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24 Hour Fitness Files for Bankruptcy, Citing Coronavirus-Related Closings
[Investing]
2020/06/17 09:04
Gym chain 24 Hour Fitness filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday but expects to remain operating – and reopen most of its locations – during the process.The San Ramon, California, chain expects to get $250 million in financing to assist in the restructuring of its operations, the company announced Monday.24 Hour Fitness, which submitted its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District...
(Video) A Pizza Vending Machine for a New Reality - Piestro Pizza Robot
[Business]
2020/06/17 09:03
Upheaval in the restaurant industry propels automation concepts.Will people really want to get their pizza from a robotic vending machine, as a new food automation company called Piestro is betting? Yes, yes they will, and here's why.The best telepresence hardware to go beyond video conferencing and make remote work truly collaborative.As anyone who pays attention to the food and beverage space...
(PDF) 2020 Annual Report on Children’s Digital Habits
[Consumer]
2020/06/16 09:10
Qustodio's 2020 report on apps and digital natives answers that question and gives parents expert tips to help their families thrive in a hyper-connected world.By the start of 2020, before the coronavirus lockdowns, children were spending more time online than ever before. Doctors, psychologists and even the creators of apps themselves, were sounding alarms about online privacy, safety and well...
Uniqlo Is Using Customers' Photos to Create Tailored Product Recs
[Business]
2020/06/16 09:09
Functioning as a shoppable social media platform, StyleHint not only allows users to easily recreate looks they love, but also share them with friends as well as shop directly in the appEver wanted to create that trendy outfit you saw on Instagram but weren’t quite sure where to start? Apparel retailer Uniqlo has a solution in the form of a mobile app that recommends clothing based on user-upl...
(Paper) Artificial Intelligence Makes Blurry Faces Look More Than 60 Times Sharper
[Tech]
2020/06/16 09:08
This AI turns blurry pixelated photos into hyperrealistic portraits that look like real people. The system automatically increases any image's resolution up to 64x, ‘imagining’ features such as pores and eyelashes that weren’t there in the first place. Duke University researchers have developed an AI tool that can turn blurry, unrecognizable pictures of people's faces into eerily convincing...
7.2 Million Electric Cars Hit the Roads in 2019
[Business]
2020/06/16 09:07
Despite 2019 being a sluggish year for the global automobile industry, electric car sales continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace than in the years before. According to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook, electric passenger car sales climbed to 2.1 million last year, bringing the global stock to 7.2 million electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars.Ac...
(Video) TeleVet Provides Boost To Veterinary Telemedicine With $5M Series A
[Investing]
2020/06/16 09:06
While telemedicine is becoming a “new normal” for humans, TeleVet has been helping four-legged friends and their owners talk to veterinarians virtually for the past five years.Enabling it to take its mobile telemedicine application to the next level, the Austin-based company closed a $5 million Series A round of funding Thursday, led by existing investor Mercury Fund, with additional investme...
Chargers Are the Final Roadblock to America’s Electric Car Future
[Business]
2020/06/16 09:05
As long as there aren’t enough fast plugs in enough places, buyers and big automakers will stay away.Rods and waders were already packed into the electric Jaguar I-Pace as it gorged a few more electrons from the wall of my New Jersey garage. A quick glance at a map of northeastern Pennsylvania revealed charging stations clinging to the Delaware River like so many spots on the brown trout I was...
Futuristic Vectalia STREAT Bus Concept
[Design]
2020/06/16 09:04
The concept of an autonomous bus was developed in cooperation with and for the mobile service provider “Vectalia”. The primary objective was to create a unique design language and to adapt it to the requirements in terms of safety, space and additional functions.The inspiration for the design of the STREAT bus comes from a carriage. Andreas Grasmück, the designer, wanted to create a feeling...
