The Most Secretive Longevity Lab Finally Opens Its Doors - Retro Biosciences
[Investing]
2024/01/03 09:08
Retro Biosciences, a startup with $180 million from Sam Altman, has a simple and audacious goal: Add 10 good years to your life. And until now, we haven’t had a glimpse of its best ideas.Joe Betts-LaCroix didn’t have time to wait for architects, construction workers or really any of the normal things that go into building a new office, let alone a new laboratory. It was May 2021, and he wante...
Masimo Receives FDA Clearance for Stork™ Baby Monitoring System
[Product]
2024/01/03 09:07
Stork Provides Continuous Monitoring of Oxygen Saturation, Pulse Rate, and Skin Temperature, with Alarms, for Sick and Healthy Babies at Home.Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), a global leader in innovative monitoring technologies used in top hospitals, announced today FDA clearance of Stork™, a revolutionary baby monitoring system, for prescription use with healthy and sick babies 0-18 months of age. Lev...
(Infographic) The Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2023
[Investing]
2024/01/03 09:06
In 2023, the U.S. stock market saw surprisingly strong returns, even as interest rates climbed higher.The S&P 500 rose over 24% amid exuberance around AI stocks and big tech, lifting returns across the index. Traditionally defensive stocks, on the other hand, declined. Overall the stock market recovered losses from 2022’s plunge, and is now hovering near all-time highs.The above graphic is...
Duck-Inspired Robotics for The Cites of The Future
[Design]
2024/01/03 09:05
Duck-like trash can robots follow pedestrians to keep the city clean through their qua system. Qua reimagines the role of waste collection in future cities through an innovative system of smart trash baskets. Envisioned by the designers N. Basile, N. Chiarelli, and L. Fiorentino, the project aims to merge technology with a friendly, bio-inspired design, shifting the perception of garbage-collec...
The Year America's EV Dreams Met Reality
[Business]
2024/01/03 09:04
However, new changes in tax credits in 2024 and dropping prices could help EV sentiment in the US.For driving enthusiasts, electrification is a dirty word.But when it comes to decarbonizing the earth’s atmosphere, the ability to harness clean energy, and simplifying the production process for automobiles, it’s no surprise automakers and governments across the globe were eager to jumpstart the...
StarCrete is A Concrete-like Material That Could be Made from Extraterrestrial Dust
[Tech]
2024/01/03 09:03
Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a concrete-like material that could be made with extraterrestrial dust and used to build colonies on the moon and on Mars.Named StarCrete, the conceptual construction material would be made from lunar or martian regolith and bound with salt and potato starch derived from the food of astronauts.The first prototypes of the material have be...
(PDF) Mckinsey - CEOs’ Choice for Growth : Building New Businesses
[Business]
2024/01/02 09:10
Business leaders and investors see now as an opportune time to build new businesses. New survey data reveals what’s really needed.Organizations are doubling down on building new businesses, even amid ongoing economic uncertainty. The latest McKinsey Global Survey on new-business building1 finds that a larger share of CEOs than in previous years are making the creation of new revenue streams th...
Xiaomi Unveils Its First EV, With Ambition to Be China’s Porsche or Tesla
[Product]
2024/01/02 09:09
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi (1810.HK) took the wraps off its first electric vehicle on Thursday and promptly announced it was aiming to become one of the world's top five automakers.The sedan, dubbed the SU7 with the SU short for Speed Ultra, is a highly anticipated model that Chief Executive Lei Jun touted as having "super electric motor" technology capable of delivering acceleration speed...
Google May Layoff 30,000 Employees as AI Improves Operational Efficiency
[Consumer]
2024/01/02 09:08
Google official recently revealed that Google is planning to re-organise its ad sales team but did not mention any layoffs.Google is planning to implement AI internally that might actually lead to what people feared the most: AI taking away human jobsThe restructuring is primarily going to impact the ad sales team because Google has been exploring the benefits of leveraging AI for operational e...