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Decoding Google’s AI Ambitions (and Anxiety)
[Business]
2023/02/10 09:06
Anyone who’s experimented with ChatGPT can get a sense of the potential of generative AI—even in the technology’s earliest stages. The hype around AI was rising throughout 2022, and has reached a fever pitch today.We’ve seen hype cycles swell around specific technologies before. Blockchain, Metaverse, NFTs, the list goes on. It remains to be seen what tangible value is created after the hea...
(Paper) Harvard - Soft-Robotic Wearable Helps People with ALS Raise Their Arms
[Tech]
2023/02/10 09:05
The system incorporates two arm-lifting inflatable actuators. Proof-of-concept device is comfortable, safe, easy to use.Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord necessary for movement.Two torsos wearing a black soft robotics vest. The firs...
The World’s Next Megacities
[Consumer]
2023/02/10 09:04
By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 54 percent in 2020, according to a new report by the Institute for Economics & Peace. This increase is being driven by both population growth and a continued shift towards urbanization, particularly to so called ‘megacities’ - metropolises that have a population of 10 million or more.Urbanization takes place becau...
Logitech Debuts Project Ghost Videoconferencing Booth Prototype at ISE 2023
[Product]
2023/02/10 09:03
Video chats came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an audiovisual lifeline for fragmented families and social groups, as well as keeping remote-working teams in touch. But they seem rather flat and low-tech compared to the telepresence booth concept presented by Logitech at ISE 2023 this week.Logitech has decent form for making online communication possible, thanks to its q...
(PDF) Ipsos - Global Opinion And Expectations About Artificial Intelligence
[Consumer]
2023/02/09 09:10
Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum unveils mix of positive feelings and concerns about AI’s impact on people’s lives.A new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum finds that, on average, six out of 10 adults from 28 countries expect that products and services using artificial intelligence will profoundly change their daily life in the next three to five years. Half of them feel it ha...
(Video) This Sustainable Lamp Doesn’t Use Batteries to Create Its Eclipse-like Glow - Nisshoku
[Design]
2023/02/09 09:09
We have seen many kinds of lamps and lighting fixtures, some more decorative while others are mostly utilitarian in their design. What binds most of these lamps together is their need to be plugged in one way or another, whether it’s to directly tap into a power grid or to charge their internal batteries. Sooner or later, we will realize just how much we consume to light up our homes, especial...
Which Sectors Are Working With OpenAI ?
[Business]
2023/02/09 09:08
While OpenAI has really risen to fame with the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the U.S.-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company is about much more than its popular AI-powered chatbot. OpenAI Statistics DALL-E has more than 30,00,000 active developers using the train algorithm model.OpenAI can create any kind of recipe from the given list of ingredients.The OpenAI plat...
Researchers Develop Elastic Material That Is Impervious to Gases and Liquids
[Tech]
2023/02/09 09:07
An international team of researchers has developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids. Applications for the material include use as packaging for high-value technologies that require protection from gases, such as flexible batteries.“This is an important step because there has long been a trade-off between elasticity an...
What Do Louis Vuitton’s Record-Breaking Sales In Hefei Reveal About China’s Luxury Rebound ?
[Business]
2023/02/09 09:06
The Louis Vuitton store in Hefei achieved revenue of over $14.7 million in January. Is it time for luxury names to look at China's newly minted first-tier cities for growth? What Happened: The Louis Vuitton store in Hefei’s luxury Yintai Centre mall achieved revenue of over $14.7 million (100 million RMB) in January, a record monthly sales high, according to a report from Chinese media Jiemian...
Bain - Management Tools & Trends 2023
[Business]
2023/02/09 09:05
Global managers responding to our December survey praised their companies’ disciplined cost management, hybrid work, ethical leadership, and employee morale, but worried about their supply chain and adaptability to change.Asian executives reported the highest tool use and satisfaction, including relatively high usage of Web3 and Blockchain and satisfaction with ESG and DEI efforts.Growth, purp...
Anker Brings Official Wireless VR Earbuds for Meta Quest 2
[Product]
2023/02/09 09:04
Anker releases dedicated earbuds for the Meta Quest 2 under the “Made for Meta” seal.Anker Innovations, founded by former Google employees, made a name for itself with power banks and other smartphone accessories in recent years. Under the Soundcore brand, Anker offers Bluetooth audio boxes as well as wireless earphones. In the future, these will also be available for the Meta Quest 2 standal...
DIY AR Glasses Get a Bit Geekier with This Monocle Clip-on
[Design]
2023/02/09 09:03
Hollywood had us dreaming about augmented reality way before “metaverse” became an overhyped buzzword. Of course, fiction and reality don’t always see eye-to-eye, pun intended, and experiencing this augmented reality has been less than ideal, if not unreachable, for most people. The problem has been making AR hardware available and accessible to more people, not to mention comfortable to wea...
