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(PDF) Mckinsey - Supercharging Product Portfolio Performance with Generative AI
[Business]
2024/11/25 09:10
When generative AI tools do the heavy lifting, companies can optimize their product portfolios faster and more effectively.Product portfolios tend to grow. Companies add new products and variants all the time to meet specific customer needs, pursue new market opportunities, or exploit technological advances. They can also be reluctant to kill off older items, for fear of upsetting long-standing...
Clean Skin Club’s Face Towel Raises $32M
[Investing]
2024/11/25 09:09
The investment will help the brand make an aggressive retail push, as well as develop new versions of its hero product.Clean Skin Club, a mass skincare brand known for its single-use disposable face towels, announced today that it has closed a $32 million investment round led by US-based growth equity fund Astō Consumer Partners, with support from California-based Amberstone Ventures.The brand...
Innovation Awards 2025 - Health Tracker Lives In Our Toilet and Automatically Scans Pee
[Product]
2024/11/25 09:08
The Shanmu S1 is waterproof and coated to stay clean while it remains fixed in your toilet.A startup from China wants to sell you its upcoming gadget to track health markers from your entire family. Roughly the size of an iPhone, it sticks onto the inside of a toilet bowl and automatically scans urine to help detect diseases early, and provide prescription guidance.Dubbed the S1, the gadget com...
2024 : The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise
[Investing]
2024/11/25 09:07
The enterprise AI landscape is being rewritten in real time. As pilots give way to production, we surveyed 600 U.S. enterprise IT decision-makers to reveal the emerging winners and losers.[click to enlarge]From Pilots to Production2024 marks the year that generative AI became a mission-critical imperative for the enterprise. The numbers tell a dramatic story: AI spending1 surged to $13.8 billio...
KAWS x Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Companion”
[Design]
2024/11/25 09:06
Watchmaker Audemars Piguet tends to blend contemporary pop culture facets into the Royal Oak design philosophy. Its latest creation the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Companion” is a true embodiment of this. In creating this watch – that intends to explore new boundaries of art and haute horology – AP is joined by KAWS, a Brooklyn-based front-running artist in the contemporary pop art scene....
A Sliver of Lab-Grown Wood has been Made from Stem Cells
[Tech]
2024/11/25 09:05
Making wood from cultured cells, without growing a tree: that's the idea behind startup New Dawn Bio. The company has been based on Wageningen Campus since September 2023. Founder Tom Clement and cell biologist Ruben van Spoordonk talk about the progress that has been made so far.The first piece of wood, like a mini postage stamp, is ready. Although it looks delicate, it should be as robust as...
(Infographic) The Rapid Rise and Fall of the Metaverse
[Business]
2024/11/25 09:04
After being everywhere in 2021, the metaverse has virtually disappeared.ADWEEK House is headed to Las Vegas on January 8! Our house is your house to unwind, recharge and network during the industry’s largest consumer tech moment. RSVP.Three years ago, the Facebook family of companies changed its name to Meta.The idea, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained, was to usher in a new era of the internet...
Robot Uses Wheeled Legs to Keep A Level Head When The Going Gets Rough
[Product]
2024/11/25 09:03
Although a number of wheeled robots can traverse uneven terrain, their body doesn't stay level as they do so, making them unsuitable for many tasks. That's where the KATR comes in, as it uses extendable legs to maintain an even cargo deck.Its name an acronym for Kubota All-Terrain Robot, the KATR was created by Japan's Kubota Tractor Corporation. The prototype vehicle is the recent recipient of...
(PDF) BCG - Black Friday 2024 : GenAI Helps Consumers Hunt for Bargains
[Consumer]
2024/11/22 09:10
Right now, up to 75% of consumers plan to capitalize on this year’s holiday sales events, and many will be using generative AI to help them find the best deals.More than a third of consumers (38%) have already used GenAI in their shopping journey or are planning to use GenAI to shop during Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Singles’ Day.That’s according to a BCG survey that asked 10,000 consume...
