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(Video) Meet Punyo, Toyota’s Soft Robot for Whole-Body Manipulation Research
[Tech]
2024/03/15 09:07
Punyo is the newest robot from Toyota but instead of looking like your typical robots that carry heavy things for us, it looks more like that adorable Baymax from Disney’s Big Hero 6. It’s even wearing a “sweater” that is actually functional as it actually enhances the robot’s capability to carry various things. Normally, robots just use their hands and their claw-like “fingers” but Puny...
Liquid Death : The Brash "Water in a Can" Startup is Now Worth $1.4 Billion
[Investing]
2024/03/15 09:06
Liquid Death, the “goth kid of canned water” made a splash earlier this week with a $67 million funding round that brought its valuation to $1.4 billion — double what it achieved 2 years ago, giving the punky startup coveted unicorn status.Investors backing the deal include actor Josh Brolin and entertainment company Live Nation, which has helped supercharge growth thanks to an exclusive sup...
(Infographic) The 4th Bitcoin Halving Explained
[Investing]
2024/03/15 09:06
Sometime in April 2024, the reward that cryptocurrency miners receive for mining bitcoin (BTC) will go from ₿6.25 to ₿3.125, with significant consequences for the world’s most valuable digital currency.To help understand this quadrennial event, we’ve teamed up with HIVE Digital to take a deep dive on historical bitcoin data from Coinmetrics to see what the three previous halvings might tell...
American Drivers Can't Catch a Break
[Investing]
2024/03/15 09:05
The latest pinch for drivers is the cost of auto insurance, which is up 20.6% year over year as of February and the biggest jump in the cost of car insurance in government data going back to 1985. It's also the biggest price jump for February in the 28 categories Yahoo Finance has been tracking since 2021.The latest pinch for drivers is the cost of auto insurance, which is up 20.6% year over...
(Paper) New AI-Assisted Wearable Enables Speech Without Vocal Cords
[Tech]
2024/03/15 09:04
Speaking without vocal folds using a machine-learning-assisted wearable sensing-actuation system.Bioengineers at UCLA have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech.The device is trained through machine learning to recognize which muscle movements correspond to which words.The self-powered technology could ser...
Maison Margiela x Gentle Monster Pop-up Opens with Haus Nowhere Shanghai
[Design]
2024/03/15 09:03
Blending the identities of Maison Margiela and Gentle Monster, Haus Nowhere Shanghai hosts a limited time pop-up. Photo: Haus Nowhere ShanghaiDetails: Limited-time pop-up on first floor of Haus Nowhere ShanghaiSocial context: Haus Nowhere has just 90 fans on Weibo, but #hausnowhere has 2.59 million reads, and #maisonmargielaxgentlemonster has 34.83 million reads. On Xiaohongshu, #hausnowhere ha...
(PDF) The Art Basel & UBS - Art Market Report 2024
[Business]
2024/03/14 09:10
Art Basel and UBS present The Art Market Report 2024, an annual global art market analysis. The Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2024 provides a review of the international art market, highlighting some of the most important trends and developments taking place each year. Authored by Dr. Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, it is an independent and objective study, analyzing sales and...
(Video) With OpenAI, Figure 01 Can Now Have Full Conversations with People
[Tech]
2024/03/14 09:09
Thanks to a collaboration between Figure and OpenAI, the Figure 01 humanoid robot can now converse with people in real-time, and act on requests to do stuff.Thanks to a collaboration between Figure and OpenAI, the Figure 01 humanoid robot can now converse with people in real-time, and act on requests to do stuff.Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of its collaboration with OpenAI to enhance...
Luxury Postnatal Retreats Draw Affluent Parents Around the US
[Business]
2024/03/14 09:08
Modeled after recovery centers in Taiwan and South Korea, high-end businesses are capitalizing on the dearth of postpartum support for Americans.After Ayra Redondiez’s son was born five weeks early last December, she went straight from the hospital to the Village Postnatal Retreat Center in San Francisco.During her six-night stay, Redondiez, who works in human resources at a software startup,...
