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(Patent) Apple Patent Reveals a Foldable Device that Could Fold in a Double-Fold
[Tech]
2022/11/03 09:10
Apple's first foldable device related patent application published today by the US Patent & Trademark Office covered the hinge mechanism of the foldable device. In Apple's second patent application published today, Apple delves into the bendable aspects of the display that could provide a double fold configuration and the processes to the glass to allow it to be flexible.Apple's second fold...
(Video) KFC Brainwave Bucket Helmet Challenges People to Experience the Power of Comfort Food
[Business]
2022/11/03 09:09
KFC and ad agency Edelman brought a giant, interactive bucket-shaped pop-up to KFC’s flagship store in Hong Kong with their Brainwave Bucket campaign. For one day only, the event challenged stressed and overthinking Hong Kongers to experience the power of comfort food with the new brainwave reading helmet inspired by the iconic chicken bucket. Encouraging participators to think less and indulg...
(PDF) Capgemini - Intelligent Product and Service
[Business]
2022/11/03 09:08
Progress in digital technologies and rapidly evolving customer demand have led to a new level of interconnectivity, driven by advanced software and unprecedented volume and quality of data.Fueled by data, a product can be connected interactively with a broader ecosystem offering enhanced CX, optimized product performance and services, agile supply chain, and delivering new sources of value more...
Artificial Imagination - Exhibit Aims to Present AI Images as Real Art
[Design]
2022/11/03 09:07
A new art exhibition in San Francisco showcases some of the unique ways that artists have begun to incorporate Dall-E 2, GPT-3 and other AI systems into their work — efforts that go well beyond just typing some text and seeing what pops out.Why it matters: The exhibit, "Artificial Imagination," comes amid a broad debate over the legal and artistic merits of AI-created art, as well as concerns...
Top 5 Automakers For Electric Vehicle Sales Globally
[Business]
2022/11/03 09:06
Let’s look at electric vehicle registrations by OEM — for now, full electrics (BEVs) plus plugin hybrids (PHEVs). At the end of Q2, BYD was leading with 15.4% share, but now it is up 1.9 percentage points, to 17.3%, increasing its advantage over Tesla to 4% market share. Comparing with the month of August, BYD increased its share from 16.9% to its current 17.3%.Tesla remained in second with 1...
Shift Robotics Used AI to Create the 'World's Fastest Shoes'
[Product]
2022/11/03 09:05
Adaptive AI, plastic wheels, and a learning curve of under 10 steps is promised.Shift Robotics unveiled what it claims is the "world's fastest shoes," which allow you to "walk at the speed of a run."The Pittsburgh-based engineering company launched a Kickstarter campaign(Opens in a new window) last week for the shoes, which they're calling "Moonwalkers."Reminiscent of those plastic strap-on rol...
Red Dot Design Award 2022 : Best of The Best - The Trekking Backpack
[Design]
2022/11/03 09:04
In 2017, Adidas made waves by building the first shoe with a 3D-printed midsole. Oechsler’s Trekking Backpack is bringing that game-changing technology to a new domain. Bags and shoes have quite a few areas of overlap. They’re both designed to take on load, and are built for comfort… so it only makes sense that innovative tech in the footwear industry make its way to the backpack industry. I...
(Infographic) Why Digital Fragmentation in on The Rise
[Investing]
2022/11/03 09:03
Since its creation, the internet has vastly expanded sociopolitical and economic development around the world. This is largely attributed to the its ability to facilitate communications, data sharing, and commerce on a truly global scale.Unfortunately, a free and open internet will not always be guaranteed. Fragmentation between rival nations is growing, and it threatens to split the digital ec...
(PDF) McKinsey Global Institute - On The Cusp of a New Era ?
[Business]
2022/11/02 09:10
Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new narrative of progress.The past two and a half years have been extraordinary. What we are seeing is surely more than the progression of just another business cycle. The unnerving combination of a global pandemic compounded by energy scarcity, rapid inflation, and geopolit...
