Over the past couple of years, the world has marveled at the capabilities and possibilities unleashed by generative AI (gen AI). Foundation models such as large language models (LLMs) can perform impressive feats, extracting insights and generating content across numerous mediums, such as text, audio, images, and video. But the next stage of gen AI is likely to be more transformative.We are beg...

Promising a revolutionary travel companion for families with toddlers on-the-go, Ternx Carry-On Luggage Stroller simplifies your family travel. It’s a luggage stroller design that facilitates freedom through innovation, it’s a world’s first carry-on luggage stroller hybrid that saves your time and reduces bulk. Basically, the creative design combines a stroller and a modern luggage in one sl...

Women’s health tech, which leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and menstrual health, continues to gain momentum with users, and investors are following. London-based Flo Health, a fertility-focused period-tracking app, on Tuesday said it has raised a $200 million Series C from General Atlantic. The funding values the st...

Nightmare fuel? Maybe – but in a historic moment for the dental profession, an AI-controlled autonomous robot has performed an entire procedure on a human patient for the first time, about eight times faster than a human dentist could do it.The system, built by Boston company Perceptive, uses a hand-held 3D volumetric scanner, which builds a detailed 3D model of the mouth, including the teeth,...

In 2023, beer brewers around the world produced around 1.8 trillion hectoliters of the alcoholic beverage, down one percent compared to the year prior, according to the most recent annual report from hops supplier BarthHaas.While craft breweries and smaller companies have been on the rise in recent years, 55 percent of the market is controlled by five brewing conglomerates. But does market domi...

When Northeastern graduate Camille Martin and associate professor Leila Deravi co-founded Seaspire, a skincare ingredients company inspired by pigment in octopus and squid, their goal was to create a product that is good for your skin and the environment.New research shows that they are on the right track.A paper published in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science says that Xanthochrome,...

Surveyed healthcare leaders say their organizations are eager to use generative AI to help enhance how healthcare stakeholders work and operate, but some are still adopting a wait-and-see approach.The transformative power of generative AI (gen AI) will likely reshape the healthcare industry over time, and organizations are beginning to take action. In our Q1 2024 survey, more than 70 percent of...

Long the marketing domain of sportswear giants, the 2024 Olympic games in Paris are seeing an influx of fashion advertisers who are getting creative in how they capitalise on one of the few remaining events with massive global impact.Key insightsThis summer’s Olympics has attracted unprecedented interest from the fashion industry, from LVMH’s premium partnership to indie labels collaborating...

The busy summer of sport will kick into another gear today, as the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics gets underway — starting with a parade of more than 90 boats carrying ~10,500 athletes down the city’s iconic Seine river.The French capital last hosted the quadrennial sporting event exactly 100 years ago, when it introduced the first Olympic Village to the world… though the small comm...