Credit: CC0 Public Domain In June, the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) approved Standard 241, which establishes minimum requirements for building owners, operators and professionals to improve indoor air quality and reduce the risk of disease transmission through infectious aerosols. The task force that created Standard 241 was led by William Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering at Penn State. Bahnfleth discussed the new standard and the importance of indoor air quality to overall health in the Q&A below. During the pandemic, we learned the importance of clean indoor air, but is it as simple as opening a…
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Breakthrough Victoria has backed Navi Medical Technologies as part of a $2.4 million raise to develop a medical device for newborn babies and children. The state government investment fund was lead investor chipping in $700,000, with the federal government also backing the medtech startup with grants. Also backing the round was Medtech Actuator and Artesian VC. The funds raised will allow the company to further develop their product and get the regulatory approval required to take it to market, creating up to 30 jobs. The Melbourne startup is developing a medical device to help guide clinicians inserting central venous catheters into…
Sony has launched its all-new ZV-E1 vlogging camera in India with features like a 35mm full-frame image sensor, 4K video recording, and much more, starting at under Rs 2,50,000. Continue reading to know more about this new Sony camera. Sony ZV-E1: Specs and Features The new Sony ZV-E1 is claimed to be the world’s lightest full-frame interchangeable lens vlog camera. It comes with a 12.1MP 35mm full-frame back-illuminated CMOS Exmor R sensor. This helps the camera to capture images with high-quality bokeh with reduced noise and increased light sensitivity. The new BIONZ XR image-processing engine enables the camera to achieve…
In TheXboxHub Official Podcast Episode 173, there’s a real focus on the best games coming out in August as well as a host of recent releases that our team have been playing. One of which is Antstream Arcade, delivering the largest official collection of retro games. So, be sure to tune in to find out more! Expect to hear from Gareth, James, Darren and Richard on this week’s episode as they share their thoughts on a cavalcade of games. Amongst those they’ve been getting stuck into are the narrative-focused Venba, the ultrasonic dungeon crawler EchoBlade, the excellent Soulslike shooter Remnant…
Black founders raised $212 million out of $29 billion this Q2, picking up just 0.71% of the capital allocated to U.S. founders this quarter, according to Crunchbase. In Q2 2022, Black founders raised $602 million out of $62 billion, or 0.97%, of the capital allocated. In total, Black founders raised around $565 million out of $75 billion in H1 2023, which is 0.75% of all capital raised in the U.S. so far this year. That, too, is a drop from the $1.8 billion out of $144 billion, or 1.25%, that they raised in H1 2022. Overall, funding to Black founders…
Personalized news app Artifact, developed by Instagram’s founders, is adding another new AI-powered feature today. The company is launching an AI-powered text-to-speech feature in partnership with Speechify that will allow Artifact users to listen to news articles read aloud. The feature won’t just offer a robotic-sounding voice as some other text-to-speech engines provide, but will instead introduce a variety of natural-sounding voices that can be customized by selecting different accents and audio speeds. Two celebrity voices — Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow — are also available. To access the new feature, Artifact users will tap the play button now at…
ARRi has announced a free software update for the cforce mini and cforce plus lens motors. SUP 2.0 dramatically improves the time it takes for cforce motors to respond to user inputs, making them twice as responsive. All cforce mini and cforce plus lens motors in the market are able to benefit from this free software update and the performance increase is not affected by the choice of hand unit. Any ARRI ECS configuration using the Hi-5, ZMU-4, SXU-1, or the legacy WCU-4 can take advantage of the motor’s halved latency. SUP 2.0 for cforce mini and cforce plus is…
True to its name, the ChopValue X Fnatic Revive Pro gaming desk is all about revival. That’s because this model focuses on recycling and preserving materials while producing entirely new products responsibly. The mission statement is 1,000 Limited Edition desks made out of 10 million chopsticks, producing one of the best gaming desks that I have ever used. The strictly limited nature of the desk combined with its high price tag means that it is difficult to wholly recommend to anyone who doesn’t want the bleeding edge of what a gaming desk can do. It’s due to the fact that you’re…
A significant breakthrough in thermal management technology has been made by a research team at KAIST’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, which could potentially improve the reliability and longevity of modern semiconductor devices.Engineers have made a significant breakthrough in thermal management of semiconductors by discovering a new heat transfer mode using surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). This novel method enhances heat dispersion by 25% and could be vital in addressing overheating issues in miniaturized semiconductor devicesThe demand to shrink the size of semiconductors coupled with the problem of the heat generated at the hot spots of the devices not being effectively dispersed…
TL;DR: A lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home and Business for Mac 2021 (two-pack) is on sale for £61.93, saving you 81% on list price.There are a lot of great online-only apps out there, but if you need to be productive without a WiFi connection, it might be time to look for a more reliable option. Mac users can both load their computers up with Microsoft Office 2021 and get a versatile set of productivity apps for everything from composing documents to automating parts of your job. Normally, you’d have to pay over £300 for two lifetime licenses for Microsoft…