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(PDF) Mckinsey - Growing opportunities in the Internet of Things
[Business]
2019/08/07 09:06
Maturing underlying technologies will make Internet of Things technologies easier to implement and help companies and investors seize new opportunities.After years of hype, anticipation, and steady uptake, the Internet of Things (IoT) seems poised to cross over into mainstream business use. The number of businesses that use the IoT technologies has increased from 13 percent in 2014 to about 25...
Remote-Controlled Salmon Farms to Operate Off Norway in 2020
[Tech]
2019/08/07 09:05
Remote-controlled Salmon Farms to Operate Off Norway in 2020. Giant, instrumented pens will monitor the health of millions of fish and feed them automatically.Tucked within Norway’s fjord-riddled coast, nearly 3,500 fish pens corral upwards of 400 million salmon and trout. Not only does the country raise and ship more salmonoid overseas than any other in the world (1.1 million tons in 2018), f...
This Trash Can Dries Out Your Organic Waste Volume by 60%
[Design]
2019/08/07 09:04
It’s fair to say that emptying a bin isn’t the most pleasant of tasks; the unpleasant smell, disgusting liquid residue and luring risk of the bag splitting make it a domestic task that we certainly don’t look forward to. So, what can be done to restrict the bin from releasing such an overpowering odor into our homes and reduce the regularity of the task? Well, reducing the moisture trapped i...
(Infographic) What is a Commodity Super Cycle ?
[Investing]
2019/08/07 09:03
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the world has seen its population and the need for natural resources boom.As more people and wealth translate into the demand for global goods, the prices of commodities—such as energy, agriculture, livestock, and metals—have often followed in sync.This cycle, which tends to coincide with extended periods of industrialization and modernization...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Chainging Market Dynamics : Capturing Value in Machinery and Industrial Automation
[Business]
2019/08/06 11:01
Shifting growth patterns and digitization are reshaping the sector. A strategic response can help machinery and industrial automation companies to keep pace.The global machinery and industrial automation sector has been in a well-balanced equilibrium for decades—with only small shifts in revenue and market share, in the low single-digit percentage range. Now things are suddenly becoming exciti...
Silicon Valley’s Latest Unicorn, Scale AI Is Run by a 22-Year-Old
[Investing]
2019/08/06 11:01
Scale AI, which counts Waymo and Uber among its customers, is teaching machines to see.Behind every self-driving car or cashier-less Amazon Go convenience store sit thousands of humans whose job it is to train computers to see. These people look at pictures and identify what’s in the footage, labeling something as a truck or a bag of Doritos. Their observations are fed back into artificial int...
Meet The New ‘Meat’ Eater
[Consumer]
2019/08/06 11:01
Meat alternatives have made a big splash in consumer packaged goods (CPG), and sales are on the rise. But are manufacturers and retailers doing enough to educate consumers in this space? Getting consumers to try trendy plant-based foods is one thing, but encouraging long-term adoption and lifestyle change is another. Today’s shoppers are, in many cases, omnivores, but they’re playing the fiel...
Barneys Nears Bankruptcy Filing With Plans to Close Most Stores
[Business]
2019/08/06 11:00
Retailer in talks with lenders to keep open seven stores, secure financing that would give it time to find a buyer. The restructuring plan under discussion calls for Barneys to immediately shut down most of its locations and look for a buyer for seven core stores. Barneys New York Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection and nearing an agreement with lenders for a financing package t...
(Paper) Advance in Bulk Hair-Regrowth Technology Keeps Follicles Coming Thicker and Faster
[Tech]
2019/08/06 11:00
Advance in bulk hair-regrowth technology keeps follicles coming thicker and faster. Though still a while away, hair regrowth science continues to inch toward real-world applications. Outside of expensive transplants and drugs with questionable effectiveness, a proper treatment has continued to elude the great number of scientists working in the realm of hair loss. But sources of optimism are ne...
