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An Attractive TV, for Once
[Design]
2017/05/23 10:58
Nothing, and I mean nothing, will kill the vibe of your interior faster than a TV. You’ve painstakingly curated your home with fine furniture, finishes and artistic details only to plop down a clunky electronic device that negates all your hard work! Unless, of course, you’ve mastered modern minimalism and integrated a flat-screen seamlessly into your wall only to reveal itself when it’s tim...
(Infographic) Digital Habits of Gen Z : 50% of Gen Z ‘Can’t Live Without YouTube’
[Consumer]
2017/05/23 10:57
Kids, teens have grown up in an entirely digital world. Move over, millennials—there’s a hot new demo in town.Generation Z, the kids and teens born between roughly 1996 and 2010, is gaining power as a consumer segment. And unlike millennials, most of whom witnessed the start of the internet revolution, Gen Z has grown up in an entirely digital world, giving them a totally new outlook that mar...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Security in The Internet of Things
[Tech]
2017/05/22 10:44
Security issues may represent the greatest obstacle to growth of the Internet of Things. How can semiconductor companies help resolve them?Over the past few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has captured headlines across the world, with newspaper and magazine articles describing its potential to transform our daily lives. With its network of “smart,” sensor-enabled devices that can communic...
(Infographic) 7 Companies Control Almost Every Single Beauty Product You Buy
[Business]
2017/05/22 10:44
182 of those brands are owned by seven conglomerates. They employ thousands and make billions of dollars each year. They also are responsible for advertising and the way we think about beauty.[click to enlarge]As consumers, we like to think that we're making a conscious decision when we buy from a certain brand, especially when it comes to something as personal as beauty products.But it turns o...
Innovative Shoes Transform From Flats to High Heels in Seconds
[Product]
2017/05/22 10:43
Even for the biggest fans of high heels, staying in them the entire day can be impractical and uncomfortable—this is why many women carry around flats in their bags to change into when the going gets sore. However, toting around another pair of shoes in your purse may not be feasible sometimes—to give women the versatility and comfort of being able to change out of their high heels anytime th...
Electric Vehicles are Poised for Their ‘Model T’ Moment
[Tech]
2017/05/22 10:43
When automobiles first debuted in the United States, they faced a classic “chicken and egg” problem. On one hand, autos were custom-made luxury items, affordable only to a niche market of affluent individuals.On the other hand, there was little incentive for most people to buy automobiles in the first place, as the system of roads in America was woefully underdeveloped.Henry Ford managed to s...
Bitcoin Just Surged Past $2,000 for The First Time
[Investing]
2017/05/22 10:43
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency is now worth over $2,000 per coin. That’s according to a range of bitcoin exchanges, including Coinbase and Kraken. That valuation puts the total market cap of bitcoin — the total number of coins in circulation — at $32.92 billion.Bitcoin has been on a tear this year, as this chart from Coindesk shows.Bitcoin first broke the $1,000 valuation mark way...
(Video) World's Thinnest Hologram Promises 3D Images on Our Mobile Phones
[Tech]
2017/05/22 10:43
Holograms have fascinated onlookers for over half a century. But the devices for producing these holographic images have been relatively bulky contraptions, forced into their large size in part by the wavelengths of light that are necessary to generate them.Emerging technologies such as plasmonics and metamaterials have offered a way to manipulate light in such a way that these wavelengths can...
Google’s Speech Recognition Technology Now Has a 4.9% Word Error Rate
[Investing]
2017/05/22 10:43
Google CEO Sundar Pichai today announced that the company’s speech recognition technology has now achieved a 4.9 percent word error rate. Put another way, Google transcribes every 20th word incorrectly.That’s a big improvement from the 23 percent the company saw in 2013 and the 8 percent it shared two years ago at I/O 2015.The tidbit was revealed at Google’s I/O 2017 developer conference, wh...
Studiomateriality's Beach Towel Collection is Adorned with Maritime Creatures
[Design]
2017/05/22 10:42
Studiomateriality is a design practice founded in 2016 by miltos kontogiannis in athens, greece. the work mostly involves product and interior designs that explore the application of art to objects. ‘Through this process, studiomateriality designs various products such as lighting, mirrors, homeware etc. we are also involved in the field of custom design. we love the challenge of creating besp...
The 2017 Rich List of the World’s Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers
[Investing]
2017/05/21 11:11
It's actually been a bad year for hedge funds. Looking at this infographic though, the average person would never guess it. The top 25 earning hedge fund managers pulled in a combined 11 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. While this is a massive sum, it is, relatively speaking, disappointing. The lowest figure since 2005's $9.4 billion, 2016 was well below the imperious heights reached three years a...
(Patent) Microsoft Secures Patent For AR Glasses That Can Tell You What To Eat
[Tech]
2017/05/21 10:10
The tech company has started developing a wearable that helps users eat more nutritious food and avoid things they shouldn't have.Microsoft wants to make it easier for people to track their eating habits with a newly patented wearable. Their augmented reality glasses provide meal recommendations based on the wearer’s nutritional needs and daily consumption.The AR glasses monitor light, sound,...
