TREND REPORTS
There's Always Money for Pumpkin Spice Latte
[Business]
2022/11/09 09:08
In another sign that consumers keep spending money, undeterred by inflation, Starbucks reported record sales for its fourth fiscal quarter that ended October 2. The world's largest coffee chain that operates more than 35,000 stores around the world posted $8.4 billion in revenue, up 11 percent from the same quarter last year. That brings the company's total sales for fiscal 2022 to $32.3 billio...
(Video) The Natural Robotics Contest 2022 Winner : 'Gillbert'
[Tech]
2022/11/09 09:07
Meet Gilbert: The robotic fish designed to help clean plastic from our waterways. This was the first year the University of Surrey held the Natural Robotics Competition, and nearly 100 submissions were received from people around the world.A plastic-eating robot fish has been chosen as the winner of the University of Surrey's public robotics competition that allowed people to come up with a des...
Attack of The Pizza-Making Robots
[Tech]
2022/11/09 09:06
Artificial intelligence is taking the pizza business by storm, with a host of startups introducing machines that churn out pies faster and cheaper than humans.Why it matters: While robots are making steady inroads in the restaurant industry overall — flipping burgers, frying chips, brewing coffee — pizza is the place where automation may make its earliest and most transformative mark.Driving...
The Online Car Dealer is Struggling - Carvana
[Investing]
2022/11/09 09:05
If you ever thought that building giant, used-vehicle vending machines would be a great business model, we have some bad news for you. Carvana, the online used-car dealership, saw its shares plummet 39% in trading on Friday after they announced slowing sales.Despite riding the hottest used-car market in recent history, Carvana has yet to prove that its business model really works.Revenues grew...
2526 - Polymorphic Robotic Garments That Simulate The Effects of Virtual Clothing
[Design]
2022/11/09 09:04
2526 refers to the number of hours invested in the creation of the two polymorphic robotic garments, from ideation to the finish, from the first line of drawing to the last stitch.NFT, digital fashion and virtual clothing were the primary sources of inspiration for the 2 5 2 6 project as they hold the unique status of not being constrained by the physical reality of materials. The two polymorph...
Devialet's $790 Portable Speaker Will Automatically Optimize Its Sound - Devialet Mania
[Product]
2022/11/09 09:03
The luxury brand's first wireless speaker designed for portability is its cheapest yet—but still not cheap.Although priced well out of our meager budgets, we can’t say we haven’t drooled over Devialet’s audio gear, including the company’s $2,200+ wireless Phantom 1 speakers that manage to both look good and sound even better. They weren’t completely wireless, however: an issue that Devial...
The Shape-Changing Mercedes-Maybach Concept
[Design]
2022/11/08 09:10
There are eye-popping concept cars, and then there are some that are totally bonkers. This Mercedes-Maybach concept is exactly what I mean. The grand tourer coupe for high-class nomads is straight out of “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” handbook with its extra-elongated shape, and that’s where it’s Cyberpunkish appeal lies.The core motivation for such an automotive design has to be a...
(PDF) Capgemini - The People Experience Advantage
[Business]
2022/11/08 09:09
How companies can make life better for their most important assets.Organizations today must focus on their people more than ever before. Economic and financial pressures, amplified by changes brought on by the pandemic, have created the most competitive labor market in years. And as remote and hybrid working arrangements continue to be popular, employers must navigate a bifurcated working envir...
(Paper) nVidia eDiffi : Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with Ensemble of Expert Denoisers
[Tech]
2022/11/08 09:08
eDiffi is a new generation of generative AI content creation tool that offers unprecedented text-to-image synthesis with instant style transfer and intuitive painting with words capabilities.We propose eDiffi, a diffusion model for synthesizing images given text. Motivated by the empirical observation that the behavior of diffusion models differ at different stages of sampling, we propose to tr...
