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(Video) MIT Battery-Free Wireless Underwater Camera
[Tech]
2022/10/10 09:07
Powered by sound waves, MIT battery-free wireless camera captures the unexplored ocean. MIT engineers have designed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera to capture unexplored parts of the ocean, which is more than 95 percent of its total. The costs of powering an underwater camera for a long time by connecting it to a vessel or sending a ship to recharge its batteries would be high. Thus,...
The Global Venture Ecosystem Continues Its Slowdown
[Investing]
2022/10/10 09:06
The global venture ecosystem continues its slowdown in Q3’22 as funding decreases 34% quarter-over-quarter.Global venture funding reached $74.5B in Q3’22, hitting a 9-quarter low. The new funding level represented a 34% drop quarter-over-quarter — the largest quarterly percentage drop in a decade — and a 58% decline from the investment highs reached in Q4’21.Deal activity hit 7,936 deals...
(Video) Amazon Launches Halo Rise : An Exciting New Bedside Clock And Sleep Tracker
[Product]
2022/10/10 09:05
New Halo Rise combines no-contact sleep tracking and environmental sensing with a smart alarm and wake-up light to help improve your sleep.Advanced machine learning and sensor technology provide highly accurate, ambient analysis of sleep patternsHalo Rise is even smarter when paired with Alexa, enabling you to personalize your bedtime and morning routinesIncludes six months of Halo membership t...
The Biggest Tech Talent Hubs in the U.S. and Canada
[Consumer]
2022/10/10 09:04
The tech workforce just keeps growing. In fact, there are now an estimated 6.5 million tech workers between the U.S. and Canada — 5.5 million of which work in the United States.This infographic draws from a report by CBRE to determine which tech talent markets in the U.S. and Canada are the largest. The data looks at total workforce in the sector, as well as the change in tech worker populatio...
Mercedes-Benz Designs Ultramodern Car That Can Only Exist In Virtual Reality
[Design]
2022/10/10 09:03
The visionary showcar blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality in the digital space.In addition, Mercedes‑Benz presents a League of Legends-themed in-car experience for the MBUX digital infotainment systemThe EQS SUV accompanies the Worlds Trophy, the Summoner's Cup, from venue to venue during the tournamentThe 12th edition of the League of Legends (LoL) World Championship, or Worlds f...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Beauty Battleground : The Sprint to Win on Services
[Business]
2022/10/06 09:10
Beauty companies looking to capitalize on fast-evolving trends should act on the growing convergence of brands that offer beauty products and brands that offer services.The beauty industry, especially beauty services, was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic—but it is bouncing back. The postpandemic industry is characterized by five important trends: growth in beauty players offerin...
Palette is a Free Web-Based AI-Powered Photo Colorizer
[Tech]
2022/10/06 09:09
A new artificial intelligence-powered web-based tool called Palette is able to take any black and white photo and colorize it. The creator is so confident in the results that he is billing it “the Dall-E of color.”Developed by French artist-in-residence at Google Emil Wallner, Palette is based on “unreleased research” and uses a similar text-to-image artificial intelligence (AI) process as...
(Infographic) How Beauty Brands Can Make Sustainability Chic
[Consumer]
2022/10/06 09:08
There's a way to talk about green initiatives while engaging consumers. The majority of sustainability-related topics in the beauty industry relate to packaging. The global beauty industry is worth $511 billion. Yet even with the threat of climate change looming over everyone, sustainability issues still account for less than 6% of online mentions by beauty brands. On a hopeful note, that figur...
Online Daters Say It’s Important to See COVID-19 Vaccination Status on Profiles
[Consumer]
2022/10/06 09:06
About half of recent online daters in U.S. say it’s important to see COVID-19 vaccination status on profiles.The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some Americans who use dating sites and apps to look for a new compatibility clue: Their prospective match’s vaccination status. Among U.S. adults who have used a dating site or app in the past year, about half (47%) say it has been at least somewhat im...
