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(Video) Goodyear Designed a Tire That could Help Cars Fly - Aero Tire
[Design]
2019/03/07 10:42
Flying cars, though still very much science fiction, could one day disrupt Goodyear's tire business. If flying cars ever take over the roadways — and skyways — Goodyear would want a chunk of that market.The company has designed an airless tire, called the Goodyear Aero, which would double as a propeller. The Aero tires would have bladed spokes that act as a fan allowing the wheels to flip upw...
Apple Led Wearables Market in 2018, with 46.2M of the Total 172.2M Devices Shipped
[Product]
2019/03/07 10:42
Apple devices continue to lead the wearables market, according to a new report from IDC out today, which claimed the Cupertino-based company shipped a total of 46.2 million wearables for the year. The firm also reported the worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4 percent during the fourth quarter of 2018, to reach 59.3 million units shipped, while shipments for the year grew 27.5 percen...
Goldman Sachs Tells Its Bankers to Loosen Their Neckties
[Consumer]
2019/03/07 10:42
Lunchtime in Manhattan. A memo from Goldman executives told employees, “Please dress in a manner that is consistent with your clients’ expectations.For decades, Goldman Sachs’s bankers have flown across the world pitching prospective clients and drawing up multibillion-dollar deals in expensive suits, ties and pantsuits.Those deal makers can now plan on dressing down — at least a little bit...
App Turns Ordinary Shoppers Into Fashion Models - Superpersonal
[Product]
2019/03/07 10:41
App targets $4.88 trillion online retail market by letting users virtually try on clothes.Spotted: UK-based startup Superpersonal has created an app that will allow users to try on clothes virtually. Users feed the app basic information including gender, height and weight. The app then records the user’s head movements. From this limited data, the app will create a virtual version of the user...
(Infographic) Why Retail Cannabis Could Be the Next Big Investment Boom
[Investing]
2019/03/07 10:41
Imagine being an investor in Microsoft at the time of the company’s IPO in 1986. Or better yet, buying Amazon shares while it was still just an aspiring online book store in the late 1990s.Chances to be an early adopter in the next billion-dollar industry are far and few in between – but it’s exactly what is happening today with the nascent cannabis market. After close to a century of prohib...
‘iPhone X Fold’ Concept Images Envision the Foldable iPhone
[Design]
2019/03/06 10:46
Let’s ignore the fact that this conceptual iPhone XFold has the exact same format as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, because this who-did-it-first battle between iPhone and Samsung isn’t worth our time. It should be, however, more of a who-did-it-better battle. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is absolutely gorgeous, but the iPhone XFold looks like it would be a bigger commercial success… and that’s becaus...
(PDF) BCG - The Emerging Art of Ecosystem Management
[Business]
2019/03/06 10:45
Today’s artists express their vision by stretching far beyond the boundaries of canvas and paint. Through unorthodox juxtapositions of light, color, video, sound, and nature, artists such as Bill Fontana and the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude create immersive experiences that require the input of a complex and highly adaptable network of collaborators—including the spectators themsel...
(Video) Philips Envisions Use of Augmented Reality in Operating Room
[Tech]
2019/03/06 10:45
Philips showcases unique augmented reality concept for image-guided minimally invasive therapies developed with Microsoft.Companies collaborate to combine Philips’ industry-leading Azurion image-guided therapy platform with Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality computing platform as a concept for the operating room of the future Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain – At the MWC Barcel...
Amazon's Escalating Logistics Costs
[Investing]
2019/03/06 10:45
Amazon launched a new service called Amazon Day on Thursday, which enables Prime members to have all their orders delivered on the same day of any given week. While Amazon is selling this new feature as a perk that will help customers take control of deliveries and reduce packaging, the new delivery option could also help the e-commerce giant achieve its ultimate goal of carbon-neutral shipment...
