Tenpoint Therapeutics Launches with $70M Series A Financing to Reverse Vision Loss
[Investing]
2023/07/17 09:06
Tenpoint Therapeutics Launches with $70 Million Series A Financing to Reverse Vision Loss Through Engineered Cell-Based Therapeutics and In Vivo Reprogramming.Series A led by F-Prime Capital, Sofinnova Partners and British Patient Capital with additional founding investment from Qiming Venture Partners USA, Eight Roads and the UCL Technology Fund among othersTenpoint’s regenerative medicine pl...
This Amazing New AI Tool Turns a Scribble Into a Finished Image in Seconds
[Tech]
2023/07/17 09:05
Stable Doodle offers a glimpse of how we’ll interact with AI in the future.If you use AI to create visuals, there’s a new tool to add to your arsenal. Stable Doodle, a new tool from Stability, gives you (almost) full control of the image-making process through a clever interface that upends the traditional text-only prompting of most AI workflows.Stable Doodle turns rudimentary doodles into c...
The Biggest Soft Drinks Markets In The World
[Consumer]
2023/07/17 09:04
The United States sells by far the most soft drinks of any country in the world. According to estimates by Statista Market Insights, revenue will hit $328 billion this year. In second place, and trailing a long way behind, comes China with $42 billion in expected sales this year, followed by the United Kingdom with $37 billion.Nigeria ranks in fourth place with $33 billion worth of sales. The c...
(Video) This Stretchy Japanese Rubber Gear Helps People Relearn to Walk After Incident
[Design]
2023/07/17 09:03
Walking is one of those things that we usually take for granted until such time when you have an accident or incident that forces you to re-learn how to walk. Going through physical therapy and rehabilitation may take some time and can be a pain but fortunately, through technology and innovation, there are now tools that you can use to help you in your journey.Futto is wearable rubber gear that...
(M&A) Frieze Art Fair Acquires The Armory Show and Expo Chicago
[Investing]
2023/07/14 09:10
The London-based franchise expands further into the US market with the acquisition of two of its largest fairs.The art fair and media franchise Frieze has acquired The Armory Show in New York, and is in the process of buying Expo Chicago—two of the largest and longest-running fairs in the US.Both US fairs will continue to operate under their own brands and with their current teams, according t...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Technology’s Generational Moment with Generative AI : A CIO and CTO Guide
[Business]
2023/07/14 09:09
CIOs and CTOs can take nine actions to reimagine business and technology with generative AI.Hardly a day goes by without some new business-busting development related to generative AI surfacing in the media. The excitement is well deserved—McKinsey research estimates that generative AI could add the equivalent of $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion of value annually.CIOs and chief technology office...
(Patent) Google’s AI Programmer
[Tech]
2023/07/14 09:08
In its fight to remain relevant in AI, Google may be adding a multi-tool to its arsenal. The company wants to patent a system for automating “certain aspects of computer programming” using an AI model. Essentially, this tool watches a programmer write code and makes suggestions for edits or tools that will help them in real time, based on what the programmer is intending to do.Using machine l...
State of Venture Q2’23 Report
[Investing]
2023/07/14 09:07
Global venture dollars reached $60.5B in Q2’23. That marked a 13% decline from Q1’23’s $69.7B, which was buoyed by massive, multi-billion-dollar deals to OpenAI and Stripe.Without these Q1 deals, Q2’23 funding would have grown 14% QoQ.Deal count, on the other hand, has continually fallen since the start of 2022. It dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter to reach 6,385 in Q2’23 — the lo...
NUS Pharmacists Develop a “Cheeky” and Pain-Free Solution for Drug Delivery
[Tech]
2023/07/14 09:06
Cost-effective adhesive film placed on the inner cheek delivers drugs into the bloodstream effectively.Conventional ways of administering medication – by swallowing tablets, consuming bitter syrups, injections or rectal insertions – could be distressing and unpleasant for some patients, especially young children or the elderly. A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Chan Sui Yung, H...