TREND REPORTS
(Paper) "Grab-and-Go' - Why Autonomous Retail is Ready for a Breakout Year
[Business]
2020/10/25 09:08
A look at the technology, benefits, linkage to 5G and prospects for the proliferation of 'grab-and-go' retail outlets in the coming year.Whether it’s vehicles, drones or manufacturing systems, the path to fully autonomous systems is full of obstacles that are often underestimated at the outset.Despite tremendous rates of technological progress in computational hardware, sensors-cameras and AI...
Arrival’s Electric Vehicle Vision Gets $118M Boost From BlackRock
[Investing]
2020/10/25 09:07
Arrival, an electric vehicle maker backed by Hyundai and Kia that’s preparing to build electric delivery vans for UPS, just raised $118 million from investment giant BlackRock to fund small-scale factories that the U.K.-based startup says give its battery-powered models a cost advantage over competitors.BlackRock’s investment is the biggest infusion of funds Arrival has won to date and comes...
Tesla Reaffirms Ambitious 500K Delivery Goal
[Business]
2020/10/25 09:06
When the first Model 3 rolled of the assembly line in July 2017, Tesla had delivered 183,000 cars in the preceding five years – a number that some of the larger car manufacturers in the world match in a week. The affordable Model 3, marketed as the first mass-market Tesla, was supposed to change that and bring Tesla one step closer to reaching its goal of “accelerating the advent of sustainab...
(Video) Microrobot Flips Through a Live Colon
[Tech]
2020/10/25 09:05
The microrobot can be seen just to the right of the “U” in United States on this U.S. penny.Scientists at Purdue University have developed tiny robots that can walk through the colon to deliver drugs precisely where needed.A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout a colon by doing back flips, Purdue University engineers have demonstrated in live animal models. Why...
(Video) Quell’s Resistance-based Workout can Get You in Shape by Boxing Virtual Enemies
[Product]
2020/10/25 09:05
Quell is positioning itself as a kind of low-cost take on Peloton (less than 1/10th the price, it notes). You might too, if you were in the London-based startup’s place. With the stationary bike-maker’s value skyrocketing amid COVID-19 lockdowns, fitness startups are all the rage — heck, just look at Lululemon’s recent Mirror acquisition.A more apt comparison, however, is probably Ring Fit...
(Infographic) Breaking Down the Economics of Coffee
[Business]
2020/10/25 09:03
What goes into your morning cup of coffee, and what makes it possible?The obvious answer might be coffee beans, but when you start to account for additional costs, the scope of a massive $200+ billion coffee supply chain becomes clear.From the labor of growing, exporting, and roasting the coffee plants to the materials like packaging, cups, and even stir sticks, there are many underlying costs...
(PDF) BCG - Will Consumers Finally Be Able to Buy New Cars Online ?
[Business]
2020/10/22 09:10
COVID-19 has prompted many people to assess whether they should return to using public transit or consider driving instead. According to BCG research, 8% of European consumers say they are more likely to buy a car because of the pandemic. That number is 16% in the US and 60% in China.Will these sentiments translate into a global wave of new vehicle purchases? That will depend, in part, on wheth...
Adobe Photoshop’s New ‘Neural Filters’ Create Numerous Looks From A Single Photo
[Tech]
2020/10/22 09:09
Adobe introduced an entire bevy of Sensei AI-powered ‘Neural Filters’ that let you make the most out of one shot, including “altering” a subject’s emotions and changing a photo’s lighting angles in just a few clicks.Gone are the days when you’d require hundreds of photos from a shoot and hours of painstaking retouching work.Adobe teamed up with AI mammoth Nvidia to make these options pos...
(Patent) Apple Pursues a Patent for a Keyboard with Adjustable Feedback
[Tech]
2020/10/22 09:08
U.S. patent application, US20200303140, discloses a keyboard that provides adjustable feedback in response to user input. The feedback is expressed as a feel or sound of the keycap based on the keycap positions, time of operation, velocity, user identity, and other factors. Thus, the feel or sound of the keyboard is adjusted electronically based on user input. A keyboard layout with assigned ac...
