Day: June 5, 2021

Oximeters Used to Be Designed for Equity. What Happened?

As steps toward mitigating racial bias, Hewlett-Packard’s engineers marshaled a range of more inclusive approaches to oximetry. The instrument’s baseline calibrations were set by working with a “carefully selected” group, including 248 Black volunteers—which is, notably, 246 more nonwhite people than the FDA currently suggests […]

Xometry is taking its excess manufacturing capacity business public

Xometry, a Maryland-based service that connects companies with manufacturers with excess production capacity around the world, filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing its intent to become a public company. Growth aside, it’s clear that Xometry is no modern software […]

Most workers want to make it illegal to force employees to go into the office Office workers

The vast majority of workers are in favour of changes to legislation that would make it illegal for businesses to force employees to work from the office, according to new research. Following the recent lockdowns a survey from identity firm Okta has found that workers […]