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(PDF) Deloitte - TMT Predictions 2023
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:10
From down here on Planet Earth to outer space and then on to the metaverse, today’s technologies are creating new tomorrows. Tech companies are leading the way in their climate commitments for a more sustainable world. Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites continue to be launched, with concerns about collisions. Higher up in orbit, radiation-hardened chips are changing the high frontier. Virtual pr...
(Patent) Apple Invents Smart Fabric That Integrates Advanced Sensors Into Garments
[Tech]
2023/01/24 09:09
Apple invents Smart Fabric that integrates electrical components and advanced sensors into the seams of Garments & more.Up until this morning, Patently Apple has covered 47 smart fabric related Apple patents and today we're covering smart fabric patent #48 titled "Fabric Seam With Electrical Components." Apple envisions integrating electrical components and advanced sensors, including biome...
The Soccer-Inspired Sport Drawing Beckham, Messi and Neymar
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:08
Teqball, growing in popularity in the US, is making a play for the Olympics.Carolyn Greco and Margaret Osmundson are professional athletes who together placed third in the world at a recent competition staged in Anaheim, California, that was streamed globally on ESPN3. Yet many Americans have never heard of their sport: teqball. The two former professional soccer players and a handful of entrep...
How Brands are Honoring The Year of the Rabbit
[Business]
2023/01/24 09:07
The Lunar New Year, occasionally also referred to as Chinese New Year, falls this Sunday, January 22nd. Celebrations will be ongoing throughout the next few weeks, culminating with the Lantern Festival on February 5th.2023 is the Year of the Rabbit (in most places, at least); the rabbit is the fourth animal in the Chinese zodiac, and some believe it is the luckiest of the 12 animals – encourag...
With VC Funding Drying Up, Biotechs Are on a Quest for Cash
[Investing]
2023/01/24 09:06
After years of abundant funding, today’s scarce capital is prompting layoffs and deals with Big Pharma. For much of the past decade, venture capital firms and other investors were eager to throw money at biotech startups in hopes of bankrolling the next billion-dollar medicine. These days, fledgling drugmakers spend as much time convincing investors they have enough cash to survive as they do...
(CES 2023) Jackery's Inflatable LightTent-AIR Features Its Own Solar Power System
[Product]
2023/01/24 09:05
The LightTent-AIR could be commercially available within about two years.There are currently quite a few stand-alone solar power systems designed for use by campers. US portable energy company Jackery has taken a more consolidated approach, however, as its LightTent-AIR tent comes with such a system already built in.The tent debuted as a concept earlier this month at CES, where it was the recip...
Scenario Lands $6M for Its AI Platform That Generates Game Art Assets
[Investing]
2023/01/24 09:04
Depending on who you ask, generative AI is either massively overhyped or undervalued. Defined as algorithm-driven tech that creates text, art and other forms of media given a prompt, it’s captured the attention of major VC backers who’ve piled hundreds of millions of dollars into firms like Jasper and Stability AI. But generative AI has yet to generate (no pun intended) correspondingly high r...
(Video) ORBIT “Life Display” Pickup Truck for Travel Content Creators
[Design]
2023/01/24 09:03
ORBIT, futuristic pickup truck where we can use this vehicle to keep our space private. Chihyun Moon, the designer, explains that ORBIT is a “life display” pickup. It’s a special project that provides a safe space for busy people to have an on/off toggle switch for their “Life Display”. There are moments when we want the world to know what’s going on in our life, but there are also moment...
(PDF) Accenture - The Art of AI Maturity
[Business]
2023/01/19 09:10
Every time you use a wayfinding app to get from point A to point B, use dictation to convert speech-to-text, or unlock your phone using face ID…you’re relying on AI. And companies across industries are also relying on—and investing in—AI, to improve customer service, increase efficiency, empower employees and so much more.In 2021, among executives of the world’s 2,000 largest companies (by...
