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Coffee Brands Combine Caffeine and Cannabis
[Product]
2018/07/15 09:06
Coffee pick-me-ups are evolving as coffee companies innovate around caffeine and cannabis. Marijuana drinkables and edibles continue to rise in popularity as cultural shifts make cannabis a more socially accepted drug. These coffee brands are bridging the coffee and cannabis industries with the creation of CBD-infused coffee beverages. cuvée coffee Austin-based coffee company Cuvée Coffee rel...
TGI Fridays’ $150 Million AI Strategy : Outsource, Stupid !
[Business]
2018/07/15 09:05
Restaurant chain TGI Friday’s (TGIF) used AI at many levels of its marketing operations to double its off-premise sales in just the last year — adding up to about $150 million in revenue, according to VentureBeat’s estimates.The strategy included using three main software tools, each of which leverages a different sort of AI: Amperity, Aqua: Conversable, and Hypergiant. The chain’s strategy...
Citroen Creates Glasses to Cure Motion Sickness, the Seetroen
[Product]
2018/07/15 09:04
According to data, over 30 million Europeans are affected by motion sickness, with 1 in 3 people complaining of symptoms while traveling by car, bus or train.New glasses from Citroen that cure motion sickness, SeetroenNew glasses from Citroen that cure motion sickness, SeetroenNew glasses from Citroen that cure motion sickness, SeetroenNew glasses from Citroen that cure motion sickness, Seetroe...
Sweden's Electric Robo-Truck Is Made for Life in the Forest - Einride
[Product]
2018/07/15 09:03
The an all-electric, autonomous semi is looking to carve out a niche in an increasingly crowded (but not yet entirely real) market.IF A TREE falls in a forest and there's nobody around, does the truck that comes in to pick it up make a noise? Not much of one, if it's the latest offering from Swedish startup Einride, an all-electric autonomous semi looking to carve out a niche in an increasingly...
(PDF) BCG - The 2018 Value Creators Report
[Business]
2018/07/12 11:31
The following highlights from BCG’s 2018 Value Creators rankings are available—for the first time—as an online interactive presentation.When it comes to achieving superior performance over the long term, the firms topping BCG’s Value Creators rankings have perfected the art. For the past 20 years, BCG has been ranking companies on the basis of total shareholder return (TSR), a long-term met...
(PDF) Nvidia Uses AI to Clean Up Messy Photos - Noise2Noise
[Tech]
2018/07/12 11:31
Researchers from Nvidia, MIT, and Aalto University are using artificial intelligence to reduce noise in photos. The team used 50,000 images from the ImageNet dataset to train its AI system for reconstructing photos, and the system is able to remove noise from an image even though it has never seen the image without noise.Named Noise2Noise, the AI system was created using deep learning and draws...
Use of ‘Smart Drugs’ on the Rise
[Business]
2018/07/12 11:31
European nations see biggest increases in use of stimulants such as Ritalin by people seeking brain-boosting effects.The use of drugs by people hoping to boost mental performance is rising worldwide, finds the largest ever study of the trend. In a survey of tens of thousands of people, 14% reported using stimulants at least once in the preceding 12 months in 2017, up from 5% in 2015.The non-med...
This Chainless Bike Suggests The Future of Cycling Could be Ceramic - CeramicSpeed
[Product]
2018/07/12 11:31
A company called CeramicSpeed took the wraps off a prototype bike that looks like something straight out of a science-fiction movie, complete with a revolutionary new chainless drive system that promises to be a revelation for riders, improving speed and efficiency without an increase in power.CeramicSpeed developed its new DrivEn system in conjunction with the University of Colorado’s mechani...
[Infographic] The Ripple Effect of Record Venture Capital Availability
[Investing]
2018/07/12 11:31
Propelled by a strong fundraising environment and increased participation from nontraditional investors and corporate VCs, capital availability hit record levels in the first half of 2018. The datagraphic below illustrates how the excess in available capital is affecting the venture landscape; click on the graphic to see an expanded version of the image.[click to enlarge]Infographic : https://f...
