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Time at a Glance - Nytec’s Axiom Watch
[Design]
2016/09/25 11:03
Nytec’s Axiom watch brings modern design and classic analog styling to the wearable tech market. This design is all about making a personal statement of style and substance while avoiding information overload.The design accomplishes three simple tasks; it enables secure access, mobile payment, and provides simple notifications. Digital smart features include quick notifications, wireless payme...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Digital Finance Could Boost Growth in Emerging Economies
[Investing]
2016/09/22 11:21
Delivering financial services by mobile phone could benefit billions of people by spurring inclusive growth that adds $3.7 trillion to the GDP of emerging economies within a decade.Two billion individuals and 200 million micro, small, and midsize businesses in emerging economies today lack access to savings and credit. Even those with access must often pay high fees for a limited range of produ...
(M&A) Apple is Reportedly in Talks to Buy British Luxury Carmaker, McLaren
[Investing]
2016/09/22 11:21
Apple has approached McLaren Technology Group, the company behind the McLaren Formula One racing team and some of the most expensive road cars in the world, about a potential acquisition, the Financial Times reported.McLaren isn’t profitable, but the FT points out that the British company’s expertise in novel automotive materials, such as carbon-fiber and aluminum—a metal near and dear to Ap...
(Video) Amazon’s Alexa Fund Leads $5.6M Round for Smart Home Startup Nucleus
[Investing]
2016/09/22 11:21
Amazon’s Alexa Fund led a $5.6 million funding round for Alexa-enabled home intercom system Nucleus, the startup announced today.Enabled by Wi-Fi, Nucleus lets you use voice or video in the home to chat with other Nucleus devices or with Nucleus iOS and Android apps around the world.Nucleus intercoms first became available for purchase in August.“[Families] were buying three, four, five per h...
Volvo Buses Unveils Life-Saving Safety Technology for Unprotected Road-Users
[Tech]
2016/09/22 11:21
Volvo Buses is taking steps to reduce the 1.25 million annual road traffic deaths* by unveiling a pedestrian and cyclist detection system, unique to the bus industry. Launching at the IAA in Hannover, the system will be introduced on Volvo’s European city bus fleet in 2017.“Accidents involving buses and unprotected road-users seldom occur, but when they do the consequences may be very serious...
(Video) Real Clothes : Japanese Designers Create 3D Printed AMIMONO Woven Fashion
[Design]
2016/09/22 11:21
A company from Japan may be changing all that quickly, however, with real clothes. And by no means are we discussing down home, frumpy, clunky, unattractive wear. This is good looking stuff, and as the designer makes clear, it’s meant to become a future standard for daily life. Considering that we see 3D printing making impacts nearly everywhere, offering greater affordability and convenience...
Altered:Nozzle Tap Promises 98% Water Savings
[Product]
2016/09/22 11:21
The average household uses 32 gallons of water each day just from the taps. The Altered:Nozzle aims to reduce that to less than one gallon using a new water-saving design. According to the creators of Altered:Nozzle, attaching this device in place of your standard faucet nozzle will reduce water usage by a whopping 98% without sacrificing functionality. The project is on Kickstarter, and it’s...
This Upscale Whiskey Cocktail Has Quite a History, Yet It Comes in a Can
[Product]
2016/09/22 11:20
The drink is rye whiskey, raw honey, dried navel oranges, rock candy and angostura bitters. Wine brands have been appealing to laid-back drinkers with wine in a can, so it probably comes as no surprise that you can now crack open a rye whiskey cocktail in a can, too.Hochstadter's Slow & Low Rock and Rye, which is produced by Cooper Spirits Co., is a cocktail that launched in cans two weeks...
Get You a Speaker That Can Do Both
[Design]
2016/09/22 11:20
There seems to be a certain redundancy in the audio industry. People buy and own two products that do the same thing. An external speaker for music playback, and earphones or headphones… also for audio playback. Seems strange when you hear it that way, right? You wouldn’t buy a motorbike AND a car for when you’re travelling alone vs. when you’re with a group, right? Then why the duality wit...
(PDF) BCG - The Future of Television : The Impact of OTT on Video Production
[Business]
2016/09/21 11:51
A digital revolution is putting more than half a trillion dollars into play. Television and filmed entertainment, especially traditional broadcast TV, is being transformed by the big and fast-growing inroads of internet and over-the-top (OTT) video platforms. Some $570 billion in annual market value—in content creation, aggregation, and distribution—is at stake.OTT television—representing so...
(Video) A New Sport Called "Dronesurfing" Takes First Flight
[Business]
2016/09/21 11:51
A brand new sport has been created specifically due to new technology: Dronesurfing.A professional cinematographic company called Freefly used a drone, the Freefly Alta 8, on a day with minimal waves to help pull their boarder across the water. While the drone does have a 20-pound maximum cargo limit, it is able to pull a person across the water (after getting a running start).To do a little dr...
AllSet Raises $2.35M to Cut Your Restaurant Wait in Half
[Investing]
2016/09/21 11:51
AllSet, an app that promises to cut restaurant wait time in half by allowing customers to book tables and preorder meals, announced today that it raised a $2.35 million investment led by New York-based VC firm Metamorphic Ventures.With operations in San Francisco, Palo Alto (California), and Manhattan, AllSet plans to expand its service to Los Angeles and Chicago. The funding capital will also...
