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Drive-Through Clinics in Hospital Car Parks Could be Used for "Accelerated Vaccine Roll-Out"
[Design]
2020/12/15 09:04
Hospital patients could be treated in prefabricated drive-through clinics without leaving their cars, according to a concept by architect NBBJ.The clinics could also be used to administer coronavirus vaccinations, according to the architects.The prefabricated units "could be especially effective for accelerated vaccine roll-out, as it enables simultaneous distribution to every passenger in the...
(Infographic) The AI Advantage of Bionic Companies
[Business]
2020/12/15 09:03
The bionic advantage is clear—and it’s even more relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonbionic companies will have a hard time navigating the crisis, and their relative lack of digital sophistication will make it harder to reboot once the pandemic has subsided. For this reason, it’s vital—even during these extraordinarily challenging days—for nonbionic organizations to pursue digital ma...
(Infographic) The Year 2020 - A Review in Numbers
[Business]
2020/12/14 09:10
2020 has been a year to remember, but one which most of us would probably prefer to forget. With the Covid-19 pandemic turning everyday life on its head and ending the lives of so many, a lot of aspects of the last twelve months are easily lost from memory, however. Take the Australian bushfires. In January, the devastating blazes ravaging the country and burning 15.9 million hectares of bush i...
(Patent) Apple Seeks a Patent for Augmented Reality Maps
[Tech]
2020/12/14 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20200386570, relates to a handheld communication device that is configured to detect a geographic position and the camera direction of the device.The device can identify a route from the geographic position to a point of interest, and augment a real-time video stream with an indicator for the direction to travel to the point of interest. The illustration below depicts...
Rani Therapeutics Nets $69M to Transform Injections Into Its Easy-to-Swallow 'Robotic Pill'
[Investing]
2020/12/14 09:08
Rani Therapeutics has secured $69 million in new funding to move forward with the manufacturing and clinical testing of its “robotic pill”—a small, swallowable capsule that promises to shepherd more delicate drugs past the stomach before releasing them into the bloodstream.After making its way through the stomach, Rani Therapeutics' RaniPill inflates a small balloon that pushes solid, drug-l...
(PDF) BCG - The $100 Billion Digital Lifeline for Restaurants
[Business]
2020/12/14 09:07
Even in the face of dramatically lower demand, there is good news for many restaurant brands. Digital ordering, delivery, and off-premises sales are up. Our research indicates that digital orders currently make up more than 30% of the market, representing some $100 billion in sales that are up for grabs. Restaurants that invested in digital capabilities have already captured more than their fai...
(M&A) Will Moncler’s First Acquisition Win China Sales ?
[Investing]
2020/12/14 09:06
Moncler has announced that it will acquire the luxury brand Stone Island, perhaps signaling that it wants to compete with rivals LVMH and Kering. What Happened: Italian luxury group Moncler has announced that it will acquire the casual luxury brand Stone Island in a cash-and-share deal valued at $1.39 billion. Under Chief Executive Remo Ruffini, Moncler has become an industry favorite and, foll...
Papercup Using AI for Realistic-Sounding Voice Translation, Raises £8M funding
[Investing]
2020/12/14 09:05
Papercup, the U.K.-based AI startup that has developed speech technology that translates people’s voices into other languages and is already being used in the video and television industry, has raised £8 million in funding.The round was led by LocalGlobe and Sands Capital Ventures, alongside Sky, GMG Ventures, Entrepreneur First (EF) and BDMI. Papercup says the new capital will be used to inv...
MIT Spinoff Building New Solid-State Lidar-on-a-Chip System
[Tech]
2020/12/14 09:04
Our team at Kyber Photonics is developing a lidar chip to enable the next generation of autonomous robots and vehicles.To enable safe and affordable autonomous vehicles, the automotive industry needs lidar systems that are around the size of a wallet, cost one hundred dollars, and can see targets at long distances with high resolution. With the support of DARPA, our team at Kyber Photonics, in...
