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Spark Neuro Raises $13.5M to Measure Your Emotional Response to Ads and Movies
[Investing]
2018/08/12 09:06
I’m not immune to compliments, and Spencer Gerrol, founder and CEO of Spark Neuro, offered a real winner as he demonstrated his technology.“I love your brain,” he told me. This was after the startup’s vice president of research Ryan McGarry had strapped sensors to my fingers and head, then showed me an intense movie clip, with my attention level and emotional response displayed on a screen...
What's in Podcast Fans' Shopping Carts ?
[Consumer]
2018/08/12 09:05
Podcasting continues to grow in popularity year after year in the U.S. According to Nielsen’s Fanlinks survey data, the medium saw a significant growth in engagement from 2016 to 2017. In the fall of 2016, 13 million homes identified as “avid fans” of podcasts, while by the fall of 2017, the number of homes that consider themselves “avid fans” soared to 16 million.Brands—both big and smal...
(Video) The BMW Art of Energy
[Business]
2018/08/12 09:04
BMW China gives every runner in the Shanghai marathon a personalized art piece by using their individual running data to celebrate their achievement, encouraging them to “LET THE WORLD SEE OUR ENERGY.”In China, BMW is not only one of the most beloved car companies but also has profound history with running. Thanks to BMW, if you run the Shanghai marathon this year you will get a personalized...
(Video) The New Anki Vector Robot is Smart Enough to Just Hang Out
[Product]
2018/08/12 09:03
Anki has revealed its fourth consumer product in the form of a home robot that it's calling "Vector," launching on Kickstarter today. Although the company has debuted a Kickstarter to give backers early access to the robot on October 9, it's promising that Vector will launch wide just a few days later, in stores on October 12, 2018. The new robot looks visually similar to Anki's previous "Cozmo...
(PDF) Deloitte - 5G Deployment : The Chance to Lead for a Decade
[Business]
2018/08/09 09:10
5G adoption is a catalyst for broad economic growth.The world’s economy is at another pivotal moment where a key catalyst for growth will be wireless connectivity enabled by 5G deployment. The introduction of 5G technology makes possible the connection and interaction of billions of devices of almost any kind that will impact every element of daily life.First-adopter countries embracing 5G cou...
Artificial Intelligence is Used to Interview Job Applicants
[Business]
2018/08/09 09:09
Social media is being used more and more in the job hunt, and the majority of young consumers view networking as the new socializing—but they’re going to have to expand their definition of “networking” with the new A.I.-powered hiring platforms being used to interview potential candidates. Robot Vera Companies have begun using virtual reality to train new employees, and Robot Vera allows th...
A Google, Uber Self-Driving Veteran Raises $40M for Robot Truck Startup Kodiak
[Investing]
2018/08/09 09:08
In Don Burnette and Paz Eshel’s view, trucking is the killer app for self-driving technology.It’s what led Burnette to leave the Google self-driving project and co-found Otto in early 2016, along with Anthony Levandowski, Lior Ron and Claire Delaunay.And it’s what would eventually prompt Burnette to leave Uber — the company that acquired Otto — and co-found with former venture capitalist E...
U.S. Adults Now Spend Nearly Half a Day Interacting with Media
[Consumer]
2018/08/09 09:07
AMERICAN ADULTS SPEND OVER 11 HOURS PER DAY LISTENING TO, WATCHING, READING OR GENERALLY INTERACTING WITH MEDIA.The world has never been more connected, and U.S. audiences have never had as many options to access content as they do these days. In short, consumers in the U.S. seem like they can’t get enough content, and the possibilities for marketers to reach them, while fragmented, is an oppo...
Harvard's Organic Mega Flow Battery Transcends Lifetime, Voltage Thresholds
[Tech]
2018/08/09 09:06
Harvard researchers have developed what they call the longest-lasting, high-performance organic flow battery yet developed.Storing renewable energy is just as important as generating it, and flow batteries might be one of the most promising ways to do that. While there are plenty of hurdles to jump over in perfecting the tech, a team of Harvard engineers has been making strides over the past fe...
