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"World's First" Combined Baseball Stadium and Shopping Mall Proposed for South Korea
[Design]
2023/12/21 09:08
US architecture studio DLA+ has unveiled its design for a multi-purpose sports- and entertainment building in Incheon, South Korea, containing the Cheongna SSG baseball stadium and a shopping centre.Working with retail franchise Shinsegae Group, DLA+ claims the project will be "the world's first baseball stadium with an integrated shopping mall and the first privately funded professional sporti...
Airline Industry Returns to Profits in 2023
[Business]
2023/12/21 09:07
Having largely left behind Covid-related turbulences, the global airline industry emerged from the storm in 2023, returning to profitability after three years of deep losses. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), commercial airlines are expected to end the year with $23.3 billion in net profit, up from a loss of $3.8 billion in 2022 and significantly higher than previ...
Lingrove, CA-based Composite Materials Company, Raised $10M in Funding
[Investing]
2023/12/21 09:06
The round was led by Lewis & Clark Agrifood and Diamond Edge Ventures, with participation from Bunge Ventures and SOSV.The company intends to use the funds to ramp up production of ekoa®, a natural, durable, and carbon-negative alternative to conventional materials used in construction.Led by CEO Joe Luttwak, Lingrove is working to create, carbon-negative interiors to combat climate change...
(Infographic) 5 Drivers Behind the Growth of the GPU Cloud Computing Market
[Business]
2023/12/21 09:05
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are specialized computer chips originally designed for use in gaming, but have recently found a second life on the cloud because of their capabilities in high performance computing. GPUs use parallel processing to efficiently and effectively solve complex problems across a wide range of domains, much faster than the serial processing approach of CPUs.In this vis...
Metabolically Labeled CAR-T Cells Against Cancer
[Tech]
2023/12/21 09:04
Patient-derived T cells carrying immune-enhancing cytokines on their surfaces through simple and effective approach could help expand adoptive T cell therapies to treatment of solid tumors.Cytokine enhancement of therapeutic T cells before their adoptive transfer to recipients with solid and hard-to-treat blood cancersNovel metabolic labeling technology that engineers T cells’ surface sugars a...
Tiny VW ID. Buzz e-Camper Lives Large with Queen Bed and Flex Kitchen
[Product]
2023/12/21 09:03
Tonke creates about as comfortable and functional a camper van as the small all-electric VW ID. Buzz can handle with pop-tops or expanding walls.The good folks at Tonke know their way around a smart, flexible Volkswagen camper van build, and they know their way around an equally smart, versatile electric camper. Now they merge those skill sets to create a Volkswagen ID. Buzz mini-camper that lo...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Grocery Retail in Asia : Thriving in Changing Consumption Patterns
[Business]
2023/12/20 09:10
Asian grocers and FMCG companies are dealing with the impact of inflation and changing consumer preferences. Our analysis highlights five trends, but the devil is in the details for each market.Consumers, regardless of markets, continue to face headwinds due to inflation. In Asia, it topped 6 percent since the beginning of 2022 and accounted for most of the spending growth in fast-moving consum...
Sip Sustainably : A Plastic-Lid-Free Drinks Cup
[Design]
2023/12/20 09:09
One company is eliminating the need for a separate plastic lid in hot beverage containers.It’s estimated that, around the world, at least 500 billion disposable cups are used yearly. These containers may be handy for grabbing a hot drink on the go, but so few are recycled that the majority either end up in landfills or as pollution, affecting our oceans, lakes, and rivers. To tackle this plast...
(Infographic) Visualizing How Big Tech Companies Make Their Billions
[Investing]
2023/12/20 09:08
First there was oil, then tobacco, then pharma. The “Big” epithet has always denoted the unique scale and power of certain industries, and today’s Big Tech companies are the perfect example.These six tech giants—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta (formerly Facebook), and Nvidia—are each one of the eight most valuable companies in the world by market capitalization.Thanks to the ubiqu...
