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The iPhone Essence - The iPhone for Dreamers
[Design]
2016/02/04 11:39
I know you’re going to lambaste me for showcasing a completely unreal iPhone concept, but hey, this isn’t the first. The iPhone Essence is however, an absolute beauty. Envisioned with two edge-to-edge screens (one front and one back) the phone boasts of an unbelievable total thickness of 3mm (yes, forget the audio jack OR the lightning port). The phone does away with ports of all sorts, resor...
India Surpasses USA to Become The Second Largest Smartphone Market
[Business]
2016/02/04 11:39
India Smartphone user base grew to 220 Million users by end of 2015 surpassing USA for the first time ever.The smartphone shipments in India grew a healthy 15% annually in Q4 2015 (Oct-Dec). During CY 2015, Indian smartphone shipments grew 23% YoY to cross the 100 Million units milestone.Market Summary for Q4 2015:Smartphones: More than 40% of the mobile phones shipped were smartphones4G LTE Sm...
New Anti-Aging Startup Hopes To Clear Out The Body's Retired Cells
[Tech]
2016/02/04 11:39
A STARTUP CALLED UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY IS A POTENTIAL COMPETITOR TO ALPHABET SPINOUT CALICO.The cells in our bodies are constantly under stress from all kinds of sources. In response, they can recover or die.But some cells experience a state of "cellular senescence," where the cells stop dividing altogether but remain in the body in a kind of purgatory. As the number of these cells increase, it's...
Here Are The Most Valuable Companies in America Since 1990
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:39
Google's parent company Alphabet briefly stole the crown from Apple this week to become the most valuable company by market cap in the United States (and the world).As this chart from Statista shows, Alphabet is the fourth tech company to hold the top spot since 1990. GE also sells a lot of technology, although it was a broad-based conglomerate with a strong finance arm during its time on top....
Silicon Valley's $585 Billion Problem
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:38
VCs have pumped up the value of the “unicorn” startups. Now tech IPOs are in trouble. Good luck getting out.The San Francisco peer-to-peer lender is a star in the world of “fintech,” a growing sector made up of financial technology companies bent on disrupting the traditional banking sector. Its backers include venture capital royalty such as Kleiner Perkins and Union Square Ventures, not t...
You Can Buy a Czech Castle for $13,000
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:38
A brokerage listing only historic buildings is racking up sales.The Libejovice chateau looks like something out of a 19th century romantic novel: an elegant, mustard-hued Renaissance palace with tall windows and elaborate balcony railings bearing the noble Schwarzenberg family’s coat of arms. Natalia Makovik will sell it to you for less than the price of some Manhattan studio apartments. The c...
Fraunhofer - Cultured Liver Cell Microreactor Might Replace Animal Testing
[Tech]
2016/02/04 11:38
The project aims to create a liver-like environment outside the lab, allowing for drug testing without the use of animals.Finding alternatives to animal testing is an important endeavor. While the practice has been banned in the cosmetic products industry since 2013, it's still a central part of evaluating the effectiveness and dangers of new medication, with researchers usually using laborator...
The Secrets Behind Designing an AI Persona
[Design]
2016/02/04 11:38
In a future ripe with AI assistants, machines must seem more human.Collective anxiety over the future of artificial intelligence reached a peak with Her, a moody exploration of what happens when you fall in love with a non-existing entity. Three years later, that possibility still lingers. With rapidly advancing technology, we may very well become friends—or more—with our machines.The possibi...
(Video) Microsoft's Concept for Watching NFL with Iits Futuristic HoloLens Goggles
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
Today, Microsoft unveiled a concept video that shows how its futuristic HoloLens holographic goggles could change the experience of watching NFL games. Microsoft isn't currently working on an actual product similar to what's depicted in the video, the company is quick to say (although Microsoft does have an ongoing partnership with the NFL).But the video is an intriguing proof-of-concept for ho...
(PDF) WEF - Global Risks Report 2016
[Business]
2016/02/03 11:22
From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 finds risks on the rise in 2016.In this year’s annual survey, almost 750 experts assessed 29 separate global risks for both impact and likelihood over a 10-year time horizon. The risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016 was found to be a failur...
(Video) Google Engineer Invented Homemade Smart Bathroom Mirror
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
One Google engineer’s been getting a lot of attention recently for the very impressive-looking hardware he managed to cook up, marrying an Android UI with an otherwise very traditional bathroom mirror.The mirror’s still a mirror, but embedded behind its glass is an LCD panel wired to an Amazon Fire stick and running a custom Android UI. That gives it some simple weather-forecasting and news-r...
Bosch Claims 7% Fuel Savings With Haptic Feedback Gas Pedal
[Tech]
2016/02/03 11:22
Bosch proposes combining exiting fuel-saving technologies with haptic feedback in the throttle pedal.These days we've become accustomed to gadgets that give haptic feedback, usually as a vibration or reactive force. The technology has also crept into our cars in the form of seats or steering wheels that vibrate to warn when you're wandering out of your lane. Original equipment suppliers like Bo...
