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Newsletter week 2
Pragmatic Solutions Instead of Big Dreams
CES 2021 is all set to start today in an all digital version. We are looking forward to hearing the discussions and seeing new touchless or voice-based technologies, car software creating interaction between vehicle and user, wellness solutions using AI to improve healthcare and new ideas about the future of education. See more here
Mavericks
Every year Hiut Denim puts together an amazing list of 100+ wonderful, talented, amazing people and useful innovative things that have shone the brightest in 2020. A year, unlike any other. See more here
Microgyms
Silofit is a company based in Montreal that takes small office spaces and turns them into fully-equipped private gyms that can be rented by the hour. The demand for micro gyms, micro cinema’s and other micro offerings is growing. Covid-19 accelerated the private-gym concept Silofit offers that caters people’s yearning for activities outside the home while offering a relative sense of safety. See more here
Why Rioters Wear Costumes
The world watched while the Capitol building was breached, an unimaginable scene. Why were the rioters wearing costumes that looked like it was inspired by big-screen movies or gaming characters? Read more here
Avocado Armchair
OpenAI has built new models that combine language and images in a way that will make AI better at understanding both words and what they refer to and combine them into one concept. The two words avocado and armchair generated images that combined the words into weird yet recognisable shapes. See more here
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