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Bain - Luxury Packaging : Resolving The Tension Between Creativity And Impact
[Business]
2025/06/10 09:06
Integrated Digital Experiences Elevate Sustainable Packaging From Reducing Planetary Harm To Enhancing Customer Value.Luxury Has Long Meant Excess—An Expectation That Traditionally Extended Into Packaging. As Consumer Priorities Have Evolved To Include—And Prioritize—The Reduction Of Environmental Impact, Packaging Sensibilities Are Evolving As Well. Initially, Packaging Showed Greater Restr...
Headless Humanoid Robot Controlled By Voice Built In 40 Days, Performs Manufacturing Tasks
[Tech]
2025/06/10 09:05
Calvin will allow Renault Group to relieve its workers from painful and non-ergonomics tasks.A Paris-based firm that develops exoskeleton products has unveiled a humanoid robot for the first time. Called Calvin, the robot is claimed to have been developed in 40 days. Wandercraft’s latest innovation includes elements of the company’s exoskeleton products.Building on its strong expertise in pow...
Designing The Final Vessel : Alessi Reimagines The Funeral Urn
[Design]
2025/06/10 09:04
Ten architects and designers have created a striking collection of funeral urns for Alessi's The Last Pot exhibition at Milan Design Week. The project, curated by Alberto Alessi, explores the funeral urn as a final container — an object surprisingly overlooked by the design world despite its significance.The show includes contributions from David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large an...
What is Coming Next for LLM Makers ?
[Business]
2025/06/10 09:03
Hiring insights from job openings data for the LLM makers reveal where they're placing bets (and where strategies differ)...Infrastructure Investments: All major players are investing heavily in infrastructure. These companies are building multi-gigawatt data centers and developing specialized hardware optimization capabilities, signaling that proprietary infrastructure is viewed as a critical...
The Human Obsession With Slim Devices – Why Do We Gravitate Toward Thinner Tech ?
[Design]
2025/06/09 09:10
So The Galaxy S25 Edge Disappears Into My Pocket Like A Magician’s Coin Trick. At 6.1Mm Thick, This Phone Is Nearly Half As Slim As My First iPhone And Somehow Feels More Like A Fashion Accessory Than A Piece Of Electronics. The S25 Edge, And The Feverish Rumors About The iPhone Air Rumored To Clock In Near 5.4Mm, Are Doing More Than Chasing Trends – They’re Chasing A Kind Of Technological T...
Bain - Sourcing amid Uncertainty : Fashion and Footwear Retail Strategies
[Business]
2025/06/09 09:09
Costs are mounting, supply chains are in flux, and the future is murky. Winning brands are acting now to reinforce their resilience.[bain]
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Raises Fresh Cash at $9B Valuation
[Investing]
2025/06/09 09:08
Neuralink says its conducted more human clinical trials, implanting its brain chips in five patients with severe paralysis.Elon Musk's brain-computer interface startup Neuralink secured $650 million in series E funding to expand patient access to its technology and build new devices, the company announced in a blog post.Investors ARK Invest, DFJ Growth, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Lights...
What is the "AI Premium" ?
[Investing]
2025/06/09 09:07
AI companies are outperforming and 'outraising' their non-AI counterparts. Q1 data reveals what many of us have suspected – companies with AI at their core are commanding significant premiums in funding rounds compared to their non-AI counterparts.Looking at the Q1 2025 data across multiple sectors:Median deal size for AI companies was $5M vs $3M for non-AI – a 67% premiumThe Auto Tech sector...
Japan to Begin Clinical Trials for Artificial Blood in 2025
[Tech]
2025/06/09 09:06
Japan stands on the brink of a medical breakthrough: the development of artificial blood that could transform emergency medicine and save countless lives. But what drives this innovation, and how close are Japanese scientists to making artificial blood a reality?A Shrinking Donor Pool and a Growing NeedFor decades, Japan has faced a mounting challenge: a shrinking population and an aging societ...
