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The development of technology in cooking

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Cooking is one of my hobbies, but I enjoy the preparation of sophisticated, interesting and unusual dishes or desserts way more than the daily preparation of, for example, dinner. I am so discouraged by wasting my time preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, as well as all the activities related to it – coming up with a recipe, shopping, preparing, washing up that I am much more inclined to order something than to tire and waste time. I am not the only one who has a problem with it, so when I was looking for an idea for an article, I found that I would look for modern solutions to facilitate this activity. Of course, writing about a dishwasher, mixer or blender would not make sense, because everyone uses them, so I found a few less obvious devices and solutions.

More than once, when preparing a meal, it is required to use fresh herbs, but these are most often found in stores only in pots – which forces us to further care for them so as to use them again. However, not everyone has green fingers, and some of the potted herbs are extremely demanding, and if someone travels frequently or does not remember to water them, unfortunately, each such purchase ends up in the basket. AeroGarden Greenhouse comes to the rescue, which not only remembers about watering the plants for us but also provides them with fertilizer and the necessary warmth or light, even when we are away from home for a long time, our herbs remain in great condition.

How many times have you ever made yourself a delicious warm drink before starting your studies – be it coffee, tea or cocoa, but drinking it immediately was entailed with burns your tongue, so you wanted to wait for it to cool down and you forgot about it while you were busy with work at all, and as a result, you had to settle for a cold (ugh) drink? Walking around the house with a thermos flask would be quite strange, but the technology surprises us again and here we have the Temperature Control Mug! It not only keeps the drink warm but also controls and regulates its temperature through an app.

temperature control mug

Of course, this list wouldn’t be complete without the Thermomix. It is not relatively new on the market anymore, but it wins the hearts of everyone who has ever used it, I am a faithful fan myself. No matter if you can’t hit the side of a barn in the kitchen or don’t have any culinary talent, every dish will work out in it. It’s a combination of a mixer, blender, steamer, pot, grinder, food processor, but does that make it so special? Obviously, these are the only functions that did not distinguish the Thermomix from other cooking devices at all. “Thermomix is a combination of intelligent technology, various cooking modes and solid workmanship, all contained in one device.” The Cookidoo application was created specially for it offers thousands of recipes for dishes, desserts or even drinks from various cuisines of the world. You follow the instructions step by step, adding only the ingredients to it, and it does all the work for you. It is undoubtedly the most useful appliance in the kitchen of all.

thermomix

Sources:

https://www.vorwerk.com/pl/pl/c/strona-glowna/produkty/thermomix

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/smart-kitchen-gadgets-roundu

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Apple Watch Series 8 – too high expectations

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In 2015, undoubtedly among fans of the Apple brand, but not only, there was an increase in the commotion caused by the release of the company’s first smartwatch. I owned one of them myself! Innovative, waterproof, measuring your heart rate, equipped with a flashlight, wi-fi, wireless charging, personalized clock face, and above all connected to your iPhone so that you can receive notifications from your phone through your watch, as well as the weather, steps taken, activity, music controls and many other watch-specific applications available with interchangeable bands in various colours.

Along with the production of the next series, producers enriched Apple Watches with new functions. Among other things, GPS, Bluetooth, SOS alarm, microphone, speaker, payment functions and compass. And also cooperation with Nike in new types of sports, silicone, leather, braided or steel bands. The number of new functions, however, did not change radically from model to model, one of them caused a scandal – the electrocardiography function and arrhythmia notification, which was only available to users in the United States due to the lack of appropriate medical licenses. This clearly disappointed customers, because due to the lack of this function, the previous series did not differ much from the newest one. With time, however, the company managed to reach other countries one by one.

The next, eighth edition of the smartwatch, although it does not even have a release date yet, has already aroused the emotions of future buyers. So far, in the previous series, there have been no changes in the appearance of the watch, but according to speculations and reports of people working on it, it is to be larger and have flat edges for the first time, and also be available in a third variant – for use in extreme conditions. There were also suspicions that “Apple Watch Series 8 will work under the control of a new operating system. This year’s models have watchOS 8 installed, which was presented by the manufacturer during the WWDC 2021 conference in June. So we can expect more detailed information about the system of new watches in May or June 2022. “

However, these rumours may turn out to be untrue, as well as about the new features of watches – measuring body temperature, hydration level, blood pressure, glucose monitoring and blood oxygenation for sleep apnea, which disappointed customers again.

“Don’t expect any of these soon, though. Body temperature was on this year’s roadmap, but chatter about it has slowed down recently. Blood pressure is at least two to three years away, while I wouldn’t be surprised if glucose monitoring doesn’t land until later in the second half of the decade.”

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman

Although Apple Watch is currently the most popular smartwatch on the market, but the frequent release of new products without major changes from the previous model and publicizing their premiere on unreal rumours will not satisfy its customers.

Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/10/22876324/apple-watch-series-8-body-temperature-smartwatch

https://www.pcworld.pl/news/Apple-Watch-Series-8-data-premiery-cena-ciekawostki-przecieki-10-01-2022,433903.html

https://www.apple.com/pl/watchos/watchos-8/

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP745?viewlocale=pl_PL&locale=pl_PL

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The return of folded phones – kitsch or an improved hit from years ago?

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What comes to your mind when you hear the name “Motorola“? If you immediately saw the iconic flip phone from this company in front of your eyes, you’ve come to the right place!

Some of us still remember or even used the iconic Razr series phones. In the early 2000s, everyone dreamed of the V3, from black to white through the entire range of colours on offer. The then celebrities only showed up with this phone model. Even the Dolce&Gabbana brand has established cooperation with Motorola by releasing a limited series of gold models with their engraving, which is now a dream of many collectors.  

Motorola owed its success to its innovative design for those times. Most of the phones on the market at that time were heavy, plastic, thick and not so attractive. Motorola, on the other hand, focused on the slimness of the model, lightness and the whole made of metal, which added to its elegance. Its thickness was only 13.9 mm! Maybe today it does not impress anyone looking at the slimness of today’s smartphones, but on average phones 20 years ago were twice as thick! For example, the most popular Nokia 2600 model at that time was 20.3 mm thick.

However, after Steve Jobs introduced the world the first generation of the iPhone in 2007, people stopped being delighted with Motorola as before. The Razr phones were still on sale, but Motorola did not generate as much revenue as before. And then for the next few years it “disappeared from the market” and could not boast of any hit device.

After many years, Motorola has recently hit their strength again. They tried to bring the flip phone to the market again in a new, modernized version. The first two models announced in 2019 turned out to be a flop, the quality did not meet the expectations of customers at a very high price. However, according to reports from the general manager of the Lenovo Mobile Business Group in China – Chen Jin, who currently deals with the Motorola smartphone department, we can expect a breakthrough model in 2022. Time will verify whether the model will turn out to be another flop, or finally, Motorola will show something innovative after so many years and return to the success of the early 2000s.

Back to November 14, 2019

Launched as the industry’s first foldable vertical screen smartphone, Motorola’s new Razr has once again led the industry in innovation.

The star orbit hinge technology independently developed by the Lenovo Research Institute was the world’s only smooth, wrinkle-free hinge technology in mass production at that time.

I think innovation is always the driving force of this industry.

I hope that instead of salivating, we will do more, including silently preparing for the third generation of foldable screen mobile phones Razr: more advanced chip computing power, better human-machine interface and, of course, a more attractive appearance.

This product, we will not give up the first list in the Chinese market!

Chen Jin

Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/27/22855629/motorola-razr-folding-phone-third-generation-processor-interface-appearance

https://deluxe.trojmiasto.pl/Motorola-Razr-2020-opinie-cena-test-n142101.html

https://komorkomania.pl/38027,motorola-razr-v3-czyli-najpopularniejsza-klapka-nha-swiecie-podroz-w-czasie

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Are smart homes just an idealized reality?

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Each of us has heard about the idea of a modern and intelligent home. Self-closing doors, gates, curtains, lights that turn off when you clap your hands, your favourite song plays after saying its title, one-touch temperature control throughout the house, sensors and tons of other possibilities. Is all this possible or is it just an idealized reality?

Many of the tech companies, instead of focusing on common development and innovative solutions to smart homes for all of them and consumers, create solutions that compete with each other.  For example, devices manufactured by Apple for HomeKit are based on a different system and operation than devices distributed by Amazon such as Alexa (Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Cloud or Bluetooth). Which discourages consumers from using a smart home, because it takes too much time and effort to figure out which devices are compatible with each other and work in conjunction with each other, and eventually give up the whole solution.

“That’s where Matter comes in.”

What is Matter? Previously called Connected Home over IP – CHIP for short is a smart home device system. The operating system is based on the possibility of free communication between technological devices at home to increase security and efficiency of use in everyday life. Over the years, the idea has been joined by corporate giants such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung and also smaller companies.

https://www.golem.de/news/smart-home-google-bringt-matter-auf-alle-nest-geraete-und-android-2105-156695.html

“The smart home should be a natural evolution of our homes, bringing better appliances, better systems, better experiences.”

Matter wants to meet the expectations of an ideal smart home, all devices designed by the companies participating in the project are to interact with each other without any problems using the application. And all this is coming soon! At the end of 2022, the first devices with their certificate will be introduced. What distinguishes Matter from previous efforts to create a smart home is technology based on IP technology, which means that the solution they use is designed to provide pipelines and language for communication between devices without the need for constant internet access.

It will be a completely different, modern and, above all, effective solution for creating a smart home, meaning development for Google Home, HomeKit and many others.

https://oiot.pl/google-home-gotowe-na-matter

Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/22787729/matter-smart-home-standard-apple-amazon-google

https://www.theverge.com/22832127/matter-smart-home-products-thread-wifi-explainer

https://mojmac.pl/2021/10/27/czy-matter-traci-na-znaczeniu-nowy-standard-smart-home-w-opalach/amp/

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Saventic – the future of healthcare

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How many of us have heard or experienced waiting in lines to see a doctor, receiving a misdiagnosis, months of searching for the right specialist, and feeling powerless about it? In the case of rare diseases or neoplasms, the diagnostic process takes up to 7 years from the first symptoms to appear. Sometimes it is too late for a sick patient because only 1 in 8 patients is properly diagnosed and treated because from 7000 rare diseases only 10% of them have a treatment. Now the diagnostics process of rare diseases is complex, far from optimal and the problem has been neglected for many years even in developed countries.

Fortunately, the development of medicine and science allows for the improvement and cooperation of these two sectors. Even from an epidemiological point of view, a Google search engine that was not designed for it was able to identify the symptoms of COVID-19 before its infection surged and was recognized by doctors. According to Dr Elena Ivanina, a gastroenterologist at Lenox Hill Hospital:

“This is not the first time Google searches have been used to predict epidemics”

If a device not intended for the diagnosis of diseases can work wonders, you can only imagine what effects we will get with Saventic.

Saventic is a company dealing in the diagnosis of rare diseases based on artificial intelligence, it creates comprehensive solutions to support healthcare systems. Saventic offers two platforms based on SARAH  which uses AI algorithms with different diagnostic approaches on two levels of use: first – Saventic Medical API for clinics, hospitals or professional medical units and second – Saventic Foundation which is a new idea, a platform for patients that offers the possibility of a private diagnosis of rare diseases.

Saventic Medical API is a B2B opportunity for healthcare providers  to make correct diagnoses in a faster and easier way. Also improvement not only in the diagnosis but also in the treatment of less common diseases and in area of knowledge about their symptoms or course of illness based on the collected data. The Foundation is a B2C application for patients seeking diagnosis. This is the second way to reach patients with rare diseases, not only to analyze databases in hospitals, but also directly to patients. The Foundation is currently supporting patients with metabolic and blood diseases, solutions for other diseases are under development. Algorithms for Gaucher’s disease, Fabry’s disease and blood cancer are currently being commercialized.

To sum up everything that has been stated so far from year to year, organizations such as Saventic will improve the work of doctors and disease diagnosis, as well as improve treatment methods and knowledge of their symptoms. Such a modern medical solution is a novelty on the Polish and global market.

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This is the end of Facebook?

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According to statistics provided by Facebook this year, their “website currently has over 2.8 billion users per month, of which 1.9 billion use the website every day”, which undoubtedly shows how huge the global success of the website is. Along with tremendous success, there are also many challenges of good and bad fame.

Not more than 17 years ago, when Facebook began to be popularized, everyone was delighted with the possibilities social media offer. The following years were a good time for Facebook and other social networks, which were gaining popularity among people of all ages, every corner of the world and with various interests.

In the beginning, it was a hit, every day users shared their thoughts, photos from travels and everyday life, shared songs, quotes, commented and liked posts with others. Over time, users stopped engaging in creating their profiles, and then increasingly stopped wasting time scrolling. More and more often we can hear about detox from social media, setting a time limit for their use or completely uninstalling them. Growing negative feedback due to scandals, data leaks for Cambridge Analytica to prepare political campaigns, and the publication of algorithms by Frances Haugen showing how the company increases profits at the expense of society by driving hate and arguments or failure to stop the dissemination of material from the Christchurch terrorist attack, has sufficiently rejected users.

After all the situations that put Facebook in a bad light, at the end of October this year, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the platform was renamed “Meta” in order to seemingly distract users and start a new chapter. This name comes from the concept of Metaverse called “new internet”, the idea of which is to build a virtual world connecting millions of users in 3D technology. The idea may seem distant when it comes to an uprising, but the work on its creation has already started and a huge amount of money and experts have been invested in it.

https://www.benchmark.pl/aktualnosci/meta-jest-wyjatkowo-uzalezniajaca-francis-haugen-krytykuje-meta.html

With the implementation of the idea, the first concerns also arise. After so many mistakes and the instigation of toxic relationships on the platform, how would users trust Facebook’s next project? Despite promises to create a safer place for the community, it is almost impossible to control the behaviour of such a large community. Deputy chairman of Augmented and Virtual Reality at Meta, Andrew Bosworth warns, saying:

“virtual reality can often be a “toxic environment” especially for women and minorities”

Will the name change and the new Meta idea change the image of Facebook? Will they manage to create a place friendly to everyone and change the users’ opinion about them? Is it just “sweeping the problem under the rug”? Each of us will have the opportunity to answer these questions, after implementing the idea soon.

https://whatsnext.pl/545095-metaverse-facebook-wirtualny-swiat-internet/

Sources:
https://www.whysosocial.pl/uzytkownicy-social-media-w-polsce-i-na-swiecie/

https://www.komputerswiat.pl/artykuly/redakcyjne/dzien-sadu-dla-social-media-jest-blisko-jak-bedzie-wygladala-post-rzeczywistosc-gdy/qpn3qfz

https://www.komputerswiat.pl/aktualnosci/internet/byla-pracowniczka-facebooka-algorytmy-nakrecaly-hejt-dla-wiekszych-zyskow-gigant/hprskxm

https://www.ft.com/content/d72145b7-5e44-446a-819c-51d67c5471cf
https://www.euractiv.pl/section/gospodarka/news/facebook-ukarany-za-skandal-z-cambridge-analytica/




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myKROSS – application for bike lovers

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

MyKROSS is a free application available on mobile devices with Android and iOS. It brings together cycling enthusiasts of various levels, from those who go for a short ride on a bike to professional cyclists for long distances.

The app allows users to scan their KROSS’ bike, one or more, with the NFC code and add it to the app. The user can also add a different brand’s bike manually. After the bike appears in the application preview, the user can obtain all possible information about his model, the number of the frame, forks, wheels, driving elements, brakes and much more.

The application offers the creation of a community in which users create routes for cycling and share them in the application for the other bike enthusiasts by adding ratings, photos, and comments. Then, other cycling fans, regardless of what part of Poland they are in, can use the proposed routes in their area, filtering according to the length of the road, surface or opinions and comments. The application informs the cyclist on a current basis about the distance, speed and time covered by him and displays the route covered so far. Records all parameters that can be shared with other cyclists after the completed route.

Based on the interaction with the user, the date of purchase of the equipment and the number of kilometres travelled in different weather and terrain, depending on the bicycle manufacturer the application will suggest to the user a technical, warranty, periodic or seasonal review of the bike or its specific elements.

In the application, the user has access to the full specification of the bike even when he does not have it with him which allows checking the necessary information about the bike’s accessories, and then using the map of service points and shops recommended by KROSS to do the review, buy new equipment or prepare the bike for the cycling season.

MyKROSS is an innovative application for customers of the KROSS brand and the other cyclists. Not only for those who start their adventure by riding a bike or like to go for a short ride, but also the professional ones. It enables and makes it easier to check regularly your bicycle equipment. Allows you to discover and share new interesting routes and share your passion with others.

Sources:

https://kross.eu/pl/aplikacja-mykross

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.kross.mykross&hl=pl&gl=US

https://apppage.net/preview/pl.kross.mykross

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