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Vecna Robotics Closes Series C-1 Round for Case-Picking Warehouse Robots
[Investing]
2024/06/21 09:07
Vecna Robotics’ self-driving forklifts take on 100-year-old workflow. An unprecedented influx of venture dollars triggered a supply chain tech boom at the height of the pandemic as households raided Amazon’s coffers for rolls worth their weight in gold: suddenly elusive toilet paper.Then it went bust.The supply chain tech fervor peaked in 2021, with VCs investing a record $61.4 billion. Deal...
Joby Aviation Says FAA Gives Nod for In-House Software for Air-Taxi Operations
[Business]
2024/06/21 09:06
Joby Aviation (JOBY.N), opens new tab said on Thursday the U.S. aviation regulator has authorized the use of the air-taxi maker's in-house software to perform tasks such as managing pilot workload and matching passengers with aircraft similar to ride-hailing apps.The nod for the operating system, known as ElevateOS, comes as Joby gears up to launch its commercial air-taxi operations as early as...
(Infographic) The World’s Top 10 Billionaires in 2024
[Investing]
2024/06/21 09:05
This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.Elon Musk has reached a net worth of $205.4 billion in 2024, securing his position as the richest billionaire in the world, ahead of Jeff Bezos at $203.2 billion and Bernard Arnault at $200 billion. Arnault, the billionaire chair...
World's First Tooth-Regenerating Drug to Enter Testing in Japan
[Tech]
2024/06/21 09:04
Startup aims to roll out antibody treatment in 2030 as alternative to implants.A Japanese startup will launch clinical trials in September of what is believed to be the first-ever treatment that can regrow teeth.Toregem Biopharma aims to bring the antibody drug to market in 2030 for patients missing some or all of their teeth from birth -- a condition known as congenital anodontia. The Kyoto Un...
LG Partial Screen Features Mechanical Shutter Blades Which Can Be Individually Controlled
[Design]
2024/06/21 09:03
LG Partial Screen is a transparent OLED display designed with 25% devised shutter blades that can be individually controlled. It’s a collaborative project between LG Display and Jiyoun Kim, trying to find meaningful touchpoint between the transparent OLED technology and people’s lives. Our transparent display has technological limitations when it comes to displaying black due to the light shi...
(PDF) Mckinsey - State of the Consumer 2024 : What’s Now and What’s Next
[Consumer]
2024/06/20 09:10
Amid massive shifts in the consumer landscape, companies can’t afford to rely on yesterday’s consumer insights. Here are nine trends that merit close attention.If you think you know consumer behavior, think again. Middle-income consumers are feeling the squeeze and worrying about inflation but aren’t holding back on splurges. Rather than sticking to tight budgets in retirement, aging consume...
Loop Golf Closes $1M Funding Round
[Investing]
2024/06/20 09:09
Loop Golf, a Redwood City, CA-based online booking platform for golfers to get the best tee times at local courses, closed a $1m seed funding round.Golf has exploded in popularity in recent years thanks to the pandemic and the popularity of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary series. More than 531 million rounds of golf were played in the U.S. in 2023 alone, according to the National Golf Foundat...
(Patent) Amazon’s Multi-Talented Alexa
[Tech]
2024/06/20 09:08
The company filed two patent applications detailing ways to make its virtual assistant more useful. To start, Amazon is seeking to patent a way to collect “multi-session context.”Amazon’s tech stores user data upon initial interactions, including “action data,” or information about user behaviors, “entity data,” or data related to the user, and a profile identifier. The system then holds...
Deloitte - Grocery Shopping with Personality
[Consumer]
2024/06/20 09:07
Most consumers identify with one of five food personalities, influencing what they buy and how much they spend.The price of groceries can’t go up forever, or at least not as fast as it has these past few years.1 Food companies and grocers alike are pivoting, and the essential thinking seems to boil down to this: If you can’t charge a higher price for it, you better sell more of it. Of course,...
