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Bugaboo Pushes Its Way Into Premium Luggage
[Product]
2016/09/08 11:32
Nine years in the making, the elite stroller brand has revealed a $1,500 luggage set. Spoiler: It's inspired by strollers.The company famous for posh, rugged, $1,000 strollers stolen outside espresso shops is entering the $30 billion global luggage market. The Bugaboo Boxer is a modular luggage system that's designed to keep all your bags in one place. And at $1,500 for the entire system, it is...
It’s Becoming Clear That We Never Needed Another Seamless
[Investing]
2016/09/08 11:31
Earlier this year, Grubhub’s future looked bleak.The parent company of Seamless, and America’s most popular takeout service, Grubhub was under siege by dozens of delivery startups. Venture capitalists poured $5.6 billion into food delivery in 2015—$2 billion of that in the fourth quarter alone. These new and richly funded competitors were luring in customers with steep discounts and generous...
(Video) iStaging Raises $5M to Bring VR & AR to Furniture-Makers and Real Estate Industry
[Investing]
2016/09/08 11:31
Asian augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) startup iStaging has raised $5 million in a pre-series A funding round led by WI Harper, a VC firm specializing in cross-border investments between the U.S. and Greater China. Taya Venture Capital also participated in the round.Founded out of Taiwan, iStaging caters specifically to the furniture and real estate industries, offering platform-sp...
Disney's Speech Recognition System for Kids Cuts Through the Chatter
[Tech]
2016/09/08 11:31
Disney Research has developed a speech recognition system specifically for the speech patterns of kids, and tested it with a game that allows kids to control a mole using simple voice commands.Barking voice commands at a phone, car, computer, or a dedicated voice assistant like Alexa, is pretty commonplace these days, but these systems are usually designed with an adult manner of speaking in mi...
Let Your Kids Design Their Own Clothing - Picture This Clothing
[Design]
2016/09/08 11:30
Picture This Clothing is a web-based company started by entrepreneur/mom Jaimee Newberry that literally turns your child's design into an actual, honest-to-goodness dress that they can wear out in the world. Basically, you print the dress template off of the company website, let your child go at it with crayons or markers to design the dress of their dreams, and then upload a photo of it and se...
How International Students Are Changing U.S. Colleges
[Consumer]
2016/09/07 12:03
The number of international students attending U.S. universities has increased dramatically in recent years. For some schools, the trend is a boon, boosting enrollment and investment. But many people worry international students may be squeezing out U.S. applicants to get in.International Student Population International students make up a greater percentage of the overall U.S. student populati...
When It Comes to Auto Tech, Safety is in Pole Position
[Consumer]
2016/09/07 12:03
While there’s no shortage of high-tech innovation in our pockets, homes and on the horizon, none rank higher than safety when it comes to what Americans look for in their vehicles. In fact, across five key categories in a recent Nielsen survey, U.S. consumers said they’re most interested in technology that falls into the safety category, besting connectivity, comfort/convenience, driver assis...
(M&A) GE Buys Two 3D Printing Companies at $1.4 Billion
[Investing]
2016/09/07 12:03
A Swedish and a German company join the fold to make industrial components.On Tuesday, General Electric announced that it would spend $1.4 billion (~£1 billion) to acquire two European 3D printing companies—Arcam AB from Sweden and SLM Solutions Group from Germany. According to the Associated Press, GE spent $1.5 billion (~£1.1 billion) on 3D printing investments since 2010, meaning the acqu...
(Video) Volkswagen and DoorBird Let Drivers See Who's at The Door
[Tech]
2016/09/07 12:03
With a DoorBird doorbell installed at the house, VW drivers will now be able to see who is calling via the vehicle's infotainment system. Thanks to online shopping services, you no longer have to ferry yourself down to your local high street to punch a hole in your bank balance. But it's not all plain sailing. Once your product has been ordered and paid for, you then have the problem of securin...
(Video) Carbon Nanotube Transistors Finally Outperform Silicon
[Tech]
2016/09/07 12:03
Back in the 1990s, observers predicted that the single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) would be the nanomaterial that pushed silicon aside and created a post-CMOS world where Moore’s Law could continue its march towards ever=smaller chip dimensions. All of that hope was swallowed up by inconsistencies between semiconducting and metallic SWCNTs and the vexing issue of trying to get them all to a...
Technology is Taking Jobs Away from Men—and Reviving a Pre-Industrial Version of Masculinity
[Tech]
2016/09/07 12:03
Many men lost their jobs when technology made them obsolete. The new jobs available were soul-crushing, undignified, and required an arduous commute—and that’s assuming companies would hire them. Most employers wouldn’t, because the men were considered too old and unskilled for the new work. And then a false prophet with messy hair emerged, promising to give power back to workers and decried...
Japanese Airport Offers Robo-Assistants to Help Travelers Find Their Way - EMIEW3
[Tech]
2016/09/07 12:02
Electronics giant, Hitachi, is trialing a hospitality robot service at Haneda airport, Tokyo.The variety of tasks which robots now undertake is mind-boggling from cooking fresh meals from a menu in under 5 minutes to checking in baggage at the airport to providing bespoke physiotherapy. Now, Hitachi are trialling a new humanoid robot which will guide lost travelers around airportsLaunched at Ha...
