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(PDF) Mckinsey : The State of Grocery 2022, China
[Business]
2021/12/16 09:10
In one of the most competitive markets in the world, grocery retailers will need new strategies and capabilities to sustain growth.The grocery market in China is the most intriguing in the world: it is huge (second only to the United States), it leads the pack in online commerce, and it’s growing rapidly. It is also a source of inspiration and awe for digital and online-to-offline (commerce)....
10 Most Expensive Art Pieces Sold at Auction 2021 - Basquiat, Beeple
[Design]
2021/12/16 09:09
The biggest results at auction keep getting bigger.[In This Case (1983), by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Photographer: Cindy Ord/Getty Images North America]These 10 works, which were the most expensive to sell at auction this year, represent more than the total international grosses for this year’s latest Bond film, No Time To Die; more than Crypto.com paid to rename the Staples Center; and just a ha...
(Video) Wall-Climbing HB1 Robot Could Find Work in High Places
[Product]
2021/12/16 09:08
The HB1 utilizes dual fans to create a vacuum between its underside and the wall.It's safe to say that any task which involves going up high is at least somewhat dangerous. The HB1 robot was designed with this fact in mind, as it climbs walls and even scuttles across ceilings so people don't have to.Currently about to enter the market, the HB1 was designed by British startup HausBots, which is...
(Infographic) The Global Semiconductor Supply Chain
[Business]
2021/12/16 09:07
Our digitally-driven society is powered by an extremely robust semiconductor supply chain, and until the COVID-19 pandemic, not many people thought about it.Our digitally-driven society is powered by an extremely robust semiconductor supply chain, and until the COVID-19 pandemic, not many people thought about it.But a sudden surge in demand for digital goods, improved technologies, and recoveri...
The Nike Designers Who Started an Online Cremation Service
[Business]
2021/12/16 09:06
Solace Cremation allows families to avoid traditional funeral homes when a loved one dies.When Keith Crawford and David Odusanya started their cremation company in April 2019, there was no way they could anticipate that a worldwide pandemic would soon prove the urgency of their model.As Covid-19 approaches the two-year mark, Solace Cremation has turned out to be a service for the modern age—a...
Is NFT-Mania Slowing Down ?
[Consumer]
2021/12/16 09:05
Back in March we wrote about "crypto art" — which turned out to be the early days of what would go on to be a breakthrough year for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which beat out "metaverse", "pingdemic" and "cheugy" for Collins Dictionary’s word of the year.If you've managed to avoid reading about NFTs until now, we'll catch you up. The short version of the explainer is that NFTs allow you to "o...
Serve Robotics Raises $13M to Grow Its Sidewalk Delivery Fleet
[Investing]
2021/12/16 09:04
In May, following Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, the robotics division of Postmates spun out as an independent company called Serve Robotics. At the time, Serve said it would pursue its vision of deploying fleets of sidewalk delivery robots throughout the country, thousands of which had already served households in Los Angeles prior to the Uber purchase.Furthering that ambition, Serve today...
This Refillable Toothpaste Container was Designed to Cut Down the Waste Produced
[Design]
2021/12/16 09:03
Mimo is a revolutionary refillable toothpaste tube that pumps toothpaste into each tube from the bottom with the help of an external refilling basin.We don’t realize how much waste toothpaste tubes actually create. We brush our teeth twice a day, fingers-crossed, and go through multiple tubes of toothpaste in a matter of a couple of weeks. Young product designers Pelin Özbalcı and Sergen Ça...
(Video) Tesla Model Pi Smartphone Price, Specifications and Release Date
[Product]
2021/12/15 09:10
For a while, there were rumors floating that Elon Musk is working to launch a smartphone known as Tesla Model Pi. Now we have received a “lot” of very interesting features about this Tesla phone that would work on Mars using Starlink. But, is it even real?Has Tesla made any announcements about this next-gen device, or if all of this is a massive hoax? Find out everything about the Tesla Model...
