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3D Printed Terracotta Cooler Gives a Modern yet Traditional Makeover to Air-Conditioning
[Design]
2023/08/08 09:03
This Nature-inspired traditional innovation is a low-tech terracotta cooler offering an eco-friendly solution to cooling.With the relentless increase in global temperatures, air conditioning has become an essential requirement for human survival, rather than a mere luxury. However, conventional air conditioning systems exacerbate the issue by contributing significantly to the carbon footprint....
(PDF) McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023
[Business]
2023/08/07 09:10
Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2023? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the development, possible uses, and industry effects of advanced technologies.After a tumultuous 2022 for technology investment and talent, the first half of 2023 has seen a resurgence of enthusiasm about technology’s potential to catalyze progress in business and society. Gene...
(Patent) Apple Won a Patent for Advanced Controls Related to Their Vision Pro Headset
[Tech]
2023/08/07 09:09
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that revealed what was coming to Apple's future headset in terms of user interfaces that would use a combination of eye gaze and touch controls along with hand and body gestures and even Siri. Prior to Apple introducing their Vision Pro, this was one of the most descriptive patents on this subject matter to date. Apple's gra...
Services Gloss Over Apple's Hardware Slump
[Investing]
2023/08/07 09:08
Citing strong currency headwinds and an "uneven macroeconomic environment", Apple reported its third consecutive quarter of declining sales on Thursday. The overall results were slightly better than expected, however, as record services sales partly glossed over lackluster iPhone, Mac and iPad sales. Total sales were down 1.4 percent to $81.8 billion year-over-year, but without the positive imp...
AI Chip Startup Tenstorrent Lands $100M Investment from Hyundai and Samsung
[Investing]
2023/08/07 09:07
The appetite for hardware to train AI models is voracious.AI chips are forecast to account for up to 20% of the $450 billion total semiconductor market by 2025, according to McKinsey. And The Insight Partners projects that sales of AI chips will climb to $83.3 billion in 2027 from $5.7 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate 35%. (That’s close to 10 times the forecast growth rate for no...
(Video) This Incredibly Life-like Robot Hand Can be Made for Just $2,800
[Tech]
2023/08/07 09:06
Its designer is building low-cost humanoids to do all the jobs people don’t want. A synthetic human is being built in Poland — one body part at a time.The machine is the work of Clone Robotics (formerly Automaton Robotics), a startup with the lofty goal of creating low-cost humanoids that can do all the jobs people don’t want — from cleaning our homes to working assembly lines in factories....
(Video) ScholarAI : A Game-Changing ChatGPT Plug-in for Journalists
[Product]
2023/08/07 09:05
To be honest, I’m not wild about some of the new AI tools that have flooded the market in the past year. They may be time savers, but they also take shortcuts and can generate as much fact as fiction, which is dangerous for journalists working with the former rather than the latter.But some have proven to be accurate and useful, including Scholar AI, a ChatGPT plug-in for journalists who are w...
Under-30 South Korea Survey : 85% Bought Android as First Phone; Now 53% on iOS
[Consumer]
2023/08/07 09:05
About 85% of South Korean smartphone users aged less than 30 had an Android phone as their first smartphone, but 53% of them now use iPhones.The biggest reason for these Android phone users to switch to iPhones was expectations related to performance, particularly the camera.On the other hand, 92% of users in the same age group who used an iPhone as their first smartphone are currently using an...
Stylish Mark Hi-Fi Premium Audio Features Note-Shaped Design with Lighting Function
[Design]
2023/08/07 09:03
Mark Hi-Fi Premium Audio is an expression of analog form with digital sources. As an internal project, the design team had the freedom to express whatever they want in an audio device. The main design formula is to highlight dots, lines, and surfaces in 3D. Mark has everything, from visually appealing, fantastic sound, and touch-screen controller. You can connect just about anything, internet m...
