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The Wild Story Of How Gut Health AI Toilet Startup Throne Raised $4M
[Investing]
2025/05/26 09:09
The tale of how smart toilet startup Throne landed its seed round is so full of serendipities, one could almost believe it was orchestrated by the hand of Fortuna, Roman goddess of providence.Throne is an Austin-based company working on an AI-powered toilet device for consumers. It uses computer vision (cameras pointing in the bowl plus AI software) to monitor gut health conditions. It just rai...
(Paper) Meet LegoGPT, An AI Model That Creates Custom Lego Sets
[Tech]
2025/05/26 09:08
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled something delightfully geeky: LegoGPT, an AI model that builds Lego structures straight from text prompts.The study, published last Thursday, explains the mechanics in depth. Armed with a massive dataset of Lego builds constructed by the team with captions, the researchers trained a model similar to ChatGPT — but instead of guessing the n...
(PDF) BCG - Amid Tariffs, Cost Control Now Rivals Growth as the Top Priority
[Investing]
2025/05/26 09:07
In the face of recent tariff proposals and widespread economic uncertainty, IT leaders are prioritizing controlling costs—and doubling down on AI investments to help manage budgets and boost productivity.Almost 60% of IT leaders participating in a recent BCG survey believe that a recession is likely or already underway in 2025.Most survey respondents say that they have begun to adopt a range o...
Hermès Debuts $15K USD Headphones Crafted by Its Bespoke Ateliers Horizons
[Product]
2025/05/26 09:06
Inspired by the Kelly bag, featuring hand-stitched leather and metallic finishes.Hermès debuts $15,000 USD headphones crafted by its bespoke Ateliers Horizons divisionInspired by the Kelly bag, they feature hand-stitched leather and metallic finishesPart of Hermès’ expansion into luxury tech and capsule lifestyle collectionsHermès is bringing haute craftsmanship to high fidelity with the la...
Wearable AI-Powered Heart Monitor Provides Real-Time Tracking, Imaging
[Tech]
2025/05/26 09:05
Sonus Microsystems’ wearable AI-enabled patch uses ultrasound to provide real-time heart monitoring.Sonus Microsystems, a Vancouver-based medical technology startup, is teaming with Providence Health Care Ventures to commercialize its wearable heart monitor.The AI-enabled device, dubbed the Sonus Patch, uses ultrasound to create real-time imaging of a wearer’s heart and is designed for use wi...
Tea or Coffee ?
[Consumer]
2025/05/26 09:04
May 21 marks International Tea Day. With a global market valued at nearly $50 billion in 2023, tea is said to be the second most consumed beverage in the world. As the United Nations notes, the tea industry provides "a major source of income and export earnings for some of the poorest countries and, thanks to its high labor requirements, generates numerous jobs, particularly in remote and econo...
AORA Modular Incubator System Blends Medical Innovation with Human Connection
[Design]
2025/05/26 09:03
AORA is more than just an incubator, it’s a reimagined space where medical innovation meets human connection. Designed to support continuous parental presence in the NICU, AORA creates an environment where families and medical teams work together from the very beginning.At its core, AORA is a modular system that seamlessly integrates essential medical devices into a compact, clutter-free hub....
(PDF) BCG - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Stake a Claim on Medtech
[Investing]
2025/05/25 09:10
A surge in AI-driven medical devices ten years in the making is poised to accelerate further, powered by regulatory evolution, venture capital investment, and the promise of better, more efficient care.Software as a medical device accounts for 699 of the 980 510(k) and 22 of the 32 De Novo clearances over the past five years of medtech devices incorporating artificial intelligence and machine l...
(M&A) OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices
[Investing]
2025/05/25 09:09
OpenAI said it was buying IO, a start-up founded by Mr. Ive, the designer of the iPhone, to usher in a new era of artificial intelligence hardware.The rise of artificial intelligence has profoundly altered the technology world in recent years, upending how software is created, how people search for information, and how images and videos can be generated — all with a few prompts to a chatbot.Wh...
