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A New AI Project Involving 12 Major Institutions Aims to Transform Art Preservation with Color Reconstruction
[Design]
2024/08/27 09:09
Just over 130 years ago, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch went on a fateful evening walk that changed the course of art forever.“The Sun was setting. The clouds turned the color red like blood,” Munch wrote in one of his notebooks. “I painted this image, painted the clouds like real blood. The colors screamed.”Thus, The Scream (1893) was born.Time and circumstance have stifled the shrieks of...
(Infographic) Does it Matter to the Market Who Wins the White House ?
[Investing]
2024/08/27 09:08
During election years, the focus is on the political horse race. However, after the final poll closes, how have the market and the economy performed under both Democrat and Republican presidents?In this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with New York Life Investments to explore stock market performance, consumer outcomes, and corporate sentiment across each presidential party.Informed Invest...
(Video) Brain–Computer Interface Translates Signals Into Speech With 97% Accuracy
[Tech]
2024/08/27 09:07
A new brain–computer interface translates brain signals into speech with 97% accuracy, restoring speech to a man with ALS.A new brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at UC Davis Health translates brain signals into speech with up to 97% accuracy — the most accurate system of its kind.The researchers implanted sensors in the brain of a man with severely impaired speech due to amyotrophic la...
Color ePaper Display Ditches Batteries for Wireless Power
[Product]
2024/08/27 09:06
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...
Countries That Use ChatGPT the Most
[Consumer]
2024/08/27 09:05
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...
Humanoid Homebot Tackles Impressive Array of Household Chores
[Product]
2024/08/27 09:04
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...
BalconyFarm – Urban Farming Through The Window
[Design]
2024/08/27 09:03
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...
Carta - State of Private Markets : Q2 2024
[Investing]
2024/08/26 09:10
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...
Immersive Art Is Exploding, and Museums Have a Choice to Make - TeamLab
[Business]
2024/08/26 09:09
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...
(PDF) Accenture - How CFOs Can Turn Any Decision Dilemma Into Growth
[Business]
2024/08/26 09:08
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...
How Indie Fashion Designers are Using Emerging Tech Like AI, AR
[Business]
2024/08/26 09:07
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...
How Big Is the Yen Carry Trade, Really ?
[Investing]
2024/08/26 09:05
Estimates go into trillions of dollars. Global investors have been eager and so has the Japanese government.When two popular trades, such as buying US big tech stocks and selling the Japanese yen, are unraveling at the same time, investors naturally think they are somehow related.There is now worry that the unwinding of yen-funded carry trades would wreck investors’ frothy exposures to US tech...
