E Ink screens are not only kinder to your eyes, but offer great battery life due to their low power draw. But a new display from Digital View doesn't have a battery at all, and gets the juice it needs from an overhead Wi-Charge wireless power module.Before all you digital bookworms get too excited, this development will have limited appeal for e-reader devices – as screens won't refresh and pa...

It’s been almost two full years since OpenAI released ChatGPT, helping kickstart the generative AI revolution. Consumers lined up around the virtual block to use ChatGPT, kicking off an AI arms race between at least three Big Tech companies.But now that the initial newness has faded, what does the general public make of this new technology?We visualize the percentage of consumers using ChatGPT...

After an impressive prototype debut in April, Astribot has now officially launched the S1 humanoid.A few short months after Chinese startup Astribot released jaw-dropping video footage of its humanoid helper, the company has now unveiled a launch video for the S1 – which shows the bot making waffles, feeding the cat, serving tea and shooting hoops.When the S1 was first revealed in April, we di...

As an innovative urban farming solution, BalconyFarm highlights the future or green communities.Adaption BalconyFarm is a smart farm designed for windows. Just like its name suggests, this project is an installable farm for windows, allowing anyone to start growing various plants with tailored care. It wants to demonstrate that even though we live in the city, it is possible to connect our urba...

In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement.In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement, but not a drastic break, from Q1. Based on current data, companies on Carta completed 1,287 new funding rounds in the second quarter of 2024, up 4% from Q1 2024. VCs invested a total of $20.9 billion in Q2, up 12% from Q1. Both of these figures will increase...

Blockbuster art exhibitions were once largely the province of museums. Crowds now flock to popular immersive exhibitions—where all you see is a part of the artwork—in a new breed of art venue. Last year, some 2.4 million people paid approximately $25 each to experience teamLab’s Planets exhibition in Tokyo, racking up ticket sales on a par with box office revenues at the Met or the Tate.That...

Our Accenture CFO Decision-Making Survey, August 2022, uncovered insights into a decision-making dilemma CFOs face today.86% of CFOs say the speed of their strategic decision-making has increased.67% of CFOs say they feel paralyzed at times by the number of decisions and volume of choices they’re expected to make.Our CFO Success Paradigm Survey, September 2022, finds that only one in 10 CFOs a...

Cult Gaia launches Web3 membership community, Syky joins the Vision Pro hype, and Polo Ralph Lauren brings its iconic patches to the metaverse.[Digital fashion house Syky has joined the Vision Pro. Image: Syky]Off the back of Web3’s hot streak last week, which saw Coach enter the gaming realm, Balenciaga embrace the Vision Pro, and Brunello Cucinelli tap artificial intelligence, things are loo...

True Wireless Stereo or TWS earbuds continue to evolve every year, but their charging cases have mostly been nothing more than portable battery packs. In 2022, JBL showed that there’s so much potential in those pebble-shaped devices when it slapped a touch screen on them. That may look fancy and cool, but some might think it’s also just a gimmicky feature. It is, however, just the tip of the...