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KAWS x Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Companion”
[Design]
2024/11/25 09:06
Watchmaker Audemars Piguet tends to blend contemporary pop culture facets into the Royal Oak design philosophy. Its latest creation the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Companion” is a true embodiment of this. In creating this watch – that intends to explore new boundaries of art and haute horology – AP is joined by KAWS, a Brooklyn-based front-running artist in the contemporary pop art scene....
A Sliver of Lab-Grown Wood has been Made from Stem Cells
[Tech]
2024/11/25 09:05
Making wood from cultured cells, without growing a tree: that's the idea behind startup New Dawn Bio. The company has been based on Wageningen Campus since September 2023. Founder Tom Clement and cell biologist Ruben van Spoordonk talk about the progress that has been made so far.The first piece of wood, like a mini postage stamp, is ready. Although it looks delicate, it should be as robust as...
(Infographic) The Rapid Rise and Fall of the Metaverse
[Business]
2024/11/25 09:04
After being everywhere in 2021, the metaverse has virtually disappeared.ADWEEK House is headed to Las Vegas on January 8! Our house is your house to unwind, recharge and network during the industry’s largest consumer tech moment. RSVP.Three years ago, the Facebook family of companies changed its name to Meta.The idea, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained, was to usher in a new era of the internet...
Robot Uses Wheeled Legs to Keep A Level Head When The Going Gets Rough
[Product]
2024/11/25 09:03
Although a number of wheeled robots can traverse uneven terrain, their body doesn't stay level as they do so, making them unsuitable for many tasks. That's where the KATR comes in, as it uses extendable legs to maintain an even cargo deck.Its name an acronym for Kubota All-Terrain Robot, the KATR was created by Japan's Kubota Tractor Corporation. The prototype vehicle is the recent recipient of...
(PDF) BCG - Black Friday 2024 : GenAI Helps Consumers Hunt for Bargains
[Consumer]
2024/11/22 09:10
Right now, up to 75% of consumers plan to capitalize on this year’s holiday sales events, and many will be using generative AI to help them find the best deals.More than a third of consumers (38%) have already used GenAI in their shopping journey or are planning to use GenAI to shop during Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Singles’ Day.That’s according to a BCG survey that asked 10,000 consume...
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.24 M. at Sotheby’s
[Business]
2024/11/22 09:09
Sotheby’s Now and Contemporary evening sale on Wednesday didn’t border on the absurd, it dived headfirst into it as Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s chairman of Europe, sold a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.24 million. Minutes later, Chinese-born, New York–based cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun announced on X not only that he was the buyer of the work, Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019)...
(Paper) AI Headphones Create A ‘Sound Bubble,’ Quieting All Sounds
[Tech]
2024/11/22 09:08
"Sound bubble" headphones selectively suppress noises a certain distance away, so users can clearly hear each other in conversation among background noise.In a restaurant or at a party, background noise can make it hard to hear people talking, even up close. But soon we could be wearing headphones that use AI to filter out noise that’s more than a few feet away, creating a “sound bubble” tha...
ChatGPT the Only Constant in an Evolving AI Landscape
[Consumer]
2024/11/22 09:07
Ever since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI tools have been all the rage. While there have been AI-powered tools before OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, none of them gained as much public attention and hype. Word of ChatGPT’s capabilities spread like wildfire online and within days, more than a million people had registered to use it. ChatGPT was the first generative AI tool t...
First Onshore Wave Energy Project in The US Gets Official Nod
[Tech]
2024/11/22 09:06
EWP is looking to complete installation of its wave energy system at the Port of LA site but Q1 2025, which should look and operate similar to the company's pilot setup at Jaffa Port in Israel (shown)Eco Wave Power.Back in 2022, Eco Wave Energy announced plans to relocate its wave energy array from Gibraltar to the Port of Los Angeles. Now the company has secured final approval for what will be...
