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Organic Basics Invented Underwear You can Wear for Weeks Without Washing
[Product]
2019/01/02 12:19
Four Danish guys in their 20's have invented undergarment that only needs washing a couple of times per month. The special ingredient is silver – killing 99.9% of all bacteria.Yes, that's right — underpants you can wear for weeks without washing. But Organic Basics' mission as a company is not to advocate laziness amongst the younger generation, though it might seem the case.No; it's all abou...
(Video) Japan’s Latest Home Robot Isn’t Useful, It’s Designed to be Loved - Lovot
[Product]
2019/01/02 12:18
Lovot, created by Kaname Hayashi, a former developer of the humanoid robot Pepper, is a furry, foot-and-a-half-high creation that’s designed only to be loved.It’s not been a great year for home robots, with two high-profile projects — Jibo and Kuri — shuttering operations. But a new competitor from Japan is entering the market with a different approach. “This robot won’t do any of your wo...
Sasaki Masterplans Panda Reserve in China for One of the World's Fastest Growing Cities
[Design]
2019/01/02 12:18
Boston- and shanghai-based design firm sasaki has presented a masterplan for a panda reserve in chengdu, the capital of china’s sichuan province and one of the world’s fastest growing cities. The plan provides a framework for the protection of the species through an expansion plan focused on conservation, education, and research. the team says that more than 20 million people are expected to...
(Infographic) Do You Believe in the Santa Claus Rally ?
[Investing]
2019/01/02 12:18
Just like children eagerly anticipate the arrival of the big man in the red suit, stock traders have a similar holiday tradition of importance.According to the 2019 Stock Trader’s Almanac, there’s an average 1.3% market rally in stocks that occurs every year during the holidays. Dubbed the “Santa Claus Rally”, it’s happened about 75% of the time since 1969.And this year in particular, afte...
(PDF) Forrester - Predictions 2019 : Transformation Goes Pragmatic
[Business]
2019/01/01 15:12
What do we mean by pragmatism? A sense of realism, practical steps, a desire for tangible outcomes. It’s a good description for what we are seeing in a market that carried ambitious strategies into 2018 but ran afoul of internal headwinds.Don’t get me wrong, the external market is neither easy nor forgiving — the combined forces of empowered customers, hyper-digital advancement, and new and...
The Wing Gets $75 Million to Expand Its Working Women Collective
[Investing]
2019/01/01 15:12
Sequoia Capital leads the latest funding round for the two-year-old company to scale its network physically and digitally.On a recent Monday evening in New York’s Flatiron district, dozens of women in pantsuits and pumps, beanies and bandannas, materialize as if conjured from the sidewalks. They gather upstairs in an airy 12th-floor penthouse to hear Rebecca Traister, a New York magazine staff...
(PDF) IBM’s Tiny Fingernail Sensor Monitors Diseases & Movement Disorders
[Tech]
2019/01/01 15:11
Grip strength, as well as walking speed and gait length, can be indicators of a person’s physical and mental health. A variety of conditions and treatments can be monitored from the grip strength, but such measurements are typically only performed infrequently at the doctor’s office. IBM Research has just developed a sensor that is attached to a fingernail on the index finger, that can measur...
(Infographic) A Picture of Probabilities
[Business]
2019/01/01 15:11
The world has experienced a rollercoaster ride in recent years. That journey is a reminder, if any were needed, that the future is uncertain. How might 2019 pan out? We turned to the wisdom of crowds (including prediction markets, financial futures, expert panels) to gauge the likelihood of certain events. So take your pick: you can see the future as lying in the lap of the gods—or in our map...
Autonomous Rice Transplanter Set to Head for the Paddies - Yanmar's YR8D
[Product]
2019/01/01 15:11
It was just this July that Japan's Yanmar Agri Corporation unveiled a line of driverless agricultural tractors. Now, as part of the same Smartpilot system, the company has announced an autonomous rice seedling-transplanter.Known as the YR8D, A, the new diesel-powered vehicle is wirelessly programmed/monitored via an included waterproof 10.1-inch tablet. It can operate in either of two modes, de...
