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(Video) UC Berkeley's Oral Delivery System Could Make Vaccinations Needle-Free - MucoJet
[Tech]
2017/03/13 10:55
The MucoJet is a pill-like device that could painlessly deliver vaccines and drugs through the inside of a patient's cheek.You'd be hard pressed to find anybody who would complain if scientists developed an alternative to the necessary evil of getting a jab at the doctor's. Microneedle patches or jet-injectors could be good ways to painlessly deliver drugs through the skin, and now researchers...
Upscale Beauty Brands Launch Cannabis-Infused Product
[Product]
2017/03/13 10:55
Upscale beauty brands are likewise feeling the call of cannabis, launching products that skew luxury rather than hippie.From marijuana delivery services to creative cannabis beverages, young entrepreneurs are helping pot transition away from its patchouli-and-bongwater-soaked reputation and rebranding it as a modern lifestyle product that offers benefits complementary to their generational view...
Understanding Today's Omnishopper
[Consumer]
2017/03/13 10:55
It’s been a long time since the general store was the go-to place for consumers to pick up everything they needed from week to week. But variety hasn’t just increased over the years, it’s diversified. And as a result, today’s consumers aren’t just shopping a single channel—they blend channels and shop fluidly according to their unique needs.While this omnichannel approach presents myriad...
This Chinese-Backed Startup Will Start Selling Self-Driving Electric Cars By 2020 - NextEV
[Tech]
2017/03/13 10:54
NIO, the Chinese-backed startup formerly known as NextEV, is bringing an autonomous electric car to the U.S. by 2020, the company's U.S CEO Padmasree Warrior announced Friday at an event during SXSW in Austin, Texas.The startup will partner with Israeli-based Mobileye, which develops camera-based systems to help drivers avoid collisions, Nvidia, and NXP Semiconductors, the world's largest chip...
Finland's Best Design Idea Comes To America
[Design]
2017/03/13 10:54
American mothers now have access to a tool kit that has helped give Finland one of the lowest baby mortality rates in the world.In the 1930s, Finland was a poor country fighting an economic depression; 65 out of every 1,000 infants died. In response, the government came up with an idea for at-risk expectant mothers: a free box full of baby gear that doubles as a bassinet where babies can sleep...
(Infographic) What Consumers Really Think About Cause Marketing
[Consumer]
2017/03/13 10:54
A majority of people would rather see brands donate money directly when it comes to supporting causes.With social activism on the rise, more brands are aligning themselves with philanthropic causes in hopes of burnishing their reputations—and their bottom lines. But while a simple donation to charity might have sufficed in decades past, today’s younger consumers expect brands to go above and...
(Infographic) The Augmented & Virtual Reality Stack: 110+ Startups Building The Next Computing Platform
[Investing]
2017/03/12 10:10
Movie studios, media companies and smart money VCs are all investing heavily into AR/VR. We mapped out the startup landscape.Funding to AR/VR startups reached an all-time high in deals and dollars last year. But with few exciting deals in the past few months and an absence of positive news or apparent progress from stealthy AR headset startup Magic Leap, interest in augmented and virtual realit...
(PDF) BCG - How Can Digital Suppliers Accelerate Customers’ Transformations ?
[Business]
2017/03/12 10:09
There’s a big opportunity for digital suppliers out there, but unlocking the challenge is not an easy task.Today, in just about every industry, companies are exploring—or pursuing—digital transformations to address multiple needs, including rising customer expectations and the need to adapt ever quicker to disruptive new business models and capabilities. Companies “get it.” They recognize...
(Video) KLM Tests Boarding via Facial Recognition System
[Tech]
2017/03/12 10:08
Dutch airline KLM has started a pilot project to see if facial recognition software would make boarding any easier and quicker for passengers.The “biometric boarding” technology has been designed so that passengers do not have to show their passport or boarding pass at the gate.The system has been installed at a single gate at the airline’s home airport of Schiphol in Amsterdam and is expect...
Android Poised to Knock Window Off Internet Perch
[Business]
2017/03/12 10:07
Here’s how quickly Android has caught up to Windows in terms of global internet usage. As if it wasn’t obvious enough that computing is going increasingly mobile, a recent report from StatCounter says that Android is now just behind Windows in terms of the most popular operating systems for getting online around the globe. According to the analytics firm, 38.6% of global internet usage came f...
(Video) Flippy Robot Takes Over The Hamburger Station in California Restaurant
[Tech]
2017/03/12 10:06
Flippy flips hamburgers, but is designed to be a more general kitchen assistant.At a Caliburger restaurant in Pasadena, California, Miso Robotics and Cali Group have taken the wraps off Flippy, a "collaborative kitchen assistant" that uses computer vision and deep learning to take over the job of grilling burger patties and leaving the chef to do the less grease-spattery jobs of assembling the...
(Video) Seiso Shiro T-shirt Conceals Nipples Once and For All
[Product]
2017/03/12 10:05
In Tokyo, white button-down shirts are about as ubiquitous as the poorly concealed nipples underneath, and, according to a 2013 survey, most folks do not welcome the sight. One might suggest simply looking away, but, let’s face it, avoiding eye contact with purple nurples is like ignoring glowing eyes in a dark forest: not possible.Now, after two years of research and development, innovative J...
