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Google launches Nest Hub for hotels to close the gap with Amazon

Venture Beat
8/27/2020

Google today announced a new hospitality solution with Google Assistant on a Nest Hub tailored for hotel guests to make service requests, check out, play music, make calls, and more. It’s the company’s answer to Alexa for Hospitality, Amazon’s program aimed at bringing its assistant technology into hotels and rentals. Nest Hub for hotels is designed to be a touch-free experience in line with health expert recommendations around COVID-19….

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ABC Launches Tech Alliance to Help Contractors Transform the Construction Process

ABC
8/26/2020

The need for technological solutions—both big and small—in the construction industry is clear, especially given changing work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Matt Abeles, ABC’s vice president of construction technology and innovation. “I look forward to the exceptional products, education and dialogue the Tech Alliance companies will bring to ABC members and our evolving industry, especially as we continue to implement technology to revolutionize the design, build and delivery pro…

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Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology: Part 7

Goodwin Law
8/26/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves through market operations of most real estate asset classes, the industrial sector has remained largely unscathed – and has even seen growth accelerated by the impacts of the pandemic. While hotel, retail and office property owners and managers are grappling with the financial challenges associated with the virus outbreak and its effects, , participants in the industrial market are in the midst of a robust continuation of pre-pandemic activity.

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6-foot-distancing rule is outdated, Oxford and MIT created new system

Business Insider
8/26/2020

In the late 1800s, the German scientist Carl Flügge had a hunch: Maybe if you maintain enough physical distance between people who are sick and those who are well, you can prevent the spread of pathogens from person to person.

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AXIOS
8/26/2020

Nine venture capital firms today will announce that they’re now including “diversity riders” in term sheets submitted to startups, requiring that best efforts are made to bring underrepresented investors into the deals.

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XYZ Robotics raises $17M for its pick-and-place logistics robots

TechCrunch
8/26/2020

COVID-19 is proving to be a massive driver for robotics investments — and for good reason. Robots don’t call in sick, and they’re far less likely to be disease vectors than their human counterparts. Companies attempting to keep the lights on during this and potential future pandemics are no doubt taking a serious looking at ways to automate their work forces.

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Realtor.com to Include Flood Risk Data on All Listings

The Real Deal
8/26/2020

Realtor.com has become the first site to disclose public and private data about flood risk for every home listing, but its competitors are resistant to follow, arguing that the disclosures will devalue homes, NPR reports. …

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Construction take-up of wearable tech on the rise

PlaceTech.
8/26/2020

Wearable technology, such as smart helmets and smart watches, is increasingly being adopted by the usually traditional construction industry, as it looks to improve the safety of workers and quickly identify site risks, a report states. The study by Global Data, updated and re-issued, notes that wearable tech such as the smart helmets developed by companies including Australia’s SmartCap Technologies, is helping to increase safety on construction sites.

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Now Available On Demand: Digital Ideation in Real Estate

CREtech
8/26/2020

Daniel Ramirez is an innovation thought leader with expertise in directing highly complex projects that leverage data acquisition/analysis, build/optimize organizational processes, and infrastructure to maximize business results.Daniel has been nationally recognized for his work leading Product Development and Research Development in the design, construction and manufacturing industries. His work developing novel technologies has contributed to the completion of internationally recognized buildi…

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Oculus Connect becomes Facebook Connect, goes virtual on September 16

Venture Beat
8/26/2020

Goodbye, Oculus Connect — hello, Facebook Connect. Following last week’s controversial announcement that Facebook accounts will be required to use all future Oculus virtual reality devices, the social media giant today rebranded its annual VR confab to eliminate the Oculus name and announced a date for the now entirely online event: September 16….

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