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(Video) Barcode Scanning Startup Scandit Raises $7.5M from Atomico
[Investing]
2017/01/12 10:52
Mobile barcode scanning company Scandit has closed a $7.5 million Series A round from Skype cofounder Niklas Zennström’s investment firm, Atomico.Founded out of Switzerland in 2009 by a troop of PhD graduates emanating from MIT, ETH Zurich, and IBM Research, Scandit serves businesses with software that lets workers and consumers scan barcodes from within any mobile app, across smartphones, ta...
New Smart Bed Positions Itself to Silence Habitual Snorers - Sleep Number 360
[Product]
2017/01/12 10:52
A new bed uses biometric sensors to monitor sleep patterns, measuring things like heart rate, breathing and position and adjusting to keep sleepers comfortable.Sleeping patterns are strongly linked to health and wellbeing, but studies show that as many as 35% of people have some symptoms of insomnia. Looking at this from a purely economic perspective, in the US alone the impact on the economy i...
(PDF) Greenpeace - Clicking Clean : Who Is Winning The Race To Build a Green Internet ?
[Business]
2017/01/11 11:33
Greenpeace has described Apple as the most environmentally friendly tech company in the world for the third year running, thanks to its high use of renewable energy and the leadership role it takes in encouraging its supply chain to follow its own example.Apple retains its leadership spot for the third year in a row among platform operators. Both Apple and Google continue to lead the sector in...
(Video) MIT Researchers Design One of The Strongest, Lightest Materials Known
[Tech]
2017/01/11 11:33
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known. Porous, 3-D forms of graphene developed at MIT can be 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter.A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a sponge-like configuration with a densit...
(Infographic) The United States Of Cannabis : Visualizing The Rise Of An Industry
[Investing]
2017/01/11 11:33
From 2014-2016, there were 147 first equity rounds to private companies operating in the cannabis industry.[click to enlarge]Funding to cannabis startups surged between 2013-2015, capped off by $225M in equity financing invested over 106 deals in 2015. But 2016 has seen investors pulling back, with year-end financing down from 2015. Nonetheless, the past three years have been a boom time for th...
Bose ‘Beyond Sound’ Experience During CES 2017
[Tech]
2017/01/11 11:33
Demonstrating a Vision for the Future of Transportation from Bose Automotive.During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Bose is unveiling automotive technology concepts that advance the evolution of transportation and personal mobility in an entirely new way. The “Beyond Sound” experience in Las Vegas goes beyond Bose audio innovations — and beyond what’s possible from unproven competitive...
Can Tuna Prices Predict Japan’s GDP Growth ?
[Investing]
2017/01/11 11:32
For the past six years, he has outbid all comers for the first tuna of the year sold by Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market. The crown does not come cheaply. Last week, Mr Kimura, who owns a chain of sushi shops and styles himself the “King of Tuna”, paid ¥74.2m ($636,000) to win the first bluefin tuna of the year. The price nets out at some $3,000 per kilogram. Even the choicest fillets sold...
(Video) You Can Now Print Your Own Manicure with an iPhone - O’2 Mobile Nail Printer
[Product]
2017/01/11 11:32
If you've ever had a hankering to print your face on your fingernails, O'2 Nails out of Guangzhou, China, wants to make that a reality.Our team got to sample the acrylic-based wears at CES 2017, with O'2 Nails showing off its new Artpro Nail Printer, which works with an iPhone app to send custom designs or photos to a machine loaded with high-quality inks.The idea is pretty simple: the printer...
(Video) Panasonic Announces New Desktop Companion Robot
[Product]
2017/01/11 11:32
Panasonic has announced a new desktop companion robot that has human-like movements and communication skills.The unnamed concept robot was recently presented at CES2017 in Las Vegas between January 5th and January 8th. It may not look anything like a child but it sounds and converses in English just like one (“totally awesome”), as demonstrated in this official video.The robot — roughly the...
Medicine Made Easy - AutoMed+
[Design]
2017/01/11 11:32
Syrup medications have their advantages, but that whole over-the-cap plastic dosing cup is a design drag!Small, delicate, easily misplaced and hard to read, it’s particularly problematic for anyone with bad eyesight, hand tremors, or even forgetfulness due to Alzheimers.AutoMed+ offers a solution in the form of an innovative smart oral syrup package. This bottle features a built-in, interactiv...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Reinventing the Workplace to Unlock the Potential of Gender Diversity
[Business]
2017/01/10 10:53
Three efforts could kick-start progress to get more women in leadership positions.The case for gender diversity is compelling, but McKinsey research—including a new report, Women Matter 2016: Reinventing the workplace to unlock the potential of gender diversity—shows many companies are struggling to ensure women are represented fairly in top management. Progress toward parity remains slow. In...
(Video) Automakers Are Going All In With Integrating Voice Assistants Into Vehicle Dashboards
[Tech]
2017/01/10 10:53
While many say CES 2017 was somewhat of a lackluster year for any sort of major breakthrough in technology, one key theme has been the increasingly ubiquitous use of voice assistants for devices of all types. This week, a number of major tech brands announced that upcoming versions of their products will be equipped with Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana. LG will soon have Alexa built into its...
