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(PDF) BCG - Electric Cars Are Finding Their Next Gear
[Business]
2022/07/19 09:06
EV adoption is shifting into overdrive—generating fresh challenges for automakers and fueling creative solutions.The world stands on the threshold of a new age of electrified mobility thanks to developments over the past year. Spurred by a renewed sense of urgency, regulators in Europe and the US have set far more demanding goals for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light vehicle...
Common Bone Density Scan Can Predict Later-Life Dementia Risk
[Tech]
2022/07/19 09:05
A certain biomarker picked up by the common scan was linked to a doubling of dementia risk over the following 15 years.Researchers can now assess a person’s risk of developing late-life dementia using data from a common type of bone density scan. The long-term study revealed calcification within the abdominal aorta can double one’s risk of developing dementia over the age of 80.The new study...
PayPal Rules Online Payments
[Business]
2022/07/19 09:04
Internet titan PayPal continues to rule online payments in the United States. According to the Statista Global Consumer Survey, 37 percent of all U.S. respondents said they had used the service at least once in the last twelve months. This makes PayPal more than twice as popular as peer-to-peer payment platform Venmo, which PayPal acquired in 2012. Peer-to-peer payments have also been available...
The Metaverse Could Radically Reshape Fashion
[Business]
2022/07/19 09:04
Garments that dissolve in water, change color, or sprout wings could thrive in Web3—and inspire a new era of design IRL.In 2020, London-based fashion designer Scarlett Yang created a garment that looked like glass, changed texture in response to temperature and weather, and dissolved if you left it in water. This wasn’t a sci-fi fever dream or magic trick, but a design made possible by modern...
Timbercraft Tiny Homes' Slimmed-Down Teton Sleeps 4 in Rustic Style
[Product]
2022/07/19 09:03
The Teton is based on a triple-axle trailer and measures a total length of 34 ft (10 m)Timbercraft Tiny Homes.Alabama's Timbercraft Tiny Homes has previously impressed us with its massive towable models, like the Denali XL, which combine cottage-like styling and spacious interiors. Its latest tiny house, the Teton, has a similar overall design, but comes with a more compact footprint that still...
(PDF) BCG - How the Metaverse Will Remake Your Strategy
[Business]
2022/07/18 09:10
The metaverse is already a big part of business. It will only become more central.As digital technologies move to the next stage of advancement—the metaverse—there are two questions companies should ask: How will the metaverse change our business? And how can we get ahead of the change and shape it to our advantage? This is our perspective on both.The Data and Technology UniverseThere’s plen...
(Patent) A New Apple Patent Demonstrates An Advanced Blood Pressure Device
[Tech]
2022/07/18 09:09
Our cover graphic is from that patent. Yesterday the U.S. Patent Office published a patent from Apple relating to a new UI for those that will use Apple’s blood pressure cuff to create a blood pressure journal.Apple’s patent application covers techniques for managing and/or presenting health data relating to hypertension using electronic devices. Today’s systems are generally cumbersome and...
(Paper) LM-Nav : Robotic Navigation with Large Pre-Trained Models of Language, Vision, and Action
[Tech]
2022/07/18 09:08
Goal-conditioned policies for robotic navigation can be trained on large, unannotated datasets, providing for good generalization to real-world settings. However, particularly in vision-based settings where specifying goals requires an image, this makes for an unnatural interface. Language provides a more convenient modality for communication with robots, but contemporary methods typically requ...
(Infographic) The World’s 1,170 Unicorn Companies
[Investing]
2022/07/18 09:07
Even as the market sours, startups are still hitting billion-dollar valuations. Our market map visualizes the 1,170 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 shocks...
