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최고관리자 | 18-04-01 07:29
Wanna find Nemo? You may need SoFi the robotic fish
니모를 찾고 싶으세요? 물고기 로봇 소피가 필요할 겁니다
SoFi is a very special fish. A remote-controlled underwater robot, she logs marine life and measures pollution. Swimming quietly through coral reefs and schools of fish, this Massachusetts Institute of Technology prototype is less disruptive than other autonomous underwater vehicles. They're typically tethered to boats and powered by propellers or jets that disrupt the natural environment. SoFi has a fisheye lens - what else? - to capture high-resolution images with a camera built into her nose. A diver with a Super Nintendo console controls her from up to 70 feet away. She can move in all directions - swimming like a real fish. Weighing less than 4 pounds, she can swim for up to 40 minutes at up to 60 feet below the surface.
Driverless cars see in the snow
눈 속을 헤쳐나갈 수 있는 자율주행차 개발
Stratford could become synonymous with "snowtonomous". The town in Ontario Canada that's known for an annual theater festival has become a research hub for autonomous cars that can perform in snow and sleet. Testing in cold climates add challenges to an industry grappling with the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle in Arizona. The Japanese chip maker Renesas Electronics partly chose Stratford for its harsh winters. Renesas autonomous division director John Buszek: "We've already set up the technology here so that if you couldn't see the lane markings you could still drive this course successfully just by seeing the landmarks on the course with a high definition map that basically tells you information about everything you see on the road course in very very high resolution, like centimeter accuracy." He says its Lincoln MKZ sedan has enough backup cameras and sensors to keep running even if it gets covered in sludge. Some automakers are considering protective coatings to keep some lenses free of wet mud.
Canada Goose to boost production
캐나다 구스, 생산량 확대 계획
Canada Goose's luxurious coats flew off the shelves this winter. So in a bid to boost supply and its profit margins, it plans to do what some other high-end brands do: make more coats in-house. That would also allow the Toronto-based company to increase its control over quality that would justify its hefty price tag: $725 to $1,700 a piece. Retail analyst Mary Epner of Mary Epner Retail Analysis applauds the move. "Their demand has outpaced their supply, which is a high quality problem to have. And so, they need to do something in order to fill existing orders and future orders and beyond that, they also want to expand their e-commerce business to represent 50 percent of their total sales by 2020. So they're going to need to do something. So yes, I'm all in favor of that." Demand is so high, lines used to form outside this Canada Goose store in Manhattan. Shoppers like Helen Huang and Nancy Park seemed aware of the supply issues. "In China, Shanghai, it's very expensive, and even you have money, you cannot buy that. It's out of stock. So this time, we actually we just back New York last week from China, and our friend asked us to buy Canada Goose in New York." "I had a little hard time. At first I wanted black, and they didn't have black. But this is fine with me, so." Despite the high electricity rates in Canada Goose's home province and the hike in the minimum wage there, the risk to boost in-house production may be worth it. Investors cheered the fat 60 percent operating margins for its online sales, and the stock has roughly doubled since it listed a year ago. The company plans to have as many as 20 stores by the end of 2020 and begin selling in China and possibly Russia.
Google to turn searches into cash
검색 기능을 유료화하려는 구글
Google is teaming up with stores like Target, Walmart, and Costco. It lets them list their products on Google Search, Google Express, and Google Assistant. In return, it gets a cut of each purchase. For consumers, it means one shopping cart and an instant checkout. Google says its new program, called Shopping Actions, helps retailers sell more on desktops, cell phones and smart home devices with voice search, the next frontier for e-commerce. Google also says, it gives retailers a leg-up in competition with Amazon. Analysts at a retail technology firm, Boomerang Commerce, agree. Retailers that use Shopping Actions say they've already seen a jump in an average order value.
Hyundai Motor shares slide as U.S. probes air bag failures
미국에서의 에어백 결함 조사로 현대자동차 주가 급락
Shares in Hyundai Motor tumbled on Monday after U.S. authorities announced on Saturday they will probe why air bags failed to deploy in some of the company's vehicles. The investigation follows crashes that reportedly killed four people and injured six and will review the 2011 Sonata sedan as well as the 2012-13 Forte made by affiliate Kia Motors Corp. It's left investors fretting about potential recalls for the once popular cars, with the probe encompassing some 425,000 vehicles. Authorities will also determine if any other manufacturers used similar air bag control units. Hyundai Motor shares fell 4.8 percent as a result, while Kia Motors lost 3.7 percent. Last month, Hyundai issued a recall for more than 150-thousand U.S. Sonatas after incidents of non-deployment were linked the air-bag control unit, but said it didn't have a final fix. It's the second U.S. investigation into the South Korean duo in less than a year, exacerbating headaches for Hyundai which in January reported its worst annual earnings in seven years.
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