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Red Dot Design Concept Award 2019 Winner - Pininfarina Bus Shelter Concept
[Design]
2019/08/05 11:30
Pininfarina Bus Shelter concept for the City of Miami Beach just won Red Dot Design Concept Award 2019. Isn’t it exciting how a bus shelter that we usually ignore would get a make over from world-class Italian car manufacturer? Well, in a bid to make a fitting impression, Miami Beach city officials have chosen Pininfarina, a company that’s been known for some of most beautiful cars ever made,...
Harvard has the Highest Number of Ultra-Rich Alumni
[Investing]
2019/08/05 09:30
Harvard is in an Ivy League of its own, with more than 13,650 estimated ultra-high-net-worth alumni worth $4.769 trillion.Going to an Ivy League school seems to seriously pay off.Six of the eight Ivies made the Wealth-X top 20 list of universities with ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) alumni, which ranks the schools with the wealthiest grads in the U.S. and abroad, as well as how their wealth was ma...
(Infographic) BTS : How the K-Pop Brand Ranks among America's Biggest Pop Stars
[Business]
2019/08/04 09:10
The MTV Video Music Awards just introduced a K-Pop category, but sales and streaming data show BTS has already gone mainstream.Last week, MTV announced it would introduce a new K-Pop category at its annual Video Music Awards, sparking controversy among fans for sidelining the entire genre and, they charged, excluding K-Pop bands from the top awards. The fans of one band, in particular, lashed o...
Starbucks Backs Restaurant Tech Company in Creation of End-to-End Digital Platform
[Investing]
2019/08/04 09:09
Starbucks to license technology to Brightloom – formerly eatsa – taking equity stake and seat on the tech company’s board of directors.Integration to enable best-in-class digital solutions to be available for restaurants through Brightloom, revolutionizing the digital experience for customers. Brightloom will make available cloud-based software solutions to Starbucks global license partnersS...
(PDF) The Future of Medical Imaging : Ultrasound-Assisted Optical Imaging System
[Tech]
2019/08/04 09:08
Ultrasound-assisted optical imaging to replace endoscopy in breakthrough discovery.Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed a novel method to use ultrasound for guiding light through tissue for noninvasive endoscopic imaging of deep organs and tissue without surgery or invasive procedures. Carnegie Mellon University's Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Maysam Cha...
The U.S. Dollar Still Dominates Global Reserves
[Investing]
2019/08/04 09:07
While there is officially no such thing as a world currency, the U.S. dollar still is the closest thing to being just that. It may no longer be as important as during the Bretton Woods system, when most currencies were pegged against the dollar, but to this day the U.S. dollar remains the world’s de facto reserve currency.According to COFER (Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Re...
Amazon Launches a Personal Shopper Service That Sends Monthly Curated Clothing Boxes
[Business]
2019/08/04 09:06
Amazon announced today that it’s launching a new fashion-oriented service that’ll send Prime subscribers curated clothing options every month. The service, called Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe, allows Prime members to answer a survey about their fit and trend preferences and then receive clothing that fits their desires. The survey questions cover patterns they like, their measurements,...
Food Brands Facilitate Delivery via Geo-Targeting Technology
[Business]
2019/08/04 09:05
Today’s on-demand youth have given rise to delivery services that allow them to have what they want when they want it—especially when it comes to the foods they’re craving in the moment. Knowing this, the following brands have launched geo-targeted food delivery services that cater to this young cohort’s desire for instant gratification.Häagen-dazs The classic ice cream truck got an upgrad...
Kids are Korea's YouTube Stars
[Business]
2019/08/04 09:04
Kids are truly South Korea's YouTube stars - and some parents are making good money showcasing their kids on the video sharing platform.When news broke last week that the parents of YouTube child star Boram were buying a 9.5 billion won (US$ 8 million) house in a posh Seoul neighborhood, the reactions ranged from envy to allegations of child abuse. 6-year-old Boram has her own channel on which...
