Macy’s solution for the retail apocalypse? S E L L I N G A D S – The often-predicted retail apocalypse certainly seemed to get more likely for many large retailers over the past year. Macy’s alone shuttered 45 stores in 2021 and needed a $4.5B loan to escape bankruptcy. Yet it is one of the retailers…
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This very cool solar-powered motorhome can travel up to 740 km (460 miles) per day. It has been created by students from Eindhoven University of Technology who hope to inspire carmakers and politicians to accelerate the transition toward #greenenergy. #wakeupimagine#innovation#technology#solar#students#travel
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company’s chief technology officer, will take over the helm. Shares of both Twitter and Square were up with the news. Scott Galloway has been calling for this one for a while – there you go Scott! #wakeupimagine https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/29/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-is-expected-to-step-down-sources-say.html?__source=sharebar|linkedin&par=sharebar
Can AI Truly Give Us a Glimpse of Lost Masterpieces? Very cool article from WIRED on recent projects that used #machinelearning to resurrect paintings by Klimt and Rembrandt. They raise questions about what computers can understand about art. #wakeupimagine #art #AI https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-reviving-lost-art/
This #quantumcomputing startup says it’s ready to take on IBM and Google. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University scientists and funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), QuEra Computing Inc. has built a 256-qubit quantum computer using its own unique architecture. #wakeupimagine#technology#startup#future https://www.fastcompany.com/90698019/quera-quantum-computing-startup
SpinLaunch: Giant vacuum e-centrifuge for slinging 200kg satellites into orbit at up to 5000 mph. 4x less fuel, 10x less cost. Threat to SpaceX? Maiden test last month at supersonic speeds, launch vehicle recovered. #wakeupimagine #innovation#space#rockets#satellites#physics#engineering
What if India’s most famous actor could create an ad for your business? This Diwali, Shah Rukh Khan partnered with the team at Cadbury to have his likeness recreated by #AI, with a programmed sequence of phrases and templates that business owners can use. It is a great use of celebrity and an award-winning campaign. It’s also…
Ok, people, time to read the books or at least watch the movie Ready Player One!! as the M E T A V E R S E is clearly on the table – If you’re a sci-fi junky like me you first read about it in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash and then got further dazzled by…
One thing people don’t really care about or understand is that #logistics is a huge part of #customerexperience, which is a huge part of today’s #marketing. #wakeupimagine #retail #ecommerce #marketoon
What do you get when you mix Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant with an Echo Show tablet, give it a hefty dose of artificial intelligence, integrate it all with Ring’s home security system, and let it roll around your home autonomously? Oh ya and Pepper (see what I did there) it with a little Jetson’s naming … and you get ASTRO. Astro…