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Mercedes Benz-Inspired Futuristic Delivery Robot Brings Essential Supplies Home
[Design]
2020/09/22 09:04
The world is grappling with COVID-19 ever since this year’s onset, making social-distancing the current norm. The situation isn’t going to improve any time soon, leaving us all digging for alternative ways to reduce human contact. Nobody knows what the future holds for all of us – perhaps the apt time to ponder over mindful product designs that shape the way we live in our society.This conce...
(Infographic) Shapes of Recovery: When Will the Global Economy Bounce Back?
[Investing]
2020/09/22 09:03
The Shape of Economic Recovery, According to CEOs. Is the glass half full, or half empty ?Whenever the economy is put through the ringer, levels of optimism and pessimism about its potential recovery can vary greatly. The current state mid-pandemic is no exception.This graphic first details the various shapes that economic recovery can take, and what they mean. We then dive into which of the fo...
(Patent) Amazon's Patent Filing Covering Their New Halo Health Device Surfaced
[Tech]
2020/09/21 09:10
On August 27, Patently Apple posted a report titled "Amazon Enters the Smart Health & Fitness Market to take on Apple Watch with the Halo Device and Annual Membership.""The new Amazon Halo is a new service dedicated to helping customers improve their individual health and wellness. Amazon Halo combines a suite of AI-powered health features that provide actionable insights into overall welln...
(PDF) BCG - Government Incentives and US Competitiveness in Semiconductor Manufacturing
[Business]
2020/09/21 09:09
The semiconductor industry is critical to economic competitiveness and national security in an era of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and 5G communications.The US semiconductor industry has long been the global semiconductor leader, consistently accounting for 45% to 50% of global revenues. But the US share of semiconductor manufacturing capacity, which was 37% back in 1990, ha...
(Video) Facebook's Infinite Office is a Virtual Office Space for the WFH Crowd
[Business]
2020/09/21 09:08
The Logitech K830 can also now be used in a VR environment.A couple of years ago, Facebook announced Oculus for Business, a software suite for enterprise-grade VR. But today, at Facebook Connect, the company is introducing a new virtual office experience for the work-from-home crowd. It’s called Infinite Office, and it promises to make WFH a lot more immersive.With Infinite Office, you can put...
(M&A) How Nvidia’s Purchase of Arm Could Open New Markets
[Investing]
2020/09/21 09:07
WHEN SOFTBANK, a Japanese technology group, paid $32bn for Arm in 2016, it was the biggest deal in chipmaking history. That record held until September 13th, when Nvidia, a big American chipmaker, announced its intention to buy the Britain-based chip-designer for $40bn.Although they share an industry, Arm and its prospective owner are very different. Nvidia makes GPUs: pricey, specialised accel...
(Video) IBM, Amazon, DXC, Deloitte, Accenture, UneeQ Launch Digital Human Partnership - UneeQ
[Business]
2020/09/21 09:06
AI-Powered Humans will have a big role in online and offline experiences in the next few years.Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found its way into a wide spectrum of human experiences — from routine transactions to meaningful, life-changing events. Soon it may be hard to tell where organic interactions end and AI features begin.Digital humans are AI-powered life-like virtual beings that exist...
Clothing Stores Fall Behind in Uneven Retail Recovery
[Business]
2020/09/21 09:05
Despite the expiration of the weekly supplement to unemployment benefits at the end of July, U.S. consumer spending continued to bounce back in August, albeit at a slower pace than before. According to preliminary estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, seasonally adjusted retail and food services sales amounted to $537.5 billion last month, up more than 30 percent from its...
German Space Agency Reveals an Autonomous, Electric Urban Mobility Prototype - U-Shift
[Design]
2020/09/21 09:04
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has debuted a prototype of what it calls “U-Shift,” an urban mobility vehicle designed for multiple uses. U-Shift is a fully electric vehicle, designed for autonomous operation, and could serve in a number of capacities, including as an on-demand shuttle, a bus, a mobile distribution center for package delivery or even as a traveling salesroom.As you can see...
