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Airbus Looks to Run Full-Size Airliners on Liquid Hydrogen by 2035
[Tech]
2023/01/09 09:03
Liquid hydrogen, gasified then run through a fuel cell, will provide electric power for a new generation of zero-emissions airliners.Airbus says it's on track to have a fully operational megawatt-class electric powertrain, fueled by cryogenic liquid hydrogen, tested in flight by 2026, ahead of a full-scale zero-emissions passenger airliner it plans to put into service by 2035.These cutting-edge...
(CES 2023) BMW Unveils 'i Vision Dee' Concept Car that Can Change Colors in Seconds
[Tech]
2023/01/06 09:10
It comes with a new feature called ‘phygital touchpoints,’ the Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW revealed at CES 2023.Picture a car with color-changing skin, one that is capable of displaying up to 32 different colors, and can create a digital avatar profile that can take up the side window. It comprises a slider to adjust the range of digital assistance and is replete with 'winking'...
(CES 2023) L’Oréal Unveiled 'Brow Magic', Uses AR to Print Up The Perfect Eyebrow Look in Seconds
[Product]
2023/01/06 09:09
During CES 2023, L’Oréal Groupe unveiled Brow Magic, the first at-home electronic eyebrow makeup applicator that provides users with customized brow looks in a matter of seconds. Powered by augmented reality (AR), the product specifically introduces the act of printing to the world of cosmetics, offering technological precision typically found in other procedures like microblading. The brand...
(PDF) Mckinsey - New EV Entrants Disrupt Europe’s Automotive Market
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:08
Asian EV players are entering Europe at high speed, with widely different strategies—and consumers are interested.It’s all over the news: new Asian electric-vehicle (EV) OEMs are entering the European market in unprecedented numbers. Many have already established footholds in European countries and are planning their expansion (for example, NIO had already hired more than 700 employees in Eur...
(M&A) ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Discussing Offer Valuing Company At $29 Billion
[Investing]
2023/01/06 09:07
Deal with venture capitalists would mark bright spot for troubled technology sector.ChatGPT, the bot that upended artificial intelligence (AI) upon its release two months ago, is happy to answer just about any question — except how much it's worth."I'm sorry, but I don't have information about the value or worth of ChatGPT or any other specific language model," it responded when posed that ver...
Apple Launches AI-Powered Book Narrations
[Tech]
2023/01/06 09:06
At a time when there is a lot of debate going on around ChatGPT and generative AI potentially eating up jobs, Apple has launched AI-powered audio narration for select titles on Apple Books. On its website for authors, the company says that this feature will help independent authors who might not be able to convert their titles to audiobooks because of “the cost and complexity of production.”C...
Avatar Shows Up Late to Take the 2022 Box Office Crown
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:05
Following up on the highest-grossing movie of all time was always going to be a difficult task. Doing so under difficult circumstances in a post-pandemic world makes it even more daunting. Multiple Academy Award winner James Cameron, director of two of the three highest-grossing movies ever, is not one to shy away from a challenge, though, and so, after multiple delays and three years of shooti...
Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama, Stained Glass Brain Dead, And Marni Workwear
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:04
Following on from 2022’s crazy collab overload, 2023 has started off strong already. After a decade apart, Louis Vuitton has been reunited with the Japanese “Princess of Polka Dots” Yayoi Kusama; the trending collaboration will launch worldwide this Friday, January 6.Other fashion highlights of the week include stained glass artist Kerbi Urbanowski’s second project with Los Angeles-based ar...
(CES 2023) This New Baby Car Seat Combines Military-grade Tech - Babyark
[Product]
2023/01/06 09:03
From the minds of an aeronautical engineer and a luxury car designer, Babyark’s convertible car seat is designed to be an ultra safe piece of baby equipment.Having spent more than a decade designing impact-absorbing seats for military planes and armored vehicles, aeronautical engineer Shy Mindel was a bit surprised to find himself outside a hospital a few years ago asking strangers for help in...
(CES 2023) Tech Trends to Watch
[Business]
2023/01/05 09:10
CES will present us with a tsunami of products, but Steve Koenig, vice president of research at the Consumer Technology Association, the group that puts on the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, helped sort it out by pointing out key trends to watch.Among the things he foresees: Enterprise technology will drive innovation forward and help pull us out of a recession. We’ll turn to robotics, AI,...
(PDF) BCG - 5 Strategies for A Successful Software Partner Program
[Business]
2023/01/05 09:09
Modern partner ecosystems offer multiple advantages to software firms—but many struggle to build one. Here are five critical strategies for success.As technology becomes ever more crucial for business, companies face many challenges in realizing its benefits. Buying centers proliferate across their enterprise, data security and privacy face increasingly sophisticated threats, and modernizing l...
(Paper) MIT - Paper-Thin Solar Cell Can Turn Any Surface Into a Power Source
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:08
MIT researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface. It has been 70 years since modern solar panels were invented, and their fundamental design hasn’t changed all that much. Yes, their efficiency has more than doubled since then, and the price has dropped by 89% since 2010. But recent innovations aside...
