TREND REPORTS
Observe.ai Raises $54M to Analyze Call Center Conversations
[Investing]
2020/09/16 09:06
Observe.ai, a startup developing AI call center software, today closed a $54 million funding round. A spokesperson told VentureBeat the funds will be used to accelerate growth and R&D as Observe expands its go-to-market efforts.With customer representatives in India, the U.S., and elsewhere ordered to work from home during the pandemic, companies are turning to AI to bridge the resulting ga...
(Paper) Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye
[Tech]
2020/09/16 09:05
A team of researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has built a bionic device that they say can restore vision to the blind through a brain implant.The team is now preparing for what they claim will be the world’s first human clinical trials of a bionic eye — and are asking for additional funding to eventually manufacture it on a global scale.It’s essentially the guts of a sm...
Idriverplus Rises Over $14.6M for Autonomous Street Cleaners and Cars
[Investing]
2020/09/16 09:04
Idriverplus, a Beijing-based supplier of driverless vehicle and robotics systems, this week raised over 100 million yuan (~$14.6 million). The company says the money will be put toward R&D, deploying robotaxi fleets, and ramping up production of cleaning robots and other specialized robotics products.The pandemic has accelerated the demand for robots and self-driving cars, as they’re inher...
(Infographic) Telehealth in the US: The Doctor Will See You Now
[Business]
2020/09/16 09:03
Covid-19 has changed how people receive medical care. Successful providers will adapt, invest and optimize digital tools to supplement quality care.Infographic : https://bit.ly/35ByN09[bain]
(PDF) Adobe - 2020 Digital Economy Index
[Business]
2020/09/15 09:10
Online retail sales slow down in August after massive spike during pandemic. Adobe's latest digital economy data shows that online shopping activity declined in August as more physical stores opened up across the US.The pandemic-induced surge in online retail sales is beginning to level off, according to Adobe's latest Digital Economy Index. Launched earlier this year, Adobe's Digital Economy I...
McDonald's McSafe Drive
[Business]
2020/09/15 09:09
Hungry drivers aren’t always the safest drivers. They become frustrated quicker, they’re more annoyed and more often unfocused, tired drivers. With McDonald’s being one of the biggest providers of food to drivers in Czech Republic, we can take a strong stand and encourage drivers to drive safely. We created a drive safely campaign telling people not to drive hungry, but to drive safely.[adso...
(Video) Holographic Menus and Pay Points for Safe, Touchless Food Ordering - Holoind
[Product]
2020/09/15 09:08
Users push buttons as they would on a usual touchscreen, yet are interacting with a beam of light.The contactless touch systems ensure that no germs are transferred between customers, with menus taking orders via a hologramSpotted: For everyone in dire need of moisturiser thanks to the drying effects of alcohol-based hand sanitisers, Holo Industries has a solution. The company’s contactless to...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Eating Out(side) : Restaurant Dining in The Next Normal
[Business]
2020/09/15 09:07
Our survey of US consumers suggests that indoor dining in restaurants may not return to precrisis levels for months—or possibly even years. That means full-service restaurant operators need a new economic model.Months after COVID-19 first wreaked havoc on lives and livelihoods around the world, much of the US restaurant industry faces a deeply uncertain near-term future. In particular, many fu...
(Paper) Lightweight Green Supercapacitors Could Quickly Charge Devices
[Tech]
2020/09/15 09:06
Texas A&M researchers have designed a new energy storage device that can store a charge up to 900 times greater than state-of-the-art supercapacitors. In the near future, new plant-based supercapacitor could charge electric cars in a few minutes.Texas A&M University researchers have created a novel plant-based energy storage device that in the near future could charge devices — even el...
