TREND REPORTS
(Video) Robot Chisel in Italy Carves Detailed Marble Sculptures Like a Real Artist
[Tech]
2023/01/18 09:03
Works of great artists can now be replicated – and potentially replaced – using a robot chisel in Italy driven by self-programming software. Named Robotor, the automated chisel carves its way into the new era of sculpting. Users can feed data into a robot that can produce magnificent and thoroughly detailed marble and stone sculptures. Better yet, the robot itself can just work on its own. Co...
(Infographic) The World’s 1,205 Unicorn Companies
[Investing]
2023/01/17 09:10
In the wake of the market downturn, new unicorns have become increasingly rare. Our market map visualizes the 1,205 private companies worth $1B+ across artificial intelligence, e-commerce, fintech, and more.The momentum continued into 2022 — with the list reaching 1,000 unicorns for the first time in February — until macro trends like inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical crises...
(CES 2023) AI-Powered Ella Stroller Provides an "Almost Nanny-like Experience"
[Product]
2023/01/17 09:09
Vancouver startup Glüxkind Technologies has unveiled a pram for babies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which uses artificial intelligence to push and rock itself.The Ella stroller has the dimensions of a traditional stroller with a reversible seat, but is battery-powered and integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) technology.This allows it to offer adaptive push and break a...
Valentino’s AI Campaign, BMW’s Color-Changing Car, Moutai Goes Gamified & More: Web3 Drops Of The Week
[Business]
2023/01/17 09:08
China’s Web3 rulebook is siloed and specific. This is largely down to the implications of Beijing’s rules regarding NFTs and the crypto market. [Valentino’s AI Campaign, BMW’s Color-Changing Car, Moutai Goes Gamified & More: Web3 Drops Of The WeekBethanie RyderJanuary 15, 2023]Elsewhere, global luxury automobile groups are back dominating the Web3 spotlight. On our radar is BMW, which h...
(PDF) WEF - Global Risks Report 2023
[Investing]
2023/01/17 09:07
The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. The Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience. The first years of this decade have heralded a particularly dis...
Subway Has The Largest Fast Food Footprint, But Low Sales-Per-Store
[Business]
2023/01/17 09:06
Sandwich specialist Subway is exploring a sale, eyeing a deal that the Wall Street Journal reports could value the chain north of $10bn.The news comes at a time when Subway’s business is looking fresh, having reportedly posted record sales in 2021 and 2022, after roughly a decade of stagnation.Subway started life in 1965 as Pete’s Super Submarines in Connecticut, co-founded by then 17-year-ol...
(Infographic) Prediction Consensus : What the Experts See Coming in 2023
[Consumer]
2023/01/17 09:05
In this, our fourth year of Prediction Consensus (now part of our more comprehensive 2023 Global Forecast Series), we’ve learned a few things about the universe of predictions, experts, outlooks, and forecasts.Experts are reasonably good at predicting the future one year out, though they are also in a strong position to help shape the future through their influential thought leadership and act...
UK’s Oxford Quantum Circuits Snaps Up $47M for ‘QaaS’ Ingrid Lunden
[Investing]
2023/01/17 09:04
Quantum computing has been making quantum leaps of progress in the last several years — going from theoretical concept to multiple testing environments, to help organizations prep for a time when quantum computers, and their unparalleled processing power, become a scaled reality. Now, U.K.-based Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) is announcing £38 million ($47 million) in funding to fuel the growt...
Self-Sustaining Island Cities in The Middle of the Great Pacific Garbage - Polimeropolis
[Design]
2023/01/17 09:03
Some people probably dream of living in a self-sustainable eco-system near the ocean where they can swim whenever they want or just marvel at the work of nature. But have you ever thought of actually living in the middle of the ocean and not on a boat? Or have you imagined yourself living within the infamous Great Pacific garbage patch, surrounded by all the plastic and debris that has been flo...
