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(PDF) Deloitte - Cocreation for Impact
[Business]
2020/02/09 09:09
Complex, multistakeholder challenges don’t often present a single obvious solution. Cocreation—where the stakeholders share responsibility for the problem—can be an effective way to unlock solutions.THE dire consequences of accelerating climate change and global warming are well known. According to a report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, dwindling resour...
Virus Pushes Robots to the Frontlines of Hospitals
[Business]
2020/02/09 09:08
Government leaning on more tech devices to combat coronavirus. At least seven Chinese provinces now use medical bots. The deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has pushed the Chinese medical community into overdrive, has also prompted the country’s hospitals to more quickly adopt robots as medical assistants.Telepresence bots that allow remote video communication, patient health monitoring and sa...
D2C Shopping Gains a Significant, Dedicated Audience
[Consumer]
2020/02/09 09:07
The rise of digitally native, direct-to-consumer (D2C) businesses is one of the most transformative movements shaping the ecommerce landscape. In the coming years, many consumers intend to make a significant percentage of purchases with D2C brands, but there may be a ceiling.An October 2019 Diffusion study conducted by YouGov asked US internet users how much they expect to purchase from D2C com...
AI Startup Cresta Launches from Stealth with Millions from Greylock and a16z
[Investing]
2020/02/09 09:06
As Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs cluster around the worldview that artificial intelligence is poised to change how we work, investors are deciding which use cases make the most sense to pump money into right now. One focus has been the relentless communication between companies and customers that takes place at call centers.Call center tech has spawned dozens if not hundreds of AI startups, m...
Visualizing the 700-Year Fall of Interest Rates
[Investing]
2020/02/09 09:05
Today’s graphic from Paul Schmelzing, visiting scholar at the Bank of England (BOE), shows how global real interest rates have experienced an average annual decline of -0.0196% (-1.96 basis points) throughout the past eight centuries.Currently, many sovereign rates sit in negative territory, and there is an unprecedented $10 trillion in negative-yielding debt. This new interest rate climate ha...
Edge-Finding Thermal HUD Gives Firefighters Vision Through Heavy Smoke
[Tech]
2020/02/09 09:04
The Cthru mask has a thermal vision camera on the outside and a small HUD over the right eyeQwake Technologies.Firefighting teams tend to carry hand-held devices to help them see in harsh, smoky conditions, but an American company has built edge-detecting thermal vision into a single eye heads-up display inside the breathing mask for hands-free use.Qwake's C-Thru mask places a small, transparen...
AURA Strap Transforms Your Apple Watch Into an Ultimate Fitness Tool
[Product]
2020/02/09 09:03
AURA Strap is a smart band designed to transformed your Apple Watch into an ultimate fitness tool. This strap features bioimpedance analysis that detects your fat/muscles volume and hydration level. It’s important to stay hydrated, this strap allows you to track your hydration levels anytime, the companion app will help you to understand measured data, helping you set new goals for healthier l...
(PDF) Benedict Evans - Tech in 2020 : Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
[Business]
2020/02/06 09:10
Every year, Benedict Evans produce a big presentation digging into macro and strategic trends in the tech industry.This year, ‘Standing on the shoulders of giants’ looks at what it means that 4bn people have a smartphone; we connected everyone, and now we wonder what the Next Big Thing is, but meanwhile, connecting everyone means we connected all the problems. Tech is becoming a regulated ind...
(Patent) Dyson Reveals Patents for Headphones That Purify Air Around You
[Tech]
2020/02/06 09:09
Vacuum manufacturer Dyson has applied for a patent for a new pair of headphones with a built-in air purifier, which it claims could help combat the harmful effects of air pollution in cities, Bloomberg reports. The recently published application, which was filed with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office in July 2019, describes a pair of headphones with air filters built into its ear cups. Dia...
