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(Patent) Ford Patent Uses Smartphone Tilt-Steering to Take Over Autonomous Car
[Tech]
2018/10/10 10:42
Ford Patent Would Let You Steer Your Car by Tilting Your Phone.Despite the army of eyes and minds attempting to keep track of everything happening in vehicle autonomy, there's too much movement and innovation to keep up in real time. That means there's also no way to know what our future autonomous world will contain. Ford, for instance, just received a patent for an idea that raised our eyebro...
Start-up 'Iron Ox' Created The First Farm in America Run Entirely by Robots
[Business]
2018/10/10 10:42
Start-up Iron Ox created a fully autonomous farm in San Carlos, California. The hydroponic indoor farm relies on two robots to plant, care for and harvest produce.One of the robots is 1,000 pounds and about the size of a car. It picks up the trays of plants and transports them around the greenhouse. A second machine, a robotic arm, is responsible for all the fine manipulation tasks, like seedin...
The World's Tech Giants & Retail Brands 2018
[Investing]
2018/10/10 10:42
Technology companies have a unique advantage over other businesses, and it’s called the network effect. Each new user who joins a platform adds value to everyone already on it. [click to enlarge]Facebook would be boring if you were the only one on it. Google would be useless if websites opted out of its indexing services. Amazon would lose substantial clout if 3rd party sellers refused to part...
(Video) In-Flight Charging Gives Drones Unlimited Autonomous Range
[Tech]
2018/10/10 10:41
GET's in-flight charging stations could give industrial drones unlimited flight time – they just need to stop inside this induction loop for a few minutes to top up their batteries.Global Energy Transmission (GET) has pioneered a mid-air inductive recharging system that can charge up several drones at once without requiring them to land. Build enough of these stations, and you can have an army...
(Infographic) The New Customer Experience
[Consumer]
2018/10/10 10:41
Traditional CX is no longer enough to satisfy consumers. CMOs Are Leading the Charge as Customer Experience Increasingly Requires Collaboration.CMOs are uniquely positioned to drive collaboration, says Mish Fletcher, global head of marketing at Accenture Interactive.As customer experience becomes more of a priority than ever for brands, marketers are finding that winning over, serving and satis...
A Fan That Focuses on The User's Experience - The Clutch Fan
[Design]
2018/10/10 10:41
This sleek concept is Clutch Fan, and it alters the way the user interacts with the fan through careful and considered design! A conventional fan features buttons that we operate with our hands, but this certainly isn’t the case with Clutch; a vast amount of the fan’s functionality is controlled by a single ‘pedal’ that is located at the base of the device, while other features such as a me...
Drones On Yoyr Wrist - Karlsson
[Design]
2018/10/10 10:40
From the inspired minds of the interns at Germany-based design studio PEARL CREATIVE, the Karlsson is the latest in wearable tech that aims to go beyond simple fitness tracking to make life better!This minimalistic mobile companion features a wrist strap that serves as a landing platform for a minuscule drone. In addition to the traditional capabilities of a smartwatch (like music playing and p...
(Patent) Nintendo Patents How a Smartphone Case Could Turn Your Phone Into a Game Boy
[Tech]
2018/10/09 09:10
Nintendo filed a US patent for a Game Boy-style phone case in March 2018. The case is designed to turn a smartphone's touchscreen into a functioning Game Boy with a working control pad and buttons.Nintendo does not currently have any Game Boy software available for Android or iOS devices, but the case design suggests that a line of handheld games are on the way.Nintendo has filed a patent for a...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Automation Imperative
[Business]
2018/10/09 09:09
As many organizations move to build their automation capabilities, recent survey results suggest that certain best practices will differentiate successful efforts from others.Organizations in every region and industry are automating at least some business processes, yet only a slight majority have succeeded at meeting their targets, according to a new McKinsey Global Survey on the topic.1 As ad...
