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(CES 2022) John Deere Breaks New Ground with Self-Driving Tractors
[Tech]
2022/01/06 09:08
John Deere's first fully autonomous tractor will be available in a limited rollout later in 2022. This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon.Tractors that steer themselves are nothing new to Minnesota farmer Doug Nimz. But then four years ago, John Deere brought a whole new kind of machine to his 2,000-acre corn and soybean farm. That tr...
The Made in China Plan Is Back, and It’s Better
[Business]
2022/01/06 09:07
Beijing’s plan to become the factory floor of the future and grow its “little giants” has potential. First, it needs an upgrade.As the world headed into 2022 grappling with the latest virus variant, China unveiled a sharpened version of the Made in China 2025 industrial policy blueprint. Previous iterations may have had nations like the U.S. on edge, but this is the one to keep an eye on.Sta...
(CES 2022) A Robotic Avatar Platform That will Soon Change The World - Beomi
[Product]
2022/01/06 09:06
CES 2022: human-like beomni 1.0 robot is here to assist, from medicine to spaceall images courtesy of beyond imagination.Beomni 1.0 is an artificial intelligence-enabled robot that, much unlike cybermen from dr who, assists humans with a wide ranging general array of functions, from medical services to manufacturing tasks and working agriculture to, eventually, space construction. unveiled at C...
People Are Still Quitting in Droves
[Consumer]
2022/01/06 09:05
The number of Americans quitting their jobs hit an all-time high of 4.5m in November. Folks in hospitality quit their job the most, with a quits rate of 6.1%.Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, points out that at the same time, 6.7m people were hired. “People who quit are taking other jobs, not leaving the workforce,” she wrote in a tweet.In other words, “The Great R...
Delicious Plant-based Fried Chicken is Coming to KFCs Nationwide
[Product]
2022/01/06 09:04
In partnership with Beyond Meat, it’s the first mega-release of plant-based chicken in fast food.“A damn miracle.” That’s how I described KFC’s first attempt at vegan fried chicken when I tried it way back in January of 2020. Now, it’s finally going to be released across America.On January 10, nearly two years after being trialed in test markets, Beyond Fried Chicken will be available at...
(CES 2022) Check out BMW’s Color-Changing iX Flow at CES
[Product]
2022/01/06 09:03
CES 2022 has been packed with EV announcements – from Sony’s Vision-S 02 to the Chevy Silverado EV – but at BMW’s booth we got a look at something different, a color-changing e-ink wrapped BMX iX Flow. BMW’s iX is a high-end electric sports vehicle with over 500hp and over 300 miles of range to match.The iX Flow builds on that vehicle with an e-ink exterior, allowing the car to change colo...
(PDF) Capgemini - How Data-Powered Organizations Outperform Their Competitors
[Business]
2022/01/05 09:10
In today’s increasingly volatile and competitive business environment, organizations are forced to look to data to hone their strategic and tactical responses. But some organizations are clearly better at making that data work for them. What sets these data masters apart? We wanted to find out. In our previous report on data-powered enterprises, we found that only 16% of organizations had the...
Apple's Folding iPhone - What to Expect from The 'iPhone Fold'
[Design]
2022/01/05 09:09
Apple is expected to announce an "iPhone Fold" with a flexible OLED display by 2024, and AppleInsider has created exclusive renders to show what it may look like.Rumors and patents show that Apple has been working on a folding iPhone design for years. However, the technology required for such a device is still in its infancy, and it isn't clear what form the device may take.Each year, more rumo...
(Patent) Intel Eyes a Patent on a Handover Assistant for Machine to Driver Transitions
[Tech]
2022/01/05 09:08
U.S. patent application, US20210380143, discloses a vehicle handover system. The system monitors the environment of a vehicle and detects a key event related to a transition from an automated driving mode to a passenger driving mode. The system generates a handover scene that includes images associated with the key event and displays the images to the passenger before the system changes the con...
