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(Video) Nestlé Harnesses AI to Cultivate Climate-Resilient Coffee Plants
[Tech]
2024/07/05 09:09
Nestlé is brewing up data science- and artificial intelligence-powered innovations to breed climate-resilient plants in an environmentally challenged landscape. With climate change reducing the amount of land that can grow hardy and weather-resilient coffee plants, Nestlé plant scientists have looked to data science to better identify a combination of factors that will yield healthy crops. Us...
Character.AI Introduces a Feature that Allows to Call AI Chatbots
[Business]
2024/07/05 09:08
Character.AI launched a free feature last month that allows users to talk to chatbots over calls in multiple languages and with reduced latency in a two-way voice conversation. Users can also seamlessly switch between calling and texting.The a16z-backed startup noted that calls with AI characters can be useful for practicing language skills, giving mock interviews, and people development for ga...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Harnessing Analytics and AI to Shape The Future of Mobility Retail
[Business]
2024/07/05 09:07
To prepare for a world of lower fuel sales, forecourt retailers can harness advanced analytics and AI to increase revenues from electric vehicle charging and convenience.The mobility retail market is in for a period of change and disruption as the world shifts away from traditional fuels. Oil demand growth shows signs of slowing and across multiple scenarios demand is expected to begin to decli...
Augmented Reality Platform Eternitee Reimagines Fashion With the Classic White T-Shirt
[Product]
2024/07/05 09:06
The company combines the physical and digital worlds with AR skins to stay up to date with the latest social media trends.When it comes to the latest TikTok and social media trends such as “Barbiecore” and “Coquette bows,” phenomena seemingly rise in hype overnight — leading brands to need to act quickly. Brands are now struggling to retain relevancy with trendy items in demand more than e...
The World Is Flooded With Plastic Waste
[Business]
2024/07/05 09:05
In just two decades, the global annual production of plastic waste has increased from 180 million tonnes to nearly 400 million tonnes, according to the OECD's Global Plastics Outlook report. Meanwhile, plastic waste is expected to nearly triple worldwide by 2060, with half of all waste expected to be in landfill while less than one-fifth of it will be recycled.In recent years, growing awareness...
Researchers Craft Smiling Robot Face from Living Human Skin Cells
[Tech]
2024/07/05 09:04
Human cells isolated from juvenile foreskin are flexible enough to grin when moved.In a new study, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Harvard University, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence have unveiled a technique for creating lifelike robotic skin using living human cells. As a proof of concept, the team engineered a small robotic face capable of smiling, cover...
The Project OVAL, Vertical Car Concept
[Design]
2024/07/05 09:03
The majority of concept designs that we see for future automobiles seem to revolve around self-driving vehicles cruising along wide and nearly empty highways. Given our present reality, however, the future might not be as idyllic as those images try to conjure up, at least in terms of traffic volume. There is a higher probability that there will be even more cars in the future, self-driving or...
(PDF) Goldman Sachs - Gen AI : Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit ?
[Business]
2024/07/04 09:10
The promise of generative AI technology to transform companies, industries, and societies is leading tech giants and beyond to spend an estimated ~$1tn on capex in coming years, including significant investments in data centers, chips, other AI infrastructure, and the power grid. But this spending has little to show for it so far. Whether this large spend will ever pay off in terms of AI benefi...
Kate Spade x Heinz Team Up To Drip Ketchup From Head To-Ma-Toes
[Product]
2024/07/04 09:09
Kate Spade New York has dipped into a new aesthetic for its Summer 2024 collection by squeezing with Heinz. The pieces, whimsically spilling ketchup nuances, celebrates fans’ “irrational love” for the condiment and the over-the-top lengths they go to for flavor. This limited-edition “condiment couture,” as described by the fashion label, infuses the classic Heinz ketchup imagery into an ar...
(PDF) YouTube Culture & Trends Reports
[Business]
2024/07/04 09:08
YouTube says Gen Z may love fan-made content more than original content. The majority of Gen Z also identify as "video content creators. " In its annual trends research report, YouTube says fan culture is turning Gen Z into creators.The platform says that the increasing volume of fan-made content — recaps, reactions, parodies, and commentary that can be more popular than its source content —...
(Video) Chefee May be That Futuristic "Home Robot Chef" We Were All Promised
[Product]
2024/07/04 09:07
Meal kit delivery services are proving to be quite popular, but … you still have to cook the ingredients yourself. The Chefee home robotic chef is intended to take things further, by actually preparing hot meals that are ready to eat when you get home from work.Currently in functional prototype form, Chefee is being developed by Austin, Texas-based startup Chefee Robotics. It's designed to be...
(Paper) The Wearable Aptalyzer - A Painless, Wearable Patch for Critical Health Data
[Tech]
2024/07/04 09:06
Researchers at two Ontario universities have developed a pain-free, wearable sensor that can continuously monitor levels of blood sugar, lactates and other critical health indicators for weeks at a time, sending results to a smartphone or other device.The Wearable Aptalyzer, created by a team featuring researchers from McMaster University and the University of Waterloo, uses an array of tiny hy...
