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New York Is a Genuine Tech Hub (and That Was Before Amazon)
[Business]
2018/11/15 11:24
In 2003, Craig Nevill-Manning, a computer scientist at Google, wanted to set up an engineering outpost in New York. Google’s top leaders were skeptical, but they told him that he could go ahead if he could find 15 “Google-worthy” software developers in the city.“The attitude was that pretty much all the good software engineers were in Silicon Valley,” Mr. Nevill-Manning recalled. “It seem...
Cars could be Powered by Water with New Israeli Technology - Electriq Global
[Tech]
2018/11/15 11:24
In the Electriq-Global system, liquid fuel reacts with a catalyst to release hydrogen from water. The spent fuel can be replenished for re-use.Could cars someday run on water, not oil? Australian-Israeli startup Electriq-Global is giving a wet thumbs-up to a new fuel technology that extracts hydrogen from water and turns that hydrogen into electricity to power the vehicle.ue to Electric-Global;...
Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic Straws Populate the Market
[Product]
2018/11/15 11:24
Since brands started committing to the anti-straw movement, the eco-friendly initiative has gone even further, with the EU parliament voting to ban single-use plastics, including straws and other cutlery, and a societal shift toward eliminating single-use cups, too. For consumers who like using straws, there’s no reason to fear—alternatives to plastic are popping up as a greener alternative....
A Study Finds Nearly Half of Jobs are Vulnerable to Automation
[Consumer]
2018/11/15 11:24
That could free people to pursue more interesting careers.A WAVE of automation anxiety has hit the West. Just try typing “Will machines…” into Google. An algorithm offers to complete the sentence with differing degrees of disquiet: “...take my job?”; “...take all jobs?”; “...replace humans?”; “...take over the world?” Job-grabbing robots are no longer science fiction. In 2013 Carl Be...
A Fitness Tracker for Mental Health and Wellness - SysteMD
[Tech]
2018/11/15 11:24
Researchers at Draper, the famous engineering firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have developed a system consisting of a number of different sensors that work together to analyze various vital signs and physical parameters to help with screening, diagnosing, and monitoring mental health conditions. Mental illness, while often challenging, is very common. According to the National Institutes of H...
This Apple Watch Case is Perfect for #throwbackthursday
[Design]
2018/11/15 11:22
Is that a new iPod?! Nope! It’s the new Apple Watch in its coolest, old-schoolest external case yet! Joyce Kang and C.O Design Lab’s Pod Case gives the Apple Watch a much-needed history lesson, introducing it to the ancestor that started the Apple craze. The watch’s screen roughly matches the screen size found in classic iPod Nanos, while its body is only a slight bit thicker. The Pod Case,...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Business Value of Design
[Business]
2018/11/14 11:30
How do the best design performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts?We all know examples of bad product and service design. The USB plug (always lucky on the third try). The experience of rushing to make your connecting flight at many airports. The exhaust port on the Death Star in Star Wars.We also all know iconic designs, s...
(Video) AR/VR Agency Vertebrae Launches Web-based AR Platform for Online Retailers
[Business]
2018/11/14 11:30
Called Axis, it enables online visitors to virtually “try on” hats and other accessories and interact with objects in 360-degree detail.Online retailers now have another weapon in their marketing arsenal: a new augmented reality (AR) Web-based platform.Called Axis, it is intended specifically for retailers and was launched on Monday by Santa Monica AR/VR ad agency and tech shop Vertebrae.How...
Tablet Market Sees Modest Decline of 8.6%
[Product]
2018/11/14 11:30
The worldwide tablet market declined 8.6% during the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18) as global shipments fell to 36.4 million, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Slate tablets accounted for the majority of the market with 31.6 million units, down 7.9% from the previous year. Detachable tablets also declined, down 13.1% fr...
