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Sila Nano’s Battery Tech is Now Worth over $1 Billion with Daimler Partnership
[Investing]
2019/04/17 10:58
Sila Nanotechnologies and its battery materials manufacturing technology are now worth more than $1 billion.The company, which announced a $170 million funding led by Daimler and a partnership with the famed German automaker, started building out its first production lines for its battery materials last year. That first line is capable of producing the material to supply the equivalent of 50 me...
Electronic Capsule Tracks Oral Drug Doses - Etectrx
[Product]
2019/04/17 10:57
A couple of the ID-Capsules, with ID-Tags inside.If someone is taking medication for something as important as preventing HIV, it goes without saying that they shouldn't be lackadaisical about doing so. A new electronically-augmented swallowable capsule is designed to help, by letting patients and physicians know if doses are missed.The capsule is part of the ID-Cap system, developed by Florida...
Smart Speakers’ Installed Base to Top 200 Million by Year End
[Product]
2019/04/17 10:57
Smart speakers’ global installed base is on track to top 200 million by the end of this year, according to a report out today from analysts at Canalys. Specifically, the firm forecasts the installed base will grow by 82.4 percent, from 114 million units in 2018 to 207.9 million in 2019. The U.S. will continue to lead in terms of smart speaker adoption, but a good portion of this year’s growth...
This Wearable Pollution Monitor Detects How Dirty Your Air Is - Plume Flow
[Product]
2019/04/17 10:57
Whether allergy season’s got you down or you just want to spring for a downtown run. Flow is almost 5 inches long and weighs about 2½ ounces.Thanks to the development of inexpensive sensors, several products claiming to test air quality have hit the market in recent years. Flow ($179), developed by Paris-based Plume Labs SAS, is a portable pollution sensor that’s encased in aluminum punched...
(PDF) Accenture -The Rise of The Hyper-Relevant CMO
[Business]
2019/04/16 11:31
A small cohort of CMOs are pioneering a profound shift in marketing. Re-wiring their organizations to move with their customers and deliver hyper-relevant experiences.Driving forward a Living Business mindset to adapt at speed and scale for sustained growth.Disrupting the disruptorsAs marketing undergoes a profound and enduring shift, 90 percent of today's CEOs and chief marketing officers beli...
(Patent) Apple Wants to Make It Easy for You to Generate ‘Synthetic Group Selfies’
[Tech]
2019/04/16 11:18
Group portraits could be made from multiple selfies taken on a number of different devices and digitally stitched together, Apple suggests, with an automated system creating a synthetic group selfie from separate self-portraits, one that could also be rearranged to the user's wishes. Family portraits and photographs of a group are great ways for friends and acquaintances to capture a moment in...
Influencers are Flocking to a Surprising New Kind of Social Media
[Business]
2019/04/16 11:18
350+ influencers with a collective audience of 3.5 billion people are flocking to a platform called Escapex, which gives them their own apps. It’s part of the next wave of social media focused on smaller, more private groups.Last week, actor Jeremy Renner posted a time-lapse video of himself trying on different outfits in front of the mirror. “Suiting up for the Avengers press tour,” he wrot...
Israeli Scientists Unveil World's First 3D-Printed Heart with Human Tissue
[Tech]
2019/04/16 11:18
A team of Israeli researchers has “printed” the world’s first 3-D vascularized, engineered heart.On Monday, a team of Tel Aviv University researchers revealed the heart, which was made using a patient’s own cells and biological material. Until now, scientists have successfully printed only simple tissues without blood vessels.“This is the first time anyone anywhere has successfully enginee...
14% of US Netflix users are Using Someone Else’s Password, But That’s Not Bad for Netflix
[Consumer]
2019/04/16 11:18
A new survey finds that 14 percent of US Netflix users are watching the service without paying for it.A new survey from analysts MoffettNathanson finds that 14 percent of US Netflix users admit that they’re watching the service using an account paid for by someone they don’t live with. That is, they’re watching Netflix even though they’re not technically supposed to be watching Netflix.As a...
