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(Patent) Microsoft Seeks a Patent for Authenticating Users to Workplace Systems via a Wearable Device
[Tech]
2019/11/11 00:05
US patent application 20190340347 discloses a wearable device configured to authenticate a user by identifying the user within a physical environment, authenticating the user with another wearable device in the same environment and dissociating the user with the wearable device upon end-of-use.Subsequently, the wearable device authenticates a new user in the environment. The figure below illust...
'Sheet Masks are the New Plastic Straws' – The Movement to Streamline Your Skincare
[Product]
2019/11/11 00:04
For a long time beauty routines only seemed to get more elaborate. But thanks to environmental concerns – as well as questions about the effectiveness of layering products - some corners of the industry are finally arguing that less is more.The #shelfie is so passé. The trend for posting Instagram snaps of beauty cabinets stuffed with myriad, millennial-pink products looks set to take a downt...
PriestmanGoode Shakes Up Air Travel to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic
[Design]
2019/11/11 00:03
Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode swaps single-use plastic for ground coffee beans and rice husk in its overhaul of throwaway cabin service goods from meal trays to toiletries.Developed as part of a new exhibition at London's Design Museum titled Get Onboard: Reduce. Reuse. Rethink, PriestmanGoode has redesigned various elements of the on-board cabin service in a bid to reduce the amount...
(Patent) Apple Granted New Patent That Reimagines the iPhone Case
[Tech]
2019/11/07 11:39
A new Apple patent points to a new kind of iPhone case. The case could be used as both a handle and a stand. There are provisions for a projected keyboard, too.The world of iPhone cases is filled with a raft of options that all basically look identical. They're all pieces of rubber, plastic, or metal that an iPhone slips into and that's all there is to it. But a newly granted Apple patent reima...
How Much Money Does BTS Make for South Korea ?
[Business]
2019/11/07 11:39
K-Pop sensation BTS might rival the Beatles in chart success, but is their contribution to South Korea’s GDP really as substantial as that of major companies? A recent article by U.S. magazine Hollywood Reporter puts the boy group’s annual revenue at $4.65 billion and claims this puts the music group in the “same league as Samsung and Hyundai.”But is this claim true? An analysis of 2018 com...
Timeline : Billion-Dollar Beauty & Personal Care Exits
[Investing]
2019/11/07 11:39
Our timeline visualizes beauty and personal care company exits valued at $1B+ at acquisition or IPO, from Meitu's $4.9B public offering to Johnson & Johnson's massive purchase of haircare company Vogue International.From makeup to haircare to plastic surgery marketplaces, companies in the beauty space are increasingly attracting investor attention. In 2018, beauty & personal care startu...
(Video) 14-Year-Old Inventor, Alaina Gassler Solves Blind Spots
[Tech]
2019/11/07 11:38
Using some relatively inexpensive and readily available technology you can find at any well-stocked electronics store, Alaina Gassler, a 14-year-old inventor from West Grove, Pennsylvania, came up with a clever way to eliminate the blind spot created by the thick pillars on the side of a car’s windshield.Gassler’s actually too young to have a driver’s license in most states and has never exp...
The Price of Silence
[Product]
2019/11/07 11:38
Apple quietly (no pun intended) introducing a noise-cancelling “Pro” version of its hugely popular AirPods surely heated up the competition in the market for noise-cancelling headphones/earphones. Having been available for a week now, the Airpods Pro were widely greeted by glowing reviews, as most commentators lauded how Apple addressed most of the niggling issues people had with regular AirP...
Nielsen - The Million Dollar Fine
[Consumer]
2019/11/07 11:37
WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS MADE LESS MONEY THAN MEN. ISN'T IT TIME WE CHANGED THAT?If you’re a woman in North America, the OECD estimates that you make $10,000 less than your male counterparts each year, and you’re charged between $1,300 and $2,135 more for products and services. It’s a gender fine that adds up to about half a million dollars over your lifetime—and that’s if you’re lucky. If you’...
