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Craft Beer Drinkers Often Judge a Beer by its Packaging
[Consumer]
2017/06/04 10:07
It’s hard to imagine today’s U.S. beer market without the craft sub-sector. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, annual craft sales have grown more than 65% in the past five years, with sales of almost $5.8 billion for the year ended Jan. 28, 2017. But that much growth has sparked just as much—if not more—competition, which has been a boon for consumers. On the flipside, however, the...
JetBlue Will Test Facial Recognition for Boarding
[Business]
2017/06/04 10:06
Forget the boarding pass. JetBlue will just scan your face.The airline will test facial-recognition check-in next month for flights from Boston to Aruba, the latest attempt by the industry to streamline boarding.Passengers will step up to a camera, and the kiosk will compare the facial scan to passport photos in the U.S. customs database to confirm the match. (You still have to bring your passp...
Google Now Understands Language at 95% Accuracy, Has Impoved by 20% in 2 years
[Tech]
2017/06/04 10:05
Google now understands human language with a 95% accuracy, thanks to improvements in machine learning.This allows the company to detect voice and act upon it in a meaningful way, and will clearly be of a huge benefit to the Google Assistant, a core Google product that is available on a lot of Android phones.What's notable, though, is not only the figure, but how Google arrived at it: the compan...
(Video) These Connected Yoga Pants Help Correct Your Posture - Nadi X
[Product]
2017/06/04 10:04
Nadi X uses technology integrated into the fabric of the pants to subtly guide you to a better yoga pose.No matter if you’re an experienced yoga guru or just a beginner, a little help with getting the perfect form is always appreciated. Billie Whitehouse, founder of Wearable X, first gave us a sneak peak of Nadi X, the company’s latest innovative yoga pants, at our PSFK 2017 conference. Now t...
Print is NOT Dead -
[Design]
2017/06/04 10:03
The designer of the Print camera concept raises an important question? 20 years later, when you want to show your kids or grandkids snippets and memories of your life as a young person, what will you do? Direct them to your Instagram? Or provide them with a Google Drive link? No, right?Memories are best preserved and relived in the tactile format, and that’s why Polaroid is making its comeback...
AI Is Eating Software by Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA
[Business]
2017/06/01 10:40
We’re delivering AI for every computing platform, every framework and every human endeavor. The remarkable success of our GPU Technology Conference this month demonstrated to anyone still in doubt the extraordinary momentum of the AI revolution. Throughout the four-day event here in Silicon Valley, attendees from the world’s leading companies in media and entertainment, manufacturing, healthc...
(Video) Nescafé : The Hello Bench
[Business]
2017/06/01 10:40
Creating new relationships it’s harder than you think, even when you are in the midst of hundreds of thousands of people. To do so, you need a spark, a new opportunity and, of course, a red mug. That's exactly what we did with The Nescafé Hello Bench during the Salone del Mobile in Milan: a bench that gets shorter when two people sit on it. Two sensors activate the bench and let two strangers...
What Are Smart Speakers Used For and How How Smart ?
[Consumer]
2017/06/01 10:39
Amazon’s line of smart speakers, powered by the company’s virtual assistant Alexa, is widely considered a big success. Despite initial privacy concerns, the company sold millions of Echo devices in the United States and abroad, gaining a significant advantage on what many consider the next major battlefield in tech.If the Seattle-based e-commerce giant hoped that its smart speakers would boos...
(Video) Warby Parker Grew to $250M in Sales Through Disciplined Growth
[Business]
2017/06/01 10:39
Warby Parker's founders are doubling down on deep tech and retail stores to vault their beloved startup into the next phase. "Nothing we're doing is rocket science. They're things that make sense for customers." –Dave Gilboa (left) of online eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker, with his co-founder and co-CEO Neil Blumenthal. CREDIT: Christaan Felber If Wes Anderson made a movie about startups, Wa...
