Working with an in-house software development team can result in lost opportunities, from cost savings and increased efficiency to a deeper talent pool. Gone are the days when the US, China, and India were the only coveted development regions: Eastern Europe is quickly rising to the forefront. Even tech giants have begun to focus on this promising area by opening software development centers.
As a natural progression of facial recognition technology, emotion recognition is a field of computer vision that is gaining more and more attention in mass media. It involves facial emotion detection and the automatic assessment of sentiment from body language, voice patterns, gestures, facial expressions, and other non-verbal signals.
Distributed development teams are on the rise — and it makes sense. The decentralized team model offers a few advantages, from access to global talent to faster turnaround times. But making the transition from one team model to another can be difficult. Is it worth making the switch?
From a 3D printed vaccine patch to an electric truck, a seawater-powered lamp, and countless other bold innovations, the sixth annual awards honor the products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are driving change, tackling issues from climate change to inequality, and so much more.