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Virtual Reality for Good
[Business]
2016/05/26 11:07
INCREASINGLY, VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND GLOBAL ISSUESVirtual reality has obvious implications for the marketing world, with many brands using the technology to do everything from enhancing the in-store retail experience to offering test drives to prospective car buyers. Lately, more brands, organizations, and institutions are exploring VR’s potential beyond...
This New $70 Device Might be One of The Best Products of The Year
[Product]
2016/05/26 11:07
Pebble on Tuesday announced its first non-smartwatch device: the Core. It's the best thing the company has come out with yet.In fact, it's the best device any company has come up with for people who want to listen to Spotify music and track their workouts without bringing along their smartphones.The Core is a small $69 device that clips onto your clothing. It has built-in GPS so you can track y...
(Video) Snickers 'Hungerithm' Sets the Candy's In-Store Price Based on the Internet's Mood
[Business]
2016/05/26 11:07
Snickers has dreamed up one of the cooler online/offline advertising-meets-point-of-sale hybrid campaigns of the year, introducing a "Hungerithm" that gauges the mood of the Internet and adjusts the price of its candy bars in 7-Eleven stores accordingly, in real time. The angrier the Internet, the cheaper the candy—to make everyone a bit happier. It seems like a pretty robust and responsive sy...
(Video) "De-Dimension" Furniture that Flattens Into Wall Art Is Perfect for Cramped Apartments
[Design]
2016/05/26 11:06
Just because you live in a cramped downtown apartment doesn’t mean you don’t want to entertain. So here’s a brilliant way to keep some extra seating around, without wasting precious floor space once all your guests have left.Designer Jongha Choi’s From 2D to 3D furniture collection is fully functional when unfolded to third dimensional form. But for easy storage, the simple seats and table...
World's First 3D-Printed Office Building Completed in Dubai
[Design]
2016/05/26 11:06
The basic building took 17 days to print but then needed to be finished both internally and externally.3D printing technology promises to revolutionize architecture in the near-future, allowing designers to literally click-and-print complex buildings at a lower cost and faster speed than traditional construction methods allow. Another step forward in the field comes via Dubai, where what's hail...
(Infographic) Design Trends 2016
[Design]
2016/05/26 11:06
Design involves planning, creating and updating. Design also touches many disciplines from information architecture to user interface design to color theory. Every design today utilizes a range of design philosophies from persisting design principles to the most recent design trends. In 2015, we continued to see designs trends that evolved the way we interact with the world, from the continued...
(PDF) Deloitte - Global Mobile Consumer Trends 2016
[Consumer]
2016/05/25 10:57
Emerging markets gain traction in an always-connected world.Surprising new evidence reveals that consumers in emerging markets are ingraining mobile devices into their daily lives faster than consumers in developed markets. While sidewalks across the globe are now occupied with distracted mobile device owners, our latest global consumer trends report highlights varying user habits. Find out whi...
(Patent) Apple is Granted Patent for Advanced Vehicle Access Control System
[Tech]
2016/05/25 10:57
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 55 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we cover Apple's winning invention for advanced vehicle access and control system. Before there was ever a whisper of Project Titan, Apple had invented a future iPhone system that would be able to open your car door, start your engine, shut off your engine for...
(Infographic) Disrupting Banking : The Fintech Startups That Are Unbundling Big Banks
[Investing]
2016/05/25 10:57
Traditional banks are under attack from a number of emerging specialist startups. Here are the FinTech startups unbundling banking.[click to enlarge]In November 2014, Tom Loverro of RRE Ventures first wrote that “banks are under attack” and showed a few of the major players leading this trend. Inspired by his post, back in May 2015 we dug in to see how banks are being unbundled by startups an...
"Total-Encapsulation" Headphones Promise Wireless Audio and Language Translation
[Product]
2016/05/25 10:57
The as yet unnamed earphones are intended to enable multiple wearers to tune into the same device.Some pretty imaginative personal audio gear is already riding in on the wave of improving wireless connectivity, but there's none more ambitious than the so-called Sound program from startup Human Inc. Its debut earphones may look like somebody spray-painted sea-shells and asked you to tune into th...
Have You Ever Had a Bath in a Glass Bubble ? Meet Bathsphere
[Design]
2016/05/25 10:57
The lines between the bathing space and the bedroom are forever blurred with Bathsphere, the bathing (or relaxing) bubble in the air. Bathsphere is a glass bubble sphere, suspended in midair. It allows you to create your own mood and unwinding space. You can simulate rain, change the temperature inside the ball, control the humidity, the light, the sounds - and even smells. Isn't it incredible?...
Sensor Detects Signs of Cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
[Tech]
2016/05/25 10:57
An inexpensive portable biosensor has been developed by researchers at Brazil's National Nanotechnology Laboratory with FAPESP's support.A biosensor developed by researchers at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNNano) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, has been proven capable of detecting molecules associated with neurodegenerative diseases and some types of cancer.The device is basi...
