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(Video) Festo Eyes Pick and Pack Future with Eerie Tentacle "Octopus Gripper"
[Tech]
2017/04/03 10:47
Every year, engineers from Festo's Bionic Learning Network take a new batch of bio-inspired robots to the Hannover Messe trade fair. Previous highlights have included robotic ants capable of working together, a monster dragonfly that can move in all directions and helium-filled flying penguins. This year, the German automation company is showcasing a tentacle-packing pick and pack gripper and t...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Case for Digital Reinvention
[Business]
2017/04/03 10:47
Digital technology, despite its seeming ubiquity, has only begun to penetrate industries. As it continues its advance, the implications for revenues, profits, and opportunities will be dramatic.As new markets emerge, profit pools shift, and digital technologies pervade more of everyday life, it’s easy to assume that the economy’s digitization is already far advanced. According to our latest r...
Analemma Tower Attached to an Asteroid to Get Around Building Restrictions
[Design]
2017/04/03 10:46
Manhattan is packed with towers, but the city still has height restrictions in various neighborhoods.As a way to get around these mandates, New York firm Clouds Architecture Office has proposed an outlandish skyscraper that would hang from cables attached to an asteroid. Since the tower wouldn't touch the ground, the designers say it would bypass maximum height restrictions. (Regardless, it's d...
The Most Beautiful looking VR Headset - The Mild VR Headset
[Design]
2017/04/03 10:46
Look at any VR device head-on and you’ll notice something. They look TERRIBLE. They don’t look like they’re designed for the human face. Flip that around, and you see a more ergonomic design around the eyepieces, but the front of the device remains horribly un-designed. Why is it that the Oculus, or the HTC Vive have such a strangely un-human design language?The Mild VR headset is designed t...
A New Robot That Paints High-Rise Buildings
[Tech]
2017/04/03 10:45
In Singapore, a University partnership has developed a robotic system that can paint and wash the exterior of high-rise buildings.Robotic technology is increasingly being developed to help people avoid dangerous situations. Good examples of innovations doing just that are these drone-mounted lights that follow users, lighting their journey in areas without street lamps.Similarly, is this equipm...
Monthly Trend Report - April. 2017 Edition
[Trendbird]
2017/04/03 09:05
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - April. 2017 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." * 300여개 리딩 글로벌 기업의 C-Level 경영진 및 경영전략, 기술연구소, 신사업, 마케팅, 디자인 등 핵심...
Quarterly Trend Report - Q1. 2017 Edition
[Trendbird]
2017/03/28 11:10
TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report (SiliconValley VC Funding Report) - Q1. 2017 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?). "Crowd-Sourced, Expert-Curated" is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve. Thanks. The Trendbird Team------...
Startups with The Best Venture Investment Returns of All Time
[Investing]
2017/03/28 10:59
This year, we saw the New York Stocks Exchange welcome Snap Inc., and the relaunch of SpaceX Falcon 9/Heavy, and maybe, the first Hyperloop trip coming soon in near future.[click to enlarge]But if you are looking to see some of the most successful startups than you must look into these most amazing investors with significant returns. If their fortune cost millions before, now they are worth bil...
(PDF) BCG - The Art of Capital Allocation
[Business]
2017/03/28 10:58
Capital allocation may be the most critical means of translating corporate strategy into action. Yet many companies today are reducing their capital expenditures, returning cash to shareholders, and holding huge amounts of cash on the sidelines. [click to enlarge]A survey of BCG’s capital allocation database, which includes some 7,000 large, global firms, found capex levels relative to revenue...
(Video) Solar-Powered Touch-Sensitive Electronic Skin for Next Generation Prosthetics
[Tech]
2017/03/28 10:58
At the University of Glasgow in Scotland, researchers have developed a way of creating touch sensitive artificial skin that, as an added bonus, is also photovoltaic and therefore self-powered. This is a surprising development, as prosthetics typically consume a lot of energy and are always powered by an external source such as a battery. Besides helping to reduce the drain on the battery, self-...
The Growth of Industrial Robots
[Business]
2017/03/28 10:58
They mainly build cars and computer chips, for now.YOU may never have heard of FANUC, the world’s largest maker of industrial robots. But the chances are that you own a product built by one of its 400,000 machines. Established in 1956, the Japanese company’s automated workers build cars for Ford and Tesla, and metal iPhone cases for Apple. The firm distinguishes itself from competitors by the...
Smart Tires Alert Drivers When Maintenance is Needed - Pirelli’s Connesso
[Product]
2017/03/28 10:58
Italian company Pirelli’s new smart tire system, the Connesso, records miles driven and alerts drivers via cloud-based app when any maintenance is required.World famous tire company Pirelli has introduced the Pirelli Connesso, a smart tire system that helps drivers better maintain their vehicle’s performance. Embedded within two types of Pirelli tire, the P Zero and Winter Sottozero ranges, t...
