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Dry-Cleaning Robotics Startup Presso Pulls in Another $8M
[Investing]
2023/01/25 09:06
In late-2020, Presso pivoted. It made a lot of sense at the time. People weren’t traveling much and therefore weren’t particularly hung up on getting their business attire dry-cleaned. Certainly the hospitality industry — which had been identified as a major potential revenue sort –0 had effectively ground to a screeching halt.Around that time, the film industry was looking for a quick, saf...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Beyond Retail : Why Retailers Should Think ‘Services’ and ‘Ecosystems’
[Business]
2023/01/25 09:05
For retailers, service businesses represent a tremendous growth opportunity—and a way to start building ecosystems that satisfy more of consumers’ needs.The retailer of the future doesn’t just sell products on shelves—it offers services that affect many parts of consumers’ lives, from their healthcare and finances to their travel and entertainment choices. Indeed, today’s retailers would...
TEXT.ure Helps Blind People Read Voice Memos with Their Fingertips
[Design]
2023/01/25 09:04
There is a veritable wealth of technology available at our fingertips, from smartphones to hands-free voice assistants to AI that can create convincing (or deceptive) works of art. Amazing as they might be, not everyone is able to utilize these technologies that make human life more convenient, especially when it comes to things that you need to see to be able to use. Visually impaired people a...
ZGF's Mass-Timber Design Wins Competition for Research Hub in Barcelona
[Design]
2023/01/25 09:03
A transdisciplinary research center that will be built from mass timber and produce more renewable energy than it consumes is set to rise at the former site of a historic Barcelona fish market adjacent to the city’s sprawling Parc de la Ciutadella.A proposal for the planned Mercat de Peix Research Center submitted by Portland, Oregon–based architectural firm ZGF Architects, in collaboration w...
(PDF) Deloitte - TMT Predictions 2023
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:10
From down here on Planet Earth to outer space and then on to the metaverse, today’s technologies are creating new tomorrows. Tech companies are leading the way in their climate commitments for a more sustainable world. Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites continue to be launched, with concerns about collisions. Higher up in orbit, radiation-hardened chips are changing the high frontier. Virtual pr...
(Patent) Apple Invents Smart Fabric That Integrates Advanced Sensors Into Garments
[Tech]
2023/01/24 09:09
Apple invents Smart Fabric that integrates electrical components and advanced sensors into the seams of Garments & more.Up until this morning, Patently Apple has covered 47 smart fabric related Apple patents and today we're covering smart fabric patent #48 titled "Fabric Seam With Electrical Components." Apple envisions integrating electrical components and advanced sensors, including biome...
The Soccer-Inspired Sport Drawing Beckham, Messi and Neymar
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:08
Teqball, growing in popularity in the US, is making a play for the Olympics.Carolyn Greco and Margaret Osmundson are professional athletes who together placed third in the world at a recent competition staged in Anaheim, California, that was streamed globally on ESPN3. Yet many Americans have never heard of their sport: teqball. The two former professional soccer players and a handful of entrep...
How Brands are Honoring The Year of the Rabbit
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:07
The Lunar New Year, occasionally also referred to as Chinese New Year, falls this Sunday, January 22nd. Celebrations will be ongoing throughout the next few weeks, culminating with the Lantern Festival on February 5th.2023 is the Year of the Rabbit (in most places, at least); the rabbit is the fourth animal in the Chinese zodiac, and some believe it is the luckiest of the 12 animals – encourag...
With VC Funding Drying Up, Biotechs Are on a Quest for Cash
[Investing]
2023/01/24 09:06
After years of abundant funding, today’s scarce capital is prompting layoffs and deals with Big Pharma. For much of the past decade, venture capital firms and other investors were eager to throw money at biotech startups in hopes of bankrolling the next billion-dollar medicine. These days, fledgling drugmakers spend as much time convincing investors they have enough cash to survive as they do...
