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Apple's New Research App Launches with 3 Large Medical Studies
[Tech]
2019/09/19 11:51
Some 400,000 people participated in Apple's first collaborative heart study with Stanford University researchers.One of the more interesting details to come out of Apple’s latest big announcement event was the launch of a new app designed to let individuals share health tracking data with researchers in an unprecedented way. Alongside the revelation of the new Research app, three novel medical...
(Infographic) The Top 50 Animated Movies Of All Time
[Business]
2019/09/19 11:51
Animated movies may appear childish, but they are quite a lucrative business. It seems like every year there’s at least one box office hit that earns millions of dollars. You’d be surprised to find out just how much money they make from you and your kids.When looking at the top 50 highest earners of all time, there’s only one movie that missed the half a billion mark: Toy Story 2 fell just s...
On-Demand Plant Food Startup Simple Feast Raises $33M
[Investing]
2019/09/19 11:51
As Greta Thunberg heads back to Europe from the U.S. after radicalizing a generation, entrepreneurs are quickly realizing there is a zeitgeist to be gotten hold of here. With food production a major contributor to climate change, it’s no surprise then that on-demand food startups are appearing to cater to this new audience.Simple Feast launched its plant-based food product in early 2017 and si...
Machine Learning Dominates AI Use for Retailers
[Business]
2019/09/19 11:51
Crystals are a mainstay in the toolkit of any spiritually woke millennial. You’ll find them littered across work desks, upon bedside tables When it comes to artificial intelligence, machine learning is retailers go-to AI use across all business types, according to Capgemini. Artificial intelligence is an umbrella term, encompassing a wide variety of automated technologies. Machine learning ref...
The New Sacred Skincare Trend - Crystal Facials
[Business]
2019/09/19 11:51
Crystals are a mainstay in the toolkit of any spiritually woke millennial. You’ll find them littered across work desks, upon bedside tables and nestled in cross-shoulder-worn bumbags. Victoria Beckham’s AW18 wide-leg trousers even included a secret pocket designed to carry the trusty stones. And now their healing properties are being put to work during beauty treatments, where they’re smooth...
How Austria's Far Right Turned The Stadium Artwork 'For Forest' Into a Campaign Issue
[Design]
2019/09/19 11:50
The art installation of 299 trees in a stadium aims to draw attention to the fragility of forests, but right-wing populists misappropriated the project for their election campaign. DW asked artist Klaus Littmann why.In the Austrian city of Klagenfurt, 299 trees have been installed on the pitch of a football stadium for a temporary artwork titled For Forest, by Swiss artist Klaus Littmann.Even t...
(Paper) CMU's GymCam Tracks Exercises That Wearable Monitors Can't
[Tech]
2019/09/18 10:14
HCII researchers have found that a stationary camera can not only detect exercises in a gym, but can also recognize the type of exercise and reliably count reps. Algorithm Enables Cameras To Recognize Distinctive Exercise Motions. Wearable sensors such as smartwatches have become a popular motivational tool for fitness enthusiasts, but gadgets don't sense all exercises equally. Researchers at C...
(PDF) Capgemini - World Wealth Report 2019
[Investing]
2019/09/18 10:14
Capgemini’s World Wealth Report 2019: with a loss of 2 trillion USD, High Net Worth Individual wealth declines after seven consecutive years of growth but HNWI’s trust and satisfaction in wealth managers and firms remain high.- 3% global decrease in HNWI wealth driven by slump in equity markets and slowing regional economies with Asia-Pacific, and especially China, worst affected by accountin...
Will Trade Tensions Delay 5G Deployment ?
[Business]
2019/09/18 10:14
5G, or 5th generation wireless, is emerging as the ultimate battleground in the race for technology supremacy between the US and China. Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecommunication equipment supplier, remains at the forefront of the trade tensions between the United States and China. The tensions can be attributed to two main reasons: 1. National security experts have expressed c...
