Media OutReach – 14 April 2022 – Businesses today are reassessing their workforce productivity as more employers (79%) are looking to hire candidates with a broader set of skills to take up hybrid roles in 2022. This is in comparison to 71% of employers in 2020. Hybrid roles continue to be instrumental as 80% of employers reveal that there is a need for employees in hybrid roles to meet business objectives in the next two years.

When Apple launched the iPhone 13 family, one of the features that made the Pro models standout was the addition of a macro photography mode which lets you take close up photos of small subjects. Macro photos have a up-close point-of-view which can transform a mundane subject like a strawberry floating in soda into something dramatic and ethereal.

Image: Ashley Lee's photo, Strawberry in Soda, is one of 10 winning photos. Ashley Lee

The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards showcase the strength of science and discovery in the Pacific Northwest. Some have links to the region’s innovation powerhouse at the University of Washington, and several highlight the growing power of computational approaches to address health problems.

The five finalists are: A-Alpha Bio, Parse Biosciences, Tasso, Truveta, and the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design.

Fred Hutch spinout Adaptive Biotechnologies, which developed a first-of-its kind diagnostic test for COVID-19, took home the prize last year.

Every year in the spring, Amy B., a buyer for a large retail chain store, hosts an Easter egg-decorating, team-building party, where she and a bunch of her suppliers spend an entire afternoon coloring and bedazzling hard-boiled eggs. None of them bring their kids.

They do this for the sheer pleasure of out-of-the office bonding, and creating interesting and attractive objects. The group is always amazed at the creativity of the resulting eggs. (And in case you’re wondering, no, none of them are artists.)

NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, April 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The latest industry analysis report, titled ‘Global Fire Retardant Fabric Market,’ provides an exhaustive overview of the global Fire Retardant Fabric business landscape. The report elaborates on some of the major market dynamics, including market revenue growth drivers, opportunities, threats, and challenges. The report contains market projections based on the present and historical market situations, current market size, and revenue growth rate. In this report published by Reports and Data, the analysts have highlighted the changing market growth patterns and the industry’s highly dynamic environment. Under the section titled, ‘COVID-19 Impact Study,’ the analysts highlight the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global materials & chemicals market. Furthermore, the report analyzes other important aspects of the market, including product pricing structure, end-use industries, product portfolios, sales statistics, distribution channels, and emerging industry opportunities & trends. Some of the key attractions of the report include Research Methodology, a List of Tables and Figures, Regional Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Technological Breakthroughs, and Future Market Developments.

As we focus on continuing to elevate entrepreneurs from all parts of the world and from all backgrounds, I’m reflecting a lot on how nontraditional entrepreneurs can realize their dreams. Sometimes that means unlearning lessons we were taught in school.   

On the day you graduate and enter the professional world, there is no instruction manual waiting for you. (If only!) There is so much I wish I’d known at the start of my own career, and I wish I could spare young entrepreneurs that same learning curve. Below are a few key lessons about entrepreneurship that aren’t taught in school.

I’m one of the founders of Passbase. As is the case with many other entrepreneurs out there, we believe that our vision is bold. We aim to create a future that is secure, privacy-focused, and efficient at the same time; we want to help people regain control of their personal data while simultaneously solving the trust issues businesses face with regard to customer identity.  

We know that while the trust-privacy paradox is difficult to solve, it lies at the heart of a secure digital future. We’ve begun our journey by helping businesses improve identity verification and compliance through smarter ID checks, facial recognition, and database access.

The Hubble Space Telescope is used to study all sorts of astronomical objects, from distant galaxies to strange exoplanets, and sometimes even planets here in our solar system. But its latest discovery isn't related to a star, a galaxy, or a planet: instead, it's a comet. And not just any comet – it has spotted the largest icy comet nucleus seen to date, according to the official Hubble website.

A new entrant in the space tourism market promises customers views of the Earth's curvature from the comfort of a luxury cabin, lifted to the upper atmosphere with a giant balloon.

Image: This image rendering handout courtesy of Space Perspective released April 7, 2022 shows the exterior of the spaceship Neptune capsule floating above Florida

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to mark the work of trainee teachers who are trying to identify pupils with potential learning difficulties, a study suggests.

Researchers said it could be an “effective substitute” when personal feedback is not readily available.

In a trial, 178 German trainee teachers were asked to assess six fictionalised pupils to decide whether they had learning difficulties such as dyslexia or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and to explain their reasoning.

Image: A teacher writes on a whiteboard to explain William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet during an English lesson. Now AI could help trainee teachers identify struggling students, say researchers (Ben Birchall/PA)

There’s been talk of a slowdown in venture funding recently, with TechCrunch looking at it from different angles, including the fintech sector, a PitchBook report and even earlier on how startups should prepare in case it happens.

If that slowdown comes, however, it could happen slowly, given that our inboxes are filled with news about newly raised venture funds. In just the past two weeks, we reported that firms are sitting on a bunch of money and continue to raise.

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas, first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution.

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It’s not often that leaders of all stripes agree with one another, especially when it comes to driving growth within organizations. But that seems to be the case when it comes to looking at the increasing importance of the impact the customer experience has on growth.

Although AI has become central to sales discourse, we must remember that well-designed AI runs quietly and effectively in the background. The complexity of the algorithms must only be known to the data scientists and machine learning engineers who work to design and deliver these complex systems. This is because the star of the show is not AI, but the gains it delivers in the ways we work and deliver impact.

NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as "Low Earth Orbit," leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious voyages deeper into the cosmos.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor docked at 1229 GMT Saturday and the crew entered the space station nearly two hours later, after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.

“Building the robots that build the world” is more than a catchy slogan. It’s an innovative concept that could really transform not just constructions but other related fields as well. Technology has advanced so much that there’s no need to spend money and time on developing robotic construction machines from scratch. This unique system turns excavators into robots instantly.

Successful people, and successful companies, tend to follow a similar path: The changes they make from year to year seem orderly, but over decades, the changes can take on an unexpected, nonlinear shape.

For example, I began my career as an entry-level analyst at Deloitte. Now I run a thriving growth-coaching business. The leap directly from one to the other seems absurd, and looking back, I couldn’t have foreseen or planned it. But broken down into smaller steps, it makes sense: One job led to another, and an opportunity here created a logical new opportunity there. This is the magic of uncertainty: Our paths are forged in satisfying but unknowable ways.

This is a 100-year-old parking assist technology using the spare tyre as a fifth wheel. In the 1930s, Brooks Walker filed a patent for the system you will see below -- a hydraulically assisted parking system. It uses a hydraulic ram to lift your car, by way of the spare tire. Then, the spare-tyre-turned-park-assist powers your car into a parking space.

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Most people agree that entrepreneurs have to think differently and take risks to have much chance of building a successful business. Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often won’t volunteer their real views, for fear of alienating “regular” people, and being branded a fanatic.

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Modern Healthcare last week released its annual list of the "Top 25 Innovators," recognizing leaders who initiate and lead change in the health care industry.

For the list, Modern Healthcare accepted nominations from Nov. 22, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2022.

To be eligible, nominees had to be at the director level or higher within a provider organization—including a hospital, health system, clinic, or physician group—or an insurer. 

Researchers and public policy officials were eligible for the list under the condition that their nomination reflected the real-world impact of their work. Suppliers and vendors were also eligible for the list.