Traditional skills training for youths

Organisers along with the participants at Kohima village on Monday. (NP) Correspondent KOHIMA, DEC 30 (NPN) | Publish Date: 12/30/2019 11:43:08 AM IST In a bid to promote the traditional skills and knowledge to the youngsters, Lidi Kro-u, a group of likeminded women from different khels (sectors) of Kohima village conducted traditional skills and knowledge … Read more

LG’s first indoor gardening appliance helps beginners grow vegetables

LG wants to hop on the vegetarian bandwagon, and it’s venturing into unfamiliar territory to make that happen. The company will use CES 2020 to launch its first-ever indoor gardening appliance. The modular device you see at left grows lettuce, arugula, basil and other plants by matching outdoor conditions through time-sensitive LED lighting, air circulation and fine-grained water control. … Read more

Sensory Unveils New Voice Assistant for Kitchen Appliances that Processes Commands at the Edge

Sensory, a company that creates artificial intelligence for edge computing, announced today the release of a specialized version of its TrulyNatural speech recognition platform for home appliances. The technology can be used by appliance manufacturers to add voice control functionality to their devices. According to Sensory’s press announcement, the company’s speech processing is all done … Read more

Five innovative appliances that you can buy in 2020

It was a tough year for the Indian consumer durables business. With the goods and services tax (GST) on air-conditioners and televisions above 32 inches proving to be a pain-point for consumers, sales remain muted. However, one area that did retain momentum was product development. Be it kitchen appliances or televisions, a slew of new launches … Read more

Social Credit: Much More Than Your Traditional Financial Credit Score Data

We are used to thinking only about our financial behaviors when trying to improve our credit scores. That’s probably because since the 1950s, FICO’s ranking formula has been an industry standard for consumer credit of all kinds. But in recent years we have seen more and more marketplace lenders ditch the traditional FICO scores for … Read more

How To Challenge The Status Quo In Traditional Leadership Behaviors

Leadership is something many people aspire to. To have the privilege to lead people or an organization and provide direction due to experience and expertise is not something we should take lightly. In recent articles, we have seen Away CEO, Steph Korey and Razer CEO, Tan Min Liang being featured in investigative pieces around their alleged treatment of their … Read more

Signs of a Healthy Downtown Area

If you’re looking at moving into a new town, one of the things you want to assess is how the downtown area is doing. The state of a town’s main street can tell you a lot about that town, and give you an idea of whether you’ll want to move in there. Of course, there … Read more

How to Choose the Skincare Products Best Suited for Your Skin, According to Dermatologists

Unless you have a background in Latin or a degree in chemistry, reading the ingredients list on skincare products can be like reading a foreign language. That language actually has a name—it’s the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients. If you remember back to early science classes where you learned about the scientific method, it’s a bit like … Read more

Apple’s 5 most important business products of the decade

Apple didn’t coast from 2010 through 2019; instead, the company that previously introduced such revolutionary products as the Mac and iPhone released another innovative device in 2010’s iPad, as well as four other products important to businesses. iPad When the iPad was introduced in April 2010 at the height of the netbook fad, Apple effectively killed the … Read more

How to Reduce Your Business Energy Costs

Your business requires energy to run. You use lights, computers, and other equipment to ensure that your business runs smoothly. Have you ever really stopped to consider your energy consumption, though? If not, you might be wasting money. Here’s how you can reduce your energy consumption and your monthly bills. Have an Energy Audit An … Read more