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(Infographic) How Google Went From A Search Engine To An $800B Global AI Powerhouse
[Business]
2019/11/04 00:08
Alphabet is disrupting healthcare, auto, government contracts, and more with AI. We look at how it got here, where it’s headed, and what this means for incumbents.[click to enlarge]Google was relentless in its pursuit of artificial intelligence even before the current wave of AI commercialization took off.It may be hard to imagine a time when neural networks — AI algorithms initially inspired...
(Paper) A Stretchable Stopwatch Lights Up Human Skin
[Tech]
2019/11/04 00:07
Imagine a runner who doesn't need to carry a stopwatch or cell phone to check her time: She could just gaze at the glowing stopwatch display on the back of her hand. Such human-machine interfaces are no longer science fiction, but they still have a way to go before becoming mainstream. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Materials Letters have developed a stretchable light-emitting device that op...
An Air Purifier You Can Wear as a Necklace - Breathe
[Design]
2019/11/04 00:06
Today clean air is becoming more of a luxury than a bare necessity needed to survive. With the Earth’s atmosphere deteriorating by the minute, the health hazards are increasing manifolds. Lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in the world. 6 million people die annually from smoking, 500,000 of those due to passive smoking. Pollution in large cities can take aw...
Nielsen - The 2020 Vision for U.S. Retail and Beyond
[Business]
2019/11/04 00:05
Here’s a look at how U.S. retail will look in 2020 and beyond.In the future, will your wearable device recommend what to add to your grocery list? Will you be able to order a new chair from a mobile 3D printer that can deliver it to you in the next hour? When you reach for your favorite brand on the shelf, will it automatically communicate to the manufacturer to re-stock the shelf faster? We a...
The Butterfly Tea Bags
[Design]
2019/11/04 00:04
Designer Yena Lee has come up with a way of setting your tea cup aflutter. Her lovely butterfly tea bags are designed to do more than just be pleasing to the eye. The black and yellow butterfly actually holds your tea bag in place.Designer : Yena Lee[yenalee]
Monthly Trend Report - November. 2019 Edition
[Trendbird]
2019/11/04 00:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - November. 2019 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." Browse By TOPIC AI 5G Blockchain VR/AR Retail 2.0 Millennial China Robot Car Marketing HealthBrows...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2019 Holiday Retail Survey
[Business]
2019/10/29 00:10
It’s looking like another cheerful holiday season for retail in 2019. Explore what our 34th annual holiday retail survey, which polled 4,410 respondents across the United States, reveals about consumers’ perceptions, attitudes, and holiday shopping behaviors.Download PDF Report : https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/6382_2019-holiday-survey/DI_2019-holiday-survey.pdf[del...
(Patent) Facebook Seeks Patent for Auto-Completion for Gesture-Input in Assistant Systems
[Tech]
2019/10/29 00:09
Facebook seeks patent for auto-completion for gesture-input in assistant systems.US patent application 20190324527 discloses a method for receiving incomplete gestures performed by a user, determining intent corresponding to the incomplete gesture, and sending instructions for presenting suggested inputs corresponding to a predefined candidate gesture to the client system. Figure illustrates a...
(Paper) Google is Training Graph Neural Networks to Predict Smells
[Tech]
2019/10/29 00:07
A team of chemistry, life science, and AI researchers are using graph neural networks to identify molecules and predict smells. Models made by researchers outperform current state-of-the-art approaches and the top-performing model from the DREAM Olfaction Prediction Challenge, a competition for mapping the chemical properties of odors.The work was created by researchers from Google, Canadian In...
