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(PDF) IBM : Prediction of Psychotic Onset with AI - Words Portend the Future
[Tech]
2018/01/28 10:09
IBM Research have developed a system that can predict with a high degree of accuracy whether a person will develop psychosis just from their speech patterns.Psychiatrist characterize schizophrenia, a mental condition with devastating effects on those who suffer it, by a set of intuitively understandable concepts including “poverty of speech” and “flight of ideas.” These concepts, however, a...
Nexar Gets $30M Series B for Its AI-based Road Safety Dashcams and Network
[Investing]
2018/01/28 10:08
Nexar, a startup that makes an AI-based dashcam app to monitor road safety, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B led by Ibex Ventures. Participants included Alibaba Innovation Ventures (the venture capital investment arm of Alibaba Group), Nationwide Insurance and returning investors Aleph, Mosaic Ventures, Slow Ventures, True Ventures and Tusk Ventures.Nexar’s dashcam app...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The 5 Trademarks of Agile Organizations
[Business]
2018/01/28 10:07
Agile organizations—of any size and across industries—have five key elements in common.Our experience and research demonstrate that successful agile organizations consistently exhibit the five trademarks described in this article. The trademarks include a network of teams within a people-centered culture that operates in rapid learning and fast decision cycles which are enabled by technology,...
Self-Sailing Drones Set to Explore the Southern Ocean
[Tech]
2018/01/28 10:06
Australian research group CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) will be using aquatic drones to explore the Southern Ocean. The government agency has announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Saildrone, and will be utilizing three of the startup's unmanned vehicles for the next five years.The Saildrones themselves are propelled by the wind, and their electr...
Where SoftBank Has Invested its $98 Billion Vision Fund
[Investing]
2018/01/28 10:05
New year, new giant investments for SoftBank. Earlier this week, SoftBank officially closed its $9.3 billion investment in Uber, making SoftBank Uber’s largest shareholder.We learned Friday that SoftBank could be looking for an uncommonly large 45 percent stake in dog-walking app Wag in return for investing up to $300 million in the company. Of course, that would barely be a drop in the bucket...
Sweat-Activated Workout Shirts - CoreSport
[Product]
2018/01/28 10:04
CoreSport Shirts Channel the Cooling Properties of Sweat.Though sweat can feel uncomfortable, it's actually an ingenious way that the body manages to naturally regulate its temperature, and the new CoreSport workout apparel uses that quality of sweat to keep wearers cool while also keeping them dry. The moisture-absorbing textile from which the shirt is composed simultaneously pulls sweat from...
(PDF) PwC : AI for the Earth - Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for the Earth
[Business]
2018/01/25 10:30
Putting AI to work for the planet.The artificial intelligence (AI) opportunity for the Earth is significant. Today’s AI explosion will see us add this technology to more and more things every year. The AI itself will also become smarter with each passing year – not only more productive but developing intelligence that humans don’t yet have, accelerating human learning and innovation. As we t...
(PDF) Scientists Just Cloned Monkeys. Humans Could Be Next
[Tech]
2018/01/25 10:30
Since the birth of Dolly the sheep in 1996, scientists across the globe have used the same technique to clone nearly two dozen other animal species, including cats, dogs, rats, and cattle. Primates, however, had proven resistant to the process — until now.In a new study published in Cell, a team of Chinese researchers led by Qiang Sun at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscienc...
Here’s Who Owns Everything in Big Media Today
[Business]
2018/01/25 10:30
The media landscape used to be straightforward: Content companies — studios — made stuff — TV shows and movies — and sold it to pay TV distributors, who sold it to consumers.Now things are up for grabs: Netflix buys stuff from the studios, but it’s making its own stuff, too, and it’s selling it directly to consumers. That’s one of the reasons older media companies are trying to compete b...
