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Snappy Raises $10M For Personal Corporate Gifting
[Investing]
2018/10/24 11:11
Chances are that if you work for a company, especially a tech company, you’ve probably received a gift card. And while it’s nice to have some extra cash to pay for that book sitting in your Amazon cart, a startup called Snappy thinks it’s better for the team if those gifts are a little more personal.Founded in 2015, Snappy is an NYC-based startup aiming to liven up and personalize corporate...
QUADRA Box-Shaped Personal Electric Vehicle for Easier Daily Commute
[Design]
2018/10/24 11:11
Living in a fast-paced lifestyle, combination between bulky documents and traffic congestion can make daily commute difficult. QUADRA Box-Shaped Personal Electric Vehicle wants to make your daily travel easier, it combines quick travel with convenient storage. This unit is both vehicle and portable storage, it’s an energy efficient and environmentally sustainable traveling device.Designed by G...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Global Payments 2018 : Expansive Growth, Targeted Opportunities
[Business]
2018/10/23 11:06
Robust growth makes payments a dynamic sector for incumbents—and a draw for new competitors.Global payments revenues swelled to $1.9 trillion in 2017, the best single year of growth in the last five years (Exhibit 1). In last year’s report, we forecast that payments would become a $2 trillion business by 2020. Indeed, 2017’s market performance was so robust—its 11 percent growth rate fueled...
Skyline Robotics Raises $3M To Automate Dangerous Window Cleaning for Skyscrapers
[Investing]
2018/10/23 10:59
Let’s admit it, we all wish we could outsource the task of cleaning, and if we had to choose one of the worst chores of all time it would be window cleaning. That’s why we have robots!Robots are poised to disrupt every single industry, starting with more workers being replaced from assembly line factories by industrial robots. Next, self-driving cars have already logged nearly two million mil...
New Household Essential Brands Cater to Young Adults
[Business]
2018/10/23 10:59
When it comes to purchasing household necessities (e.g., cleaning supplies, toilet paper), only 43% of Millennials consider themselves loyal to brands in this category. As such, new players are entering this space and seizing the opportunity to earn their support. These brands cater to young adults by offering transparency, affordable prices, and convenient purchasing models. Smartly Smartly, t...
What Influences Gen Xers' Purchase Decisions?
[Consumer]
2018/10/23 10:58
TV ads edge recommendations from friends and family as the top influencer of purchases for Gen Xers (born 1965-1981), according to MarketingCharts’ US Purchase Influencers Report 2018. In so doing, Gen Xers display more similarities with Boomers than with Millennials, who are more swayed by recommendations, per the report.Overall, roughly 1 in 4 Gen Xers (24%) surveyed said that TV ads had inf...
AireSone Junior Wearable Respiratory Monitor for Children
[Product]
2018/10/23 10:58
AireSone Junior is a wearable respiratory monitor for children that has been developed by AEvice Health, a spinout of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The device is attached to a child’s chest at night and listens to their breathing. An algorithm can process the audio signal, measuring the respiratory rate, heart rate, and sleep cycle, and the device notifies parents when warning...
Classic Massive Attack Album Encoded in DNA and Put Into Spray Paint
[Product]
2018/10/23 10:57
Spray cans containing around one million copies of the Massive Attack album, Mezzanine, stored in DNA.Earlier this year iconic British electronic music group Massive Attack revealed it was storing its classic album Mezzanine in DNA molecules. Now, it has been announced the synthetic DNA will be available in a limited release of spray paint cans, with each spray can estimated to contain around o...
World's Tallest Residential Tower Commands Sky-High Prices - Central Park Tower
[Design]
2018/10/23 10:57
Central Park Tower, by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, is a new supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Manhattan, New York City. Once complete, it'll be the tallest residential building in the world and rise to a height of 1,550 feet (472 m), hosting amazing luxury apartments that cost over US$100 million.You'll note that Central Park Tower is being hailed as the world's tallest resid...
