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(Video) Delivery Startup Refraction AI Raises $4.2M to Expand Service Areas
[Investing]
2021/03/10 09:07
Refraction AI, a company developing semi-autonomous delivery robots, today announced that it raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by Pillar VC. Refraction says that the proceeds will be used for customer acquisition, geographic expansion, and product development well into the next year.The worsening COVID-19 health crisis in much of the U.S. seems likely to hasten the adoption of self-guided...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Accessible and Effective will COVID-19 Vaccines be ?
[Consumer]
2021/03/10 09:06
Key stakeholders will need to continue to monitor and adapt to new data and new variants emerging across the globe to respond effectively.In this update, we track the progress of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics as new clinical data and virus variants emerge.Since we shared our perspectives on COVID-19-vaccine development in July 2020, the pandemic has grown in proportion across most of Europ...
Mask Detection Now Available in Preview via Azure Cognitive Services
[Tech]
2021/03/10 09:05
COVID-19 spread has changed our day-to-day life in unprecedented ways. Organizations around the world are taking action to, contain and help prevent further spread of the disease by using AI technologies like computer vision, help ensure the safety of the employees and customers. Azure Cognitive Services now, provides Mask detection functionality, to assist application developers in building so...
Four Strategic Imperatives for Luxury Fashion Retailers
[Business]
2021/03/10 09:04
For luxury fashion brands, Covid-19 was a wake-up call to fundamental inefficiencies in their business model. OC&C Strategy Consultants presents four pillars of transformation for the industry's post-pandemic avatar.Discretionary spending was among the first economic victims of Covid-19. With job losses rampant and a recession imminent, few were considering luxury purchases. Fashion brands...
World's First Paper Disposable Razor Unveiled in Japan
[Design]
2021/03/10 09:03
This gives a completely new meaning to the word ‘papercut’! Say hello to the Paper Razor, a sustainable alternative to the disposable plastic razor. The Paper Razor, as its name suggests, comes with an all-paper body and sports a metal blade-head on top. Designed to be flat-packed, the single-use razor comes completely unfolded and can easily be put together in a matter of seconds by merely f...
(PDF) The Wealth Report 2021 by Knight Frank
[Investing]
2021/03/09 09:10
Liam Bailey, Knight Frank’s Global Head of Research, journeys through The Wealth Report 2021 to offer his top takeaways.In the middle of a global pandemic and the related economic crisis, why should we be interested in the wealthy? Simply put, if we are to understand market and asset performance then they form a central part of the story.The objective of The Wealth Report is to assess how the...
(Patent) Apple Files a Patent for a Finger-Mounted Haptic Device that Controls an Electronic Device
[Tech]
2021/03/09 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210055799, discloses a finger-mounted device with a control circuit to wirelessly transmit information gathered from finger-mounted units to an external device to control the device and also to provide haptic feedback from the external device. The figure below depicts a finger-mounted haptic device.Patent Application : https://bit.ly/3rvNKJh[USPTO]
(PDF) Music Streaming Revenues Cross $10 Billion Mark
[Business]
2021/03/09 09:08
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its year-end revenue report for 2020. And despite a year of enormous hardships, there’s some positive news to share.In the U.S., recorded music revenues grew 9.2% in 2020 to $12.2 billion at estimated retail value, according to the RIAA report. It marks the fifth consecutive year of growth for the industry, as paid subscription...
New Ad Campaign Pivots on Sustainability
[Business]
2021/03/09 09:07
Sunglass Fixes new social media campaign uses humour to help define the brand.A new ad campaign uses a light-hearted approach and humour to advertise a sustainable sunglasses brand. UK-based ad firm, Baxter & Bailey, designed the campaign for Australian company Sunglass Fix. The campaign includes a recyclable packaging solution and a social media campaign “with a little bit of theatre buil...
