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(Video) This Bathroom Cleaning Robot is Trained in VR to Clean Up After You - SOMATIC
[Product]
2020/03/17 09:03
You’ve no doubt heard about the three Ds of automation. Somatic’s robot handily qualifies for two. I’d say “dangerous” is probably a bit of a stretch here, but the robot is well-focused on replacing a job that’s generally regarded as both “dirty” and “dull.”The startup, which is ostensibly based in the New York area (it’s a small, geographically dispersed team in search of a more per...
Alphabet’s Next Billion-Dollar Business: 10 Industries To Watch
[Business]
2020/03/16 09:10
Alphabet is using its dominance in the search and advertising spaces — and its massive size — to find its next billion-dollar business. From healthcare to smart cities to banking, here are 10 industries the tech giant is targeting.With growing threats from its big tech peers Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon, Alphabet’s drive to disrupt has become more urgent than ever before.The conglomerate is...
(Video) Google, Adidas, and EA Team Up On a New Smart Insole that tracks Soccer Kicks
[Product]
2020/03/16 09:09
Google, Adidas, and EA have teamed up on a smart shoe insole that connects to your phone and can turn your kicks and movement on the soccer field into rewards in FIFA Mobile. The smart insole is powered by Google’s Jacquard wearable technology, which was previously only available on two Levi’s jackets and on a Yves Saint Laurent backpack.The product is called the Adidas GMR, and it’s on sale...
(PDF) Deloitte - Ecosystem-Driven Portfolio Strategy
[Business]
2020/03/16 09:08
Building a portfolio of digital industrial solutions leveraging powerful business ecosystems.For companies undergoing digital industrial transformation, are there shortcuts to developing end-to-end solutions? This article, ninth in a series, looks at leveraging business ecosystems and venturing beyond traditional company boundaries.DIGITAL industrial transformation offers an opportunity—and an...
LVMH Converting Its Perfume Factories To Make Hand Sanitizer
[Business]
2020/03/16 09:07
LVMH announced today that it is converting three of its perfume manufacturing facilities where it normally makes fragrances for its Christian Dior, Givenchy and Guerlain brands to make hand sanitizer instead. The first deliveries will be tomorrow and by the end of the first week, LVMH expects to have made 12 tons of the hydroalcoholic gel. The product will be given at no charge to French author...
New Study Reveals What People Are Buying Through Voice Assistants
[Consumer]
2020/03/16 09:06
A study of US consumers reveals how they’re using voice assistants, and what types of products they’re buying.OnBuy.com analyzed findings from ‘VoiceBot.AI’, who surveyed 1,203 U.S. consumers to better understand the products and services they buy the most using a voice-assistant.In addition, the study identifies consumers’ biggest likes and concerns about voice shopping.According to the s...
Heartbeat Health Raises $8.2M to Improve Cardiovascular Care
[Investing]
2020/03/16 09:05
Heartbeat Health is a startup working to improve the way that cardiovascular care is delivered, and it announced today that it has raised $8.2 million in Series A funding.While you’ve probably spent a lot of today thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s worth remembering that other health issues aren’t going away — and that heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United S...
A New Protein Source Made From Air Could Be A Planet-Saving Game Changer - Air Protein
[Tech]
2020/03/16 09:04
A new protein made from air, water and renewable electricity could revolutionize our food system within the next decade. Solar Foods has developed a sustainable food that’s totally disconnected from agriculture. Now they need to scale it up.Developed by the Finnish company Solar Foods in a lab just outside Helsinki, the protein ― called Solein ― is made using living microbes that are then gr...
(Infographic) Self-Driving Cars : A Future to Look Forward to ?
[Business]
2020/03/16 09:03
For me personally, I associate the topic with having far more freedom. Not having to focus on the road means that there you have free time for more productive things. Another positive aspect is also that the burden is lifted for motorists; truck drivers, for example, can do their job without being as stressed and exhausted.Infographic : https://content-design.statista.com/wp-content/uploads//20...
