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(Paper) AI-Equipped Eyeglasses Can Read Silent Speech - EchoSpeech
[Tech]
2023/09/18 09:08
Speakers, microphones, and AI allow you to control electronics just by mouthing commands.Cornell researchers have created a new kind of wearable device that can read your lips, even if you’re not speaking aloud — and even though it doesn’t have a camera.Equipped with sonar and AI, this pair of fairly normal looking glasses becomes capable of recognizing lip and mouth movements to execute up...
(Infographic) iPhone or Apple Stock Investment ?
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:07
How much money you’d have if you bought Apple stock instead of the latest iPhone.Is buying the new iPhone worth it? It depends on what else you’d do with the money. If the alternative is losing it at a casino, then buying the newest iPhone is almost certainly a better purchase. If you’d otherwise save or invest the money, the picture could look quite different.We analyzed one alternative to...
Samsung Adds Iconic Artwork from The Met to Its Frame TV Collection
[Product]
2023/09/18 09:06
Nearly 40 pieces from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are now available for Samsung Frame TV users.Samsung is expanding the art collection on its Frame televisions and this time it includes the addition of some New York flair.Thanks to a partnership between the two, starting today, 38 pieces from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are being added to the lineup of artwork avai...
How Long Does it Take Unicorns to Exit ?
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:05
For most unicorns—startups with a $1 billion valuation or more—it can take years to see a liquidity event.Take Twitter, which went public seven years after its 2006 founding. Or Uber, which had an IPO after a decade of operation in 2019. After all, companies first have to succeed and build up their valuation in order to not go bankrupt or dissolve. Few are able to succeed and capitalize in a...
Generate:Biomedicines Announces Close of $273M to Advance Its Generative AI Pipeline of Preclinical and Clinical Protein Therapeutics
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:04
Funding will advance pipeline of 17 existing programs and approximately 10 new starts annually. Company has raised nearly $700 million in equity financing since 2020.Generate:Biomedicines, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company pioneering a machine-learning-powered generative biology platform, today announced that it has raised $273 million in Series C financing. This financing round attracte...
(Video) World’s Most Remote Robot Automates Amazon Reforestation Project
[Tech]
2023/09/18 09:03
Pilot project between ABB Robotics and non-profit organization Junglekeepers demonstrates potential of robotics and cloud technology in reversing deforestation.A pilot project between ABB Robotics and US non-profit organization Junglekeepers is demonstrating the role cloud technology can play in making reforestation faster, more efficient and scalable.ABB Robotics is supporting Junglekeepers in...
(PDF) BCG - Making Flexible Working Models Work
[Consumer]
2023/09/15 09:10
The pandemic broadened the aperture on flexibility, unlocking unprecedented shifts in where, when, and how we work. For a significant subset of employees—largely those who are office-based and whose work can be done anywhere with a laptop and the internet—flexibility became standard practice. Moreover, it has become an expectation that workers have of their employers: an expectation that is c...
Tesla Makes Breakthrough in One-Piece Casting for Cars
[Tech]
2023/09/15 09:09
Tesla has achieved a breakthrough in making Hot Wheels-like single-piece car casting a reality, according to a new insider report.In recent years, Tesla has heavily invested in large casting technology to produce vehicle bodies in just a couple of large parts rather than hundreds.The automaker now operates several of the world’s largest casting machines, which it often refers to as “Gigapress...
Honda Brings Back Its ’80s MotoCompo Micro-motorcycle, But This Time It’s Electric
[Product]
2023/09/15 09:08
If you’re old enough to remember the original 1980s Honda Motocompo micro-motorcycle – or are like me and have enjoyed learning about it since – then today’s announcement from Honda will come with all sorts of warm, fuzzy feelings of nostalgia, either earned or learned.The long-awaited spiritual successor to the Motocompo has just been unveiled, and this time it’s gone electric. Meet the H...
