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AI Voice Startup ElevenLabs Lands $80M Round, Launches Marketplace of Cloned Voices
[Investing]
2024/01/25 09:07
Within just two years of its inception, ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees, has hit the unicorn status. The company today announced it has raised $80 million in a series B round of funding, growing its valuation ten-fold to $1.1 billion.The investment has been co-led by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman an...
An Israeli Foodtech Startup Creates World’s First 3D-Printed, Plant-Based Shrimp
[Tech]
2024/01/25 09:06
An Israeli foodtech startup that produces meat alternatives has successfully 3D-printed the world’s first plant-based shrimp alternative. Steakholder Foods, which is headquartered in Rehovot, creates plant-based 3D-printed meat that closely mimics the taste, texture and appearance of traditional meat.The plant-based shrimp were produced using the company’s proprietary DropJet bioprinter, whic...
The Magnificent 7
[Investing]
2024/01/25 09:04
America’s flagship stock market index, the S&P 500, closed at another record high yesterday, as a stream of solid earnings reports — including Netflix (see more below) — drove the index to a fresh high.Gone are the stock acronyms of FANG, MANTAMAN, or FAATMAN, and in is a new moniker for companies driving the market: The Magnificent 7 — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta,...
Spatial Vacuuming - AR Vacuuming App Makes Sure You Don't Miss a Spot
[Product]
2024/01/25 09:04
The "spatial vacuuming" app, on an Oculus Quest, colors the floor green where you haven't vacuumed.As VR/AR headsets become more and more common, they'll open up all sorts of opportunities to "gamify" what's happening in the real world. Here's a fun example: an app that tracks your vacuum, showing which bits of floor you have and haven't done.The app, apparently built for Oculus Quest hardware,...
Pupupula Kids Rock Solid Bed System Offers Modular Bed System for Different Bedroom Style
[Design]
2024/01/25 09:03
Proudly made in China, Rock-Solid Bed System features a modular bed system based on just one basic bed. It grows with your kids, the system consists of four main forms: single bed with side boards, mid-high bed, bunk bed, and family bed.You can start with the basic bed, you have flexible possibilities to build this bed into three variations of bed. On the other hand, when you have bunk bed, you...
(Patent) Google Invents a Wrist-Worn Camera System to Capture a User's In-Air Gestures
[Tech]
2024/01/24 09:10
A patent application from Google was published by the U.S. Patent Office regarding techniques of operating an AR system that includes determining hand gestures formed by a user based on a sequence of two-dimensional images through skin of the user's wrist acquired from a near-infrared camera.Specifically, an image capture device disposed on a band worn around a user's wrist includes a source of...
(PDF) BCG - Empowering the Marketing Function in B2B Sales
[Business]
2024/01/24 09:09
Many B2B companies have been slow to address the growing “consumerization” of the purchase process, the changing needs of buyers amid economic uncertainty, and advances in marketing technology and artificial intelligence (AI).These fundamental changes place companies at an inflection point. To improve marketing efficiency, conversion rates, and return on marketing investment—while deepening...
(Video) Disney Offers an Elegant Solution to VR’s Movement Problem
[Tech]
2024/01/24 09:08
Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a Real-Life Holodeck.Remember the Virtuix Omni? I’ll never forget trying out an early version of the virtual reality treadmill in a hotel suite many E3s ago. The system, which features a concave platform and slippery shoes, was clever enough to influence Ready Player One’s take on the space. The electronics-free system finally started sh...
(Paper) Beyond AI Exposure : Which Tasks are Cost-Effective to Automate with Computer Vision?
[Consumer]
2024/01/24 09:07
A team of MIT researchers has found that in many instances, replacing human workers with AI is still more expensive than sticking with the people, a conclusion that flies in the face of current fears over the technology taking our jobs.As detailed in a new paper, the team examined the cost-effectiveness of 1,000 "visual inspection" tasks across 800 occupations, such as inspecting food to see wh...
