TREND REPORTS
Super-Spicy Noodles Make Former Stay-at-Home Mom a Billionaire
[Business]
2024/12/17 09:08
Famously hot Buldak noodles drive Korean food giant’s growth. Kim Jung-soo was asked by father-in-law to join family firm.It all started from a YouTube video in which a British man attempted to eat Buldak — fire chicken — noodles ten years ago.That quickly turned viral, with a flood of people posting short videos of themselves daring the notoriously spicy ramen. Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B...
Weight Loss Drug Sales Soar and America’s Obesity Rate Shrinks
[Business]
2024/12/17 09:07
The obesity rate in the US fell in 2023 as GLP-1s go mainstream. Ozempic sales are booming, obesity rates are shrinking, and weight-loss drugs are more culturally relevant than ever.Research published in the last week revealed that for the first time in more than a decade, obesity rates among US adults fell slightly last year, decreasing from 46% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023. While we might need a...
(Video) Amazon’s AWS Helps NFL Players and Fans Use AI to Customize Shoes
[Business]
2024/12/17 09:06
For its eighth annual campaign, the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative — which sees players express charitable interests through custom footwear designs — is embracing generative AI. Three NFL stars used a tool developed by Amazon’s AWS to create their custom cleats. Using Amazon Bedrock, the technology combines Anthropic’s Claude with Stability AI’s image generation capabilities to tran...
(Paper) 3D-Printed “Metamaterial” is Stronger Than Anything in Nature
[Tech]
2024/12/17 09:05
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace. A person holding a complex, 3d-printed metamaterial with a lattice structure.Using lasers and metal powder, Australian scientists have created a super strong, super lightweight new “metamaterial” — but they got the idea for this sci fi-sounding creation from plants.The challenge: Materials that are strong yet lightweight, such a...
(Infographic) What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready ?
[Tech]
2024/12/17 09:04
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing society, workplace and education. To be prepared for the college and career opportunities of today and the future, students must learn to be “AI Ready.” AI readiness ensures that students can thrive in the future as informed users and developers of emerging technologies, including AI.Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by la...
Meet The Vista Digital Detox Phone
[Design]
2024/12/17 09:03
This minimalist phone solves smartphone addiction using physical interaction.Smartphones have changed the dynamics of the world, virtually bringing every possible function to this pocketable device. Overusing phones is a major concern worldwide due to multiple health hazards and irreversible effects on the brain. Being glued to the screen for countless hours daily has triggered psychological pr...
(PDF) BCG - The AI Maturity Matrix
[Business]
2024/12/16 09:10
Which Economies Are Ready for AI ?Key TakeawaysBCG is launching a new matrix to help governments navigate the economic challenges and opportunities brought by AI—both traditional AI and GenAI. The AI Maturity Matrix combines an economy’s exposure to AI with its readiness to handle AI disruption. By measuring these factors, this report is meant to guide economic managers as they drive AI adopt...
(Paper) New AI Research Foreshadows Autonomous Robotic Surgery
[Tech]
2024/12/16 09:09
A robot commonly used and manually manipulated by surgeons for routine operations can now autonomously perform key surgical tasks as precisely as humans.Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities, revealed they have integrated a vision-language model (VLM)—trained on hours of surgical videos—with the widely-used da Vinci robotic surgical system. Once connected with the VLM, da Vin...
Can Crypto Bros Save Luxury in 2025 ?
[Business]
2024/12/16 09:08
With asset prices including Bitcoin rising, high-end groups are looking to the US to offset China weakness.LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE’s biggest brand is refurbishing its flagship on the corner of East 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.It has covered the construction with a 230-foot tall installation depicting six stacked monogrammed trunks. Towering above nearby landmarks, it...
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