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Lizard - Smart Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
[Design]
2019/03/18 11:06
Whilst nifty robotic vacuum cleaners make a tedious and laborious task far more convenient, they are simply not as efficient as the real-deal. Their inability to maneuver around complex obstacles or ascend and descend stairs leads them to require a human to return to the areas that it missed, with a more conventional vacuum. This observation led to the creation of Lizard, which aims to offer a...
(PDF) Deloitte - How Experienced TMT Organizations are Navigating AI
[Business]
2019/03/17 09:10
Early adopters of AI technologies are moving full speed ahead, combining experimentation and structured practices to achieve measurable value. Companies slower to incorporate AI should consider following their lead.TO invoke an African proverb, smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. In today’s turbulent world of rapid digital transformation, we wanted to discover who is best at navigating—...
(Paper) MIT's Robot Gripper Can Lift 100 Times Its Own Weight
[Tech]
2019/03/17 09:09
A soft robot that’s perfect for packing groceries.If someone asked you to imagine a robot, says Daniela Rus, a professor at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), you’d probably think of a human-shaped bot or some heavy-duty industrial robot arm. “But for me, I would like to see a change,” she tells The Verge.The latest work from her team at MIT is a perfect...
(PDF) BCG - How CPG Companies Can Catch Up as Online Sales Take Off
[Business]
2019/03/17 09:08
A seismic shift is occurring in consumer packaged goods (CPG)—but manufacturers are not keeping pace.Online sales grew rapidly from 2013 to 2018—19% annually versus the anemic 1% growth rate of in-store sales. All told, e-commerce now accounts for 40% of the growth in CPG retail sales. The problem: large CPG companies continue to lag in e-commerce, posting weaker performance in the online are...
(Patent) IBM Publishes Patent for Resisting Replay Attacks in Permissioned Blockchains
[Tech]
2019/03/17 09:07
Multinational computing giant IBM is adding to its arsenal of blockchain patents with an application for improving the security of permissioned blockchain networks. The patent, first filed in October 2016, was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 12.The patent is entitled “Resisting replay attacks efficiently in a permissioned and privacy-preserving blockchain ne...
Starbucks Fights Hot Startup in China
[Business]
2019/03/17 09:06
Coffee giant’s battle with Luckin highlights value of delivery services in world’s second-biggest economy, even at the expense of profits.Starbucks built its empire in China on the idea that consumers there would want to be seen inside its posh cafes.Now the Seattle-based company is struggling to keep up as local upstart Luckin Coffee wins over a new kind of Chinese customer—one who wants th...
Bringing Realism to VR is Complex, But Start VR Found a Way in Holograms
[Business]
2019/03/17 09:05
Read any extensive coverage of virtual reality and undoubtedly you’ll come across the word “immersion” at least once or twice. That’s a relatively vague term for the feeling of presence within the virtual world, but it’s as close as we’ll get to providing a singular point of reference for gauging the success of a VR developer in crafting a believable experience.Most developers utilize sim...
Amazon’s Ad Business Growth Outstrips Facebook and Google
[Business]
2019/03/17 09:04
Amazon’s ad business is growing fast—faster than Facebook and Google when they were at comparable sizes, according to third-party data and an analysis of company filings. If this continues, it could fuel criticism from political circles about Amazon’s expanding tentacles in different businesses.Amazon’s ad business crossed the billion-dollar mark in 2016, when it raked in about $1.5 billion...
Samsung’s Galaxy Smartwatch has Competition - The Galaxy Band ?
[Design]
2019/03/17 09:03
What would you even call this tech-filled friendship bracelet?! The Galaxy Bend? Sounds too much like the Galaxy Fold. The Galaxy Band? That sounds like people would confuse it with the smartwatch.This is a conceptual Samsung smart-wristband. Created by LetsGoDigital using patents that Samsung filed just a week back, this device is clearly Samsung’s way of flooding the market with flexible dis...
