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Prada Captures China’s Attention With Help From The Metaverse
[Business]
2022/08/11 09:03
To celebrate the release of its Fall 2022 collection in Beijing, Prada joined forces with Baidu’s XiRang to create an interactive livestream of the runway. What Happened: On August 5, Italian luxury fashion house Prada livestreamed its repeat Fall 2022 collection within the interactive realms of “Meta Ziwu” a virtual space in Baidu’s metaverse social app XiRang. The IRL event was hosted at...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Product Development in the Era of Digital Transformation
[Business]
2022/08/10 09:10
Because of digital and sustainability trends, R&D organizations are facing an increasingly complex landscape. Developing the necessary organizational structures and capabilities is urgent.Product development is in the process of a significant transformation. In December 2020, following in the footsteps of the European Commission, the Japanese government announced that it would position digi...
The Ranvoo Garment Steamer : A Handheld Garment Steamer with an Adjustable Head
[Design]
2022/08/10 09:09
Looking sort of like something that would come from the mind of a Dyson design team, the Ranvoo Garment Steamer comes with a design that’s both compact and versatile, making it perfect for using both at home as well as on the go. Sort of assuming a flat-packed shape, the steamer fits well within any suitcase, and comes with a rotating head that lets you set it up for use.The way you use the Ra...
U.S. Recession : Just a Technicality ?
[Investing]
2022/08/10 09:08
.After the United States recorded two consecutive quarters of negative growth in Q1 and Q2 of 2022, the Biden administration was quick to point out that the development - even though it constitutes a widespread definition of recession - does not meet the official, less clear-cut classification.Government analysts might have a point, however, when alleging that a recession only happens when ther...
Museum Of The Future’s Immersive Experiences Are Ecological Ones Too
[Design]
2022/08/10 09:07
The museum's installations by Superflux, Marshmallow Laser Feast, and Atelier Brückner bring environmental emphasis to immersion. [The Library" by Superflux at Museum of the Future / Sandra Ciampone]The Museum of the Future, which opened in Dubai earlier this year, aims to give its visitors an opportunity to experience the future by visualizing and reimagining it. One of the most immersive exp...
A European Robotic Arm for Mars
[Tech]
2022/08/10 09:06
The mission to return martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 metre-long robotic arm pick up tubes filled with precious soil from Mars and transfer them to a rocket for an historic interplanetary delivery.The sophisticated robot, known as the Sample Transfer Arm or STA, will play a crucial role in the success of the Mars Sample Return campaign. The joint endeavour between NASA and...
10 Years of Global EV Sales by Country
[Business]
2022/08/10 09:05
In 2011, around 55,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold around the world. 10 years later in 2021, that figure had grown close to 7 million vehicles.With many countries getting plugged into electrification, the global EV market has seen exponential growth over the last decade. Using data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), this infographic shows the explosion in global EV sales since 20...
(Paper) Scientists Create Rice Grain Size Microbatteries to Power 'Smart Dust'
[Tech]
2022/08/10 09:04
After smartphones and smartwatches, it is time for "smart dust."Scientists demonstrate microbatteries as tiny as rice grains.Such microbatteries would be used to power microbots, electronic chips, microsensors, and smart dust.Smart dust is a futuristic IoT application that will incorporate a network of millions of autonomous microsystems.A team of researchers at the Chemnitz University of Techn...
Fraunhofer - Sensor-Laden Vest Continuously Monitors Its Wearer's Lungs
[Tech]
2022/08/10 09:03
Patients with severe respiratory or lung diseases require intensive treatment and their lung function needs to be monitored on a continuous basis. As part of the Pneumo.Vest project, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a technology whereby noises in the lungs are recorded using a textile vest with integrated acoustic sensors. The signals are then converted and displayed visually using softwar...
(Patent) Apple Files a Patent for a Hinged Keyboard Accessory for a Tablet Computing Device
[Tech]
2022/08/09 09:10
U.S. patent application, US20220214722, discloses an accessory device for a tablet computing device. The accessory device includes a base portion having one or more input devices (e.g., keyboards, trackpads, touchscreen displays, and the like) for providing inputs to the tablet computing device and a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the base portion of the accessory device to a tablet...
(PDF) Bain - Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2022 Report
[Business]
2022/08/09 09:09
Southeast Asia (SEA) is at an inflection point for climate change in 2022 as the region works to translate climate commitments to tangible action. In recent years, parallel momentum across the public and private sectors has resulted in promising developments.COP26 raised the region’s climate ambitions (8 of 10 countries now have a net-zero target), and Singapore and Indonesia piloted carbon ta...
Tiffany's Sells Out Custom Cryptopunk 'NFTiff' Pendants for $50,000 Each
[Product]
2022/08/09 09:08
Tiffany & Co debuted and quickly sold out a limited collection of 250 custom jewel-encrusted pendants for holders of CryptoPunks, a popular early non-fungible token collection.CryptoPunks was launched in 2017 and consists of 10,000 unique 8-bit-style generated characters stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection is "essentially the cave paintings of Web3 art," said Noah Davis, Crypt...
