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Robots are Already Farming Crops Inside This Silicon Valley Warehouse
[Tech]
2019/06/23 09:06
Inside a cavernous warehouse in South San Francisco, 16-foot-tall walls of kale and other greens stretch down aisles twice the length of a bowling lane. Matt Barnard, CEO and cofounder of Plenty, the startup that designed and built the indoor farm, points to two types of mustard greens called mizuna and tatsoi. “This is one of the blends that we are working to position against junk food,” he...
(PDF) BCG - Are China’s Digital Companies Ready to Go Global ?
[Business]
2019/06/23 09:05
To get a sense of how thoroughly the global digital economy is dominated by the US and China, look no further than a recent list of the world’s most valuable internet-based companies. Eleven of the top 20 are from the US; the remainder are based in China.When it comes to global recognition, however, there is a wide gap. Virtually every US internet titan is a household name in much of the world...
Subscription Housing - Urban Village Project by IKEA Space10 and EFFEKT
[Design]
2019/06/23 09:03
IKEA's research lab Space10 has teamed up with architecture studio EFFEKT on The Urban Village Project, a vision for subscription-based housing that brings together people of different generations and encourages them to share facilities.Both based in Copenhagen, Space10 and EFFEKT have developed a number of policies to move towards more communal living, or co-living.These include shared daycare...
(PDF) Deloitte - The Consumer is Changing, But Perhaps Not How You Think
[Consumer]
2019/06/20 11:17
A swirl of economic and marketplace dynamics is influencing consumer behavior. Contrary to conventional wisdom, there's been no fundamental rewiring of the consumer. The modern consumer is a construct of growing economic pressure and increasing competitive options.THE consumer is changing. They are more capricious and less loyal. They have less time but are more conscientious. They shy away fro...
Smart-Speaker Tool Could Prevent Cardiac Arrest Deaths
[Tech]
2019/06/20 11:17
The system could work with Amazon Echo, Google Home, or even with smartphones.According to some folks, smart speakers such as Google Home and Amazon Echo simply make us lazy while needlessly adding electronic complexity to our lives. Thanks to new research, however, the things may someday prevent people from dying of cardiac arrest while sleeping.When someone is experiencing cardiac arrest – i...
Majority of Business Blockchain Tools ‘Obsolete’ by 2021
[Business]
2019/06/20 11:17
According to Gartner, 90 percent of enterprise blockchain platform implementations will require replacement within 18 months to remain competitive, secure and avoid becoming obsolete.“Blockchain platforms are emerging platforms and, at this point, nearly indistinguishable in some cases from core blockchain technology,” said Adrian Lee, senior research director at Gartner.“Many CIOs overestim...
The Future of Personalization - And How to Get Ready for It
[Business]
2019/06/20 11:17
Personalization will be the prime driver of marketing success within five years. Here are the capabilities companies need to develop to stay ahead of the curve.The exciting promise of personalization may not be here yet (at least not at scale), but it’s not far off. Advances in technology, data, and analytics will soon allow marketers to create much more personal and “human” experiences acro...
Youper, A Chatbot That Helps Users Navigate Their Emotions, Raises $3M
[Investing]
2019/06/20 11:16
Youper, a mental health app with a chatbot it calls an “emotional health assistant,” has raised $3 million in seed funding from Goodwater Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate development of Youper’s artificial intelligence-based capabilities and grow its user base.Based in San Francisco, Youper was co-founded in 2016 by Dr. Jose Hamilton. For a decade, Hamilton worked as a psychiatr...
Americans' One-Sided Love for European Wines
[Business]
2019/06/20 11:16
American lovers of fine European wines are bracing for the worst after President Trump said that he plans to do something about the tariffs the EU imposes on American wine. “France charges us a lot for the wine. And yet we charge them very little for French wine,” the president told CNBC on Monday, adding that domestic winemakers have complained to him about what they consider unfair treatmen...
