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(Video) This Autonomous Robot Might Soon Make Food Deliveries in Airports
[Tech]
2022/12/22 09:09
The Ottobot can adjust its position and height so that anyone—including children, the elderly, and people with disabilities—can reach its payload. The robot’s compartments are large enough to allow it to make multiple deliveries in a single run. Sometime next year, an autonomous robot might deliver food from an airport restaurant to your gate.The idea for Ottobot, a delivery robot, came out...
(Infographic) The Hidden Meanings and Symbolism of 50 Iconic Brand Logos
[Business]
2022/12/22 09:08
Today, logos have become more sophisticated, compelling, and powerful. Even if they appear minimalist, the meanings and emotions evoked by branding are painstakingly orchestrated.The angles, colors, and fonts are chosen carefully. Even the lack of pixels can elevate a logo, considering how much branding can rely on negative space.This infographic by UPrinting.com explores the hidden meanings an...
Synchron, A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Company, Raised $75M
[Investing]
2022/12/22 09:07
Synchron Raises $75M Series C Led by ARCH Venture Partners to Advance Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface.Top-tier investor syndicate includes new investors ARCH Venture Partners, Gates Frontier, Bezos Expeditions, Reliance Digital Health Limited, Greenoaks, Alumni Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Project X, with follow on participation from existing investors including Khosla Ventures...
The Startup, Caden Inc Wants to Pay You to Share Your Data For Advertising
[Business]
2022/12/22 09:06
Caden Inc. hopes to give users thousands of dollars a year under one option of its data-sharing system, with lesser payments for more limited information.[John Roa, founder and chief executive of Caden. He said that one option in the public beta test will anonymize and pool data before sharing it with outside parties in exchange for $5 to $20 a month.]A startup backed by an internet-search pion...
Deloitte - Investing in eSports
[Business]
2022/12/22 09:05
Success checklist for non-endemic brands entering the video gaming and esports sector.Surging video gaming audiences worldwide are enticing external companies to venture inside the esports industry. Fabled riches could await those who can forge a relationship with an audience that is younger, more highly educated, technically literate, and with higher incomes than the general population but the...
China Exits ‘Dynamic Zero’ But Many Consumers Remain Indoors
[Consumer]
2022/12/22 09:04
China has ended almost all COVID-19 control measures, but a jump in caseload and the widespread concern about the disease are delaying retail recovery. On December 7, China announced 10 new rules that constitute a relaxation of almost all of its stringent COVID-19 pandemic control measures. Domestic travel and public spaces (except for medical institutions, nursing homes, and elementary and mid...
Polaroid-Inspired Coffee Machine Concept - The Polaroid Express
[Design]
2022/12/22 09:03
Who knew Polaroid and espresso were unlikely companions? This concept rather cleverly combines the two into the ‘ultimate coffee machine for amateurs’. If Polaroid brought great retro photography (and photo development) to the masses, the Polaroid Express does the same for instant coffee. Plus, can we just take a second to appreciate how clever the name Polaroid Express is?! (as a play on Pol...
(Paper) OpenAI Releases Point-E, An AI That Generates 3D Models
[Tech]
2022/12/21 09:10
The next breakthrough to take the AI world by storm might be 3D model generators. This week, OpenAI open sourced Point-E, a machine learning system that creates a 3D object given a text prompt. According to a paper published alongside the code base, Point-E can produce 3D models in one to two minutes on a single Nvidia V100 GPU.Point-E doesn’t create 3D objects in the traditional sense. Rather...
Bain - As Digital Currencies Start to Embed in the Payments System, What Role for Banks ?
[Business]
2022/12/21 09:09
To avoid disintermediation and realize the potential benefits, banks need to decide now what their investment posture is and how far they want to engage.Digital currencies hold the promise of programmability, enriched data, lower costs, and faster payments. Banks, governments, and fintechs are beginning to deploy the currencies in different payment situations.We foresee that digital and traditi...
