like.
Mobile World: the Huawei phone that can drive a car
자동차를 운전할 수 있는 화웨이 핸드폰
How do you turn a Porsche Panamera into a car that drives itself? Well, it turns out, all you need is a smartphone and 5 weeks of training. At least that's how long it took Huawei's Mate 10 Pro to master the road, courtesy of an AI-enabled camera. "It has been trained to identify about 1000 objects and because it's A.I. it learns new objects as well. And when it recognizes the object, the camera scanning the road conditions, the phone understands what is in the road and it also understands what actually is that element." The AI-camera was originally designed to anticipate a user's photography habits. But now it can distinguish between objects such as cats, dogs, balls and bikes. And tell the car what to do should any cross its path. "There's something very unnerving about being in a car that's moving without anyone at the steering wheel. Instead everything is being controlled by the phone on the dashboard here, that's scanning for potential obstacles. And so far...so good." Huawei's even done a demonstration with a living obstacle, whose good behavior no doubt helped. The project aims to highlight the power of existing AI technology. A key theme of this year's Mobile World Congress but one that some say should be treated with caution. "People need to be very careful here at Mobile World Congress because we're seeing a lot of AI rinsing - people using artificial intelligence as a way to make their products look like the latest and greatest." Gimmick or not, Huawei's stunt proves AI's potential. And they believe, they're in the driving seat.
All-in-one wallet card to spell end of individual credit card?
올인원 카드, 개인 신용 카드의 종식을 가져와
Fed up with fishing around your overstuffed wallet? Dynamics says its Wallet Card, displayed at Mobile World Congress, could help....allowing shoppers to pay via multiple accounts. "The Wallet Card is the first connected payment card. There's a number of really cool innovative technical features with this card. First of all there's a 65,000 pixelated display. All of your card data, the name of the card and your card number, your expiration date, your security code, all is displayed on this. You can switch between all the different cards that you have. When you switch between different cards it rewrites the date on the mag-stripe, on the EMV chip, and the contactless chip." It has other features too. "The card lasts longer than you actually live. The card actually has a recharging chip, harvesting chip that actually harvests energy and recharges the battery and so where cards have five or six year expiration dates, this card actually does not." Two-way communications via the card's cellular connection allows banks suspecting fraud to instantly verify users' identity. The firm says it's more secure than paying by phone. "A phone uses software encryption. It's white box crypto. This card actually has a secure element, so it has a physical secure chip and so it uses blackbox crypto. So the cards are much more secure because it has physical security than the virtual security that a phone would offer." Various banks and payment companies such as Visa and Mastercard have signed up. Wallet Card launches later this year.
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