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
For all my packaging, branding, and naming friends – here’s a story – Fok Hing Gin, owned by Hong Kong-based company Incognito Group Ltd, has been deemed offensive in a landmark ruling by the UK’s Independent Complaints Panel. Incognito Group had claimed that the brand name is an English romanization of the traditional Chinese phrase meaning…
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
“We’ve all heard about rising inflation. The price of stuff is going up. And if you read this newsletter, you’ve heard of shrinkflation. That’s when the price of stuff stays the same, but the amount you get goes down. The economywide decline in service quality that we’re now seeing is something different, and it doesn’t…
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…
“Right now, our brand is so tightly linked to one product that it can’t possibly represent everything that we’re doing today, let alone in the future,” Zuckerberg said. “Over time, I hope that we are seen as a metaverse company, and I want to anchor our work and identity on what we’re building toward.” #wakeupimagine #Facebook #metaverse #markzuckerberg #future #brand