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The Self-Driving Car Companies Going The Distance
[Business]
2021/02/21 09:05
Even though the technology behind autonomous vehicles has progressed hugely in recent years, it's still by no means perfect. A long list of companies are still testing their electric vehicles in California to improve software capabilities and safety. Disengagements are a key part of the testing process and they occur when a car's software detects a failure or a driver perceives a failure, resul...
Markus Hinteregger + Elias Lahner Extend a Hotel in Italy with Organic Grass-Covered Forms
[Design]
2021/02/21 09:03
Architects markus hinteregger and elias lahner have shared captivating visualizations of their proposal to extend a hotel in the mountain village of luttach in northern italy. The scheme was designed as part of a competition organized by the owners of the hotel, in which they sought to extend and unify the entire hospitality complex. hinteregger and lahner’s proposal reshapes the existing buil...
(Paper) Google AI Choreographer - Learn to Dance with AIST++
[Tech]
2021/02/18 09:10
Google present a crossmodal transformer-based architecture model and a new 3D dance dataset AIST++, which contains 3D motion reconstructed from real dancers paired with music (left). The model generates realistic smooth dance motion in 3D with full translation, which allow applications such as automatic motion retargeting to a novel character (right).Dance Generation ResultsHere we show sampled...
January 2021 : VC Funding Hits All-Time High And Produces A Record Number Of New Unicorns
[Investing]
2021/02/18 09:09
Venture funding in January 2021 hit at an all-time monthly high of $39.9 billion, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows. .January’s funding total topped the previous monthly high of the last two years; July 2020 at $38.5 billion. A larger proportion of dollars in these funding spikes was also invested in late-stage venture capital — around 69 percent — with the lion’s share of capital going...
Japanese Toilets Are About To Get More High Tech With Holographic Buttons
[Product]
2021/02/18 09:08
Focused on minimizing the spread of germs and bacteria.If you’ve ever been to Japan, then you know how high tech their toilets are. To the people living there, it’s more or less a standard feature they’ve come to expect, but if you’re coming from another country, it’s kind of like a technological marvel with features that you never knew you needed until now.That being said, it seems that J...
(PDF) Mckinsey - 5 Charts That Set the Tone as New York Fashion Week 2021 Kicks Off
[Business]
2021/02/18 09:07
As New York Fashion Week kicks off a new season of fashion weeks around the globe, these are the five themes to watch.Everything looks different this year, and the fashion industry—which posted record-low profits in 2020—is no exception. Given the extreme jeopardy the industry has faced, there is no simple, standardized playbook for the coming year. Instead, fashion companies must tailor thei...
Interplay Raises $18M for Enterprise-Focused VR Training Solutions
[Investing]
2021/02/18 09:06
Interplay, an Austin, Texas-based startup developing a 3D and virtual reality platform for trade workers, today announced that it raised $18 million. The company says it’ll use the proceeds to move into new markets and further develop its existing products.According to an ABI Research report, before the pandemic, the virtual reality market was forecasted to grow at a 45.7% compound annual rate...
Laser Cap Therapy Might Just Be the Baldness Treatment We’ve Been Waiting For
[Product]
2021/02/18 09:05
The Kiierr Laser Cap System is a high tech, science-based hair growth method you can do from home.A lot of people accept hair loss as an inevitable part of growing older, and it’s not hard to understand why. Studies show that about 42 percent of men between the ages of 18 and 49 experience moderate to extensive hair loss, while a whopping 85 percent will experience some visible hair loss by th...
Kengo Kuma and ASICS Release Second Iteration of 'METARIDE AMU' Running Shoe
[Product]
2021/02/18 09:04
Following a successful collaboration in 2019, architect kengo kuma and sportswear company ASICS have teamed up to develop a second iteration of the ‘METARIDE AMU’ running shoe. While the design is again inspired by traditional japanese bamboo crafting techniques, the sand beige color of the sneaker has been chosen to reflect the tones of the sahara desert — a site of great personal importanc...
