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(PDF) Capgemini - How Open Innovation Offers Benefits for All
[Business]
2023/06/13 09:10
In our latest Capgemini Research Institute report, The power of open minds: How open innovation offers benefits for all, we look at the concept of “open innovation” in depth and evaluate its relevance to businesses today.Open innovation, the practice of collaborating with external entities to co-create new value, has become essential to business success. As organizations face a slew of challe...
Telly Dual-Screen TV First Look : It’s Free and May be The Future
[Business]
2023/06/13 09:09
More than 250,000 people have signed up in hopes of getting Telly’s unique TV. There’s something to this concept, but plenty of unknowns remain.You know what you’re signing up for from the word go. That’s the main gist behind Telly, a free-to-own 4K television that’s “free” because of a secondary bottom display that will constantly rotate through advertising while also, in theory, provid...
AI Helps IKEA Design a Modular Couch That Can be Transported in a Big Envelope
[Design]
2023/06/13 09:08
Ordinary people don’t really think about thinking of new ways to innovate pieces of furniture like tables, chairs, beds, and couches. Most people probably just think of buying something that is practical, comfortable, and does what it’s supposed to do. But product designers are always out there thinking of new ways to make things like these more portable, more interesting, or basically, just...
(PDF) Mckinsey - What Do Higher Education Students Want from Online Learning ?
[Consumer]
2023/06/13 09:07
McKinsey surveyed more than 7,000 students in 17 countries to find out which elements of online higher education they value most.Online programs, both remote and hybrid, are capturing a wider share of higher education across the world. Much of the growth in recent years was driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced campuses to close suddenly and switch to remote classes. But many students,...
Aldi Just Launched A Free Rosé Dispensing Billboard
[Business]
2023/06/13 09:06
We’ve all heard of “wine o’clock,” but what about “rosé degrees”? It turns out, the ideal temperature at which to consume the pink-tinted drink is 19.2°C (66.56°F), and shoppers in Manchester got to treat themselves to a glass of the beverage at this “optimal” setting.Discount grocer Aldi set up a temperature-sensitive billboard that dispensed free rosé to passersby as part of the f...
Unscripted : Hollywood Strikes are Forcing Reality TV to the Fore
[Consumer]
2023/06/13 09:05
TV and Hollywood movie writers are into their 6th week of strikes, and actors could soon follow suit. 98% of SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild, voted to strike at the end of June if they don’t reach an agreement with streamers, studios, networks, and production houses by the end of the month.While directors managed to avoid taking action by securing a “truly historic deal” earlier this week...
(Paper) Scientists Figure Out How To Make Electricity From Thin Air
[Tech]
2023/06/13 09:04
A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. The secret lies in being able to pepper the material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter. The research appeared in the journal Advanced Materials."This is very exciting," says Xiaom...
From Hermès To Bored Ape Yacht Club : The Problem With Protecting Brand IPs In Web3
[Business]
2023/06/13 09:03
Web3’s legal gray area is allowing numerous counterfeiting and trademark misconducts to slip through the cracks. What can brands do to protect themselves?From banana-clad Birkin NFTs to stolen virtual influencers — is the metaverse a regulatory minefield?Web3 is introducing a slew of counterfeiting nightmares, including China’s metahuman debate and their rights as content creators, and the...
(Video) The World’s First Stair-Climbing Robot Vacuum - Migo Ascender
[Product]
2023/06/12 09:10
There are cleaning enthusiasts for whom dusting and wiping the floor with a mop is therapeutic. And then there’s the rest of us, who will stall the dreaded chore for days on end. Saving our lives and energy for the last 25 years, the robot vacuum cleaner is a godsend. But what about stairs?While it’s not the world’s first robovac (robot vacuum) which can climb stairs and clean them, the Asce...
The Growth in House Prices by Country
[Investing]
2023/06/12 09:09
Global housing prices rose an average of 6% annually, between Q4 2021 and Q4 2022.In real terms that take inflation into account, prices actually fell 2% for the first decline in 12 years. Despite a surge in interest rates and mortgage costs, housing markets were noticeably stable. Real prices remain 7% above pre-pandemic levels.In this graphic, we show the change in residential property prices...
(Paper) Futuristic Face Mask Could Let You Smell The Virtual World
[Tech]
2023/06/12 09:08
High-tech face mask lets you smell things in virtual reality. A face mask can release nine different scents on demand to make VR experiences more immersive and multisensoryA face mask designed to enhance virtual reality can release various smells to make the simulation more immersive. It could even be used to mimic the odour of absent loved ones during virtual meetings, say its creators.The sen...
A.I’m Lovin’ It — McDonald's Best OOH Advertising
[Business]
2023/06/12 09:07
The combination of two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun, makes Big Mac the best-selling sandwich of McDonald’s in Brazil, and the most iconic in the world. To show this preference in global scale, the brand asked the “opinion” of one of the most popular artificial intelligence tools today: ChatGPT1.Guided by internet existing data, ChatGP...
