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(Video) World's Largest Indoor Vertical Farm Uses 95% Less Water and Produces More Food
[Investing]
2016/06/19 11:08
AeroFarms Inc. secured $20 million in a Series B round of venture funding, paving the way for its 70,000 square foot facility in Newark, New Jersey, which it says could produce 2 million pounds of food a year. The world’s largest indoor vertical farm is well on its way to producing millions of pounds of food a year while using less water. Last December, AeroFarms Inc. secured $20 million in a...
A New Disney Theme Park Opens in China
[Business]
2016/06/19 11:07
SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND, a theme park twice the size of California’s original Disneyland, officially opened on June 16th, 15 years since Chinese officials first hatched plans to get the industry’s runaway leader to build it. Despite China’s cooling economy, interest is high. Even before the official opening, 1m punters had turned up for a look and tickets are sold out for weeks. The market in Ch...
Eye Tracking Shows Mobile Video Ads Embedded in Articles Perform Better Than on Social
[Business]
2016/06/19 11:06
Users spent 24 percent more time watching ads within premium content than in social feeds. A new report that used eye tracking to understand user engagement with mobile video suggests certain types of video ads on publishers' websites perform better than those on social media.According to a study by Teads, a video technology platform that works with many of the world's top publishers, users spe...
(Video) Dynamic Target Tracking Camera System Keeps Its Eye on The Ball
[Tech]
2016/06/19 11:05
This camera system can track very fast moving objects, keeping them in the center of the screen at all times. Currently under development by the Ishikawa Oku Lab. at the University of Tokyo, this latest version captures Full HD video and can be used outdoors."Ordinarily, to change the direction a camera faces, you move the camera mechanically. But in this system, it's not the camera that moves,...
Aircraft Tech Lets Crewmen See Through Tanks - IronVision
[Tech]
2016/06/19 11:04
IronVision uses sensors to make tanks essentially see-through for their crews.Battle tanks are about the least invisible thing ever invented, but Elbit Systems has come up with a way to make them as see through as glass – at least from the inside. The company's new IronVision Helmet-Mounted System (HMS) doesn't use magic to achieve this. Instead, it employs sensor and display technology origin...
(Infographic) Psychology Of Color In Unicorn Companies
[Business]
2016/06/19 11:03
Companies work really hard to make sure you associate them with good vibes, especially when it comes to the color of their logo. Learn more about the psychology of color from this infographic from Masters In Psychology Guide.Infographic : http://cdn.mastersinpsychologyguide.com/uploads/article/feature_image/213/psych-of-color_b.png[mastersinpsychologyguide]
(Video) New, Reversible Weight Loss Procedure, AspireAssist FDA Approved
[Tech]
2016/06/16 11:02
The FDA has just approved the AspireAssist device from AspireBariatrics which, when we first learned of it, seemed like a joke. Alas, what looked like a high tech way of enabling bulimia has proven itself effective for weight loss in obese patients.Simply put, the AspireAssist provides a channel for stomach contents to be emptied before the nutrients are absorbed further down in the GI system....
(PDF) Pew - State of the News Media 2016
[Business]
2016/06/16 11:02
Eight years after the Great Recession sent the U.S. newspaper industry into a tailspin, the pressures facing America’s newsrooms have intensified to nothing less than a reorganization of the industry itself, one that impacts the experiences of even those news consumers unaware of the tectonic shifts taking place.In 2015, the newspaper sector had perhaps the worst year since the recession and i...
(Infographic) 44 Venture-Backed Startups Supplying Your Wardrobe
[Investing]
2016/06/16 11:01
VC firms are focusing on needles and thread as well as circuits and silicon. These startup fashion brands have raised over $1.5B in aggregate.[click to enlarge]From men’s shorts to patterned socks to children’s shoes, a new wave of startup fashion and apparel companies are coming to your closet.Some of these startups like Frank & Oak are hoping to create new lifestyle brands by leveraging...
Smart Camera Learns How Your Baby Sleeps - Nanit
[Product]
2016/06/16 11:01
The Nanit camera is mounted on a floor stand, and looks down into the infant's crib.While there are already a variety of systems that monitor how your baby sleeps, most of them require you to fasten some sort of wearable to your infant's body. Nanit, however, is different. It's a contactless system that utilizes an overhead camera to observe your little one, using machine learning to teach itse...
These Are The Highest-Paid Degrees on Wall Street
[Investing]
2016/06/16 11:01
Wall Street professionals come from a variety of college degrees and majors, but there is one degree that's more lucrative than any other.Executive MBA and MBA holders earn the most money of all finance professionals, according to Emolument, a salary-benchmarking website that collects self-reported pay data.Emolument gathered data on 840 finance professionals in New York at the analyst, associa...
Mercedes Flags 500 km EV Platform, Wireless Charging and a Hydrogen Hybrid
[Tech]
2016/06/16 11:01
Mercedes will use this platform to underpin its future electric cars. As alternative powertrains move towards the mainstream, there is increasing pressure to create versatile platforms capable of handling a range of propulsion systems without huge development costs on each individual model. Volvo has SPA, Volkswagen has MQB and now Mercedes has used TecDay in Stuttgart to announce a dedicated p...
