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(Video) ExoLung Turns Body Motion Into "Unlimited" Underwater Air Supply
[Product]
2019/12/16 11:47
There's a lot of ground between puttering around with your face strapped to a snorkel and managing the dangers, equipment, certification and expenses of scuba diving. Surface-supplied diving systems fill some of this space by strapping you to a breathing hose that plunges deeper than a snorkel but without some of the complications of scuba. Typically these systems rely on some form of compresse...
(Infographic) The New Energy Era: The Lithium-Ion Supply Chain
[Business]
2019/12/16 11:47
The world is rapidly shifting to renewable energy technologies. Battery minerals are set to become the new oil, with lithium-ion battery supply chains becoming the new pipelines.China is currently leading this lithium-ion battery revolution—leaving the U.S. dependent on its economic rival. However, the harsh lessons of the 1970-80s oil crises have increased pressure on the U.S. to develop its...
(PDF) Deloitte - TMT Predictions 2020 : The Canopy Effect
[Business]
2019/12/15 09:30
DELOITTE’S 2020 TMT Predictions report contains three overarching themes. First, individual technologies are no longer siloed, but are becoming ever more connected and interdependent—and their impact and value are increasing as a result.Second, most of the TMT industry’s money is coming from smartphones, computers, TVs, enterprise data centers and software, and IoT (we call these the “Big F...
This Ingenious Airline Seat will Make Flying Coach Less Awful
[Design]
2019/12/15 09:09
Luke Miles never felt comfortable in an economy airline seat. As founder and CCO for the U.K. design studio New Territory, serving clients like Boeing, he had worked on concepts for airlines, including new plane layouts that radically rethink the interior design of aircraft. But flying on his own, and with his own family, he felt like the chairs on airlines weren’t just cramped, they were down...
Augmented Retail : The New Consumer Reality
[Consumer]
2019/12/15 09:08
Consumers today are increasingly craving immersive, real-life experiences. But they want these experiences without foregoing time or effort. The solution? Augmented and virtual reality (A/VR) technology, coming to a “store” near you.Many of us feel our lives getting busier. And according to a recent Nielsen global survey, nearly two-thirds (64%) of respondents confirm it. They say that their...
Childcare Benefits Startup Kinside Launches with $4M
[Investing]
2019/12/15 09:07
Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for American parents — and it’s not just families that are taking a hit. Childcare issues cost the United States’ economy an estimated $4.4 billion in lost productivity each year and also impacts employee retention rates. Kinside wants to help with a platform that not only enables families to get the most out of their family care benefits, but also fi...
A Decade of Growth for GAFAM
[Investing]
2019/12/15 09:06
Looking back at the past ten years, it seems fair to say that it’s been the decade of tech companies.The smartphone boom and the still ongoing digitization of our lives have helped companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (“GAFAM”) grow to unprecedented heights, turning three of them into trillion-dollar companies, at least temporarily.The usual ups and downs notwithst...
AI Robot Does Its Own Experiments in Revolution That Could Replace Scientists
[Tech]
2019/12/15 09:05
The Intelligent Tow Tank conducts experiments and changes experimental values to seek out new and useful results, conducting 100,000 experiments a year.We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rightsScientists are always warning us that our jobs are under threat from artificial intelligence. Self-driving tec...
Montblanc Note - Note Digital Pencil Design Study Proposal for Montblanc
[Design]
2019/12/15 09:04
Existing digital pencils on the market have their own limitations as you need your smartphone or tablet to use it, otherwise those pencils are useless. The basic idea of this project was to combine AI devices with a high-end writing instrument, inspired by iconic and luxurious Montblanc’s design DNA. Montblanc Note is a concept study of an advanced digital pen designed not only for tablets and...
