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JPMorgan Becomes First Bank to Enter Metaverse
[Business]
2022/02/17 09:09
Blockchain unit Onyx welcomes visitors in Decentraland. Bank releases paper on how businesses can explore metaverse.JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a lounge in the metaverse: Visitors are greeted by a digital portrait of Jamie Dimon and a roaming tiger. Walk upstairs and you’ll see an executive’s presentation on the crypto economy.The lounge is located at the Metajuku mall in Decentraland, a bro...
(Paper) Cambridge Scientists Develop Fully Woven, Smart Display
[Tech]
2022/02/17 09:08
The new smart textile display is made up of fiber-based LEDs which can be activated from a range of embedded sensors.Textiles have been getting smarter for years, but they’re usually fairly limited in size and scope. Now a team of scientists led by Cambridge has woven together a 46-inch textile display, loaded with LEDs, sensors and energy storage, that can be made using existing industrial ma...
Here’s The Mumbai Gallery Behind India’s First NFT Art Auction
[Business]
2022/02/17 09:07
The demand for NFTs isn’t so small that it hasn’t taken India by storm. Over 2021, the country has become home to a growing coterie of digital creators and multiplying NFT marketplaces from BeyondLife.club to Bollycoin to WazirX, the latter established by India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.[Prinseps has entered the country's burgeoning NFT market with a sale of 35 Gobardhan Ash NFTs —...
Which Luxury Products Do US Shoppers Buy In-Store ?
[Consumer]
2022/02/17 09:06
Across almost all product categories, US luxury shoppers are far more likely to make purchases in-store than online.Physical retail has the widest lead in the food and beverage category, followed by watches and jewelry. Digital gets the upper hand in only fashion and travel, suggesting that for many tangible luxury goods, shoppers prefer to see and feel them before spending big bucks.Beyond the...
Engineering Student's AI Model Turns American Sign Language Into English in Real-time
[Tech]
2022/02/17 09:05
Engineering student's AI model turns American Sign Language into English in real-time.Engineering student Priyanjali Gupta does not have tall tales of the inspiration behind her AI model that translates American Sign language (ASL) into English immediately.Instead, the driving factor was her mum, who asked her "to do something now that she's studying engineering", a statement echoed by most Ind...
Sony LinkBuds are Wireless Earbuds with an Unusual Open Air Design
[Product]
2022/02/17 09:04
Sony is truly opening up with the design of its newly-released set of wireless earbuds, the LinkBuds. At first glance, it seems pretty standard. But upon closer inspection, this pair of earbuds has… a giant hole in the middle. It might seem counterproductive to the usual headphone design, which favors noise-canceling capabilities. But that’s precisely the point; Sony is trying to encourage us...
The Family Cabin Built from 8 Shipping Containers
[Design]
2022/02/17 09:03
Container House is a modular family residence near Stockholm, Sweden that’s built from eight shipping containers.Shipping containers give new meaning to modular home design. Chosen for its structural integrity and prefabricated build, the shipping container is a sustainable and long-lasting choice for home builders. Måns Tham, architect and founder of Måns Tham Arkitektkontor, recently finis...
(PDF) Bain - Global M&A Report 2022
[Investing]
2022/02/16 09:10
As markets take off, strategic acquirers are evolving to meet new challenges.- Total M&A deal value reached all-time highs of $5.9 trillion in 2021.- Strategic deals (including both corporate deals and add-ons) saw value reach $3.8 trillion, an increase of 47% over 2020, fueled by record valuations.-We are optimistic about the outlook for strategic deal activity in 2022, though there are se...
The Future of Coffee ? Frozen Coffee Startup Cometeer
[Product]
2022/02/16 09:09
Cometeer, the makers of flash-frozen coffee concentrates have quietly been taking the single-serve and (almost) ready-to-drink coffee markets by storm. And the tech investments world has started to take notice too, netting the company a total $35 million in Series B funding. This brings their total money raised to nearly $100 million.The Glouchester, Massachusetts-based company first made waves...
