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(PDF) Deloitte - 2015 Global Mobile Consumer Survey
[Consumer]
2015/12/10 10:49
According to a survey of US consumers by Deloitte released today (Dec. 9), 18% of respondents reported paying with their phone in a store at least once this year, up from just 5% in 2014.Most promising for the mobile payment industry is that 13% of respondents in 2015 said they use their phones on a semi-regular basis to make purchases. Last year the survey only asked whether people had ever ma...
Sink Into Sitskie !
[Design]
2015/12/10 10:49
At first glance, Los Angeles-based design studio Sitskie’s “Block” collection of furniture looks hard like most wood furniture, but take a seat and you’ll experience its cushioned block system. designed to give you a soft comfortable experience while keeping all the benefits of a solid surface – durability, cleanliness and the beauty of the solid material. Individual wood blocks on top of...
Bridgestone’s New Car Tire Technology Detects Road Conditions
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:49
Bridgestone's CAIS technology uses the car's tires to inform the driver of road surface conditions in real time.The Contact Area Information Sensing (CAIS) system includes a sensor on the tire's internal wall that monitors its interaction with the road surface and informs the driver accordingly. In development since 2011, the CAIS is finally ready for commercial applications.Bridgestone unveile...
LEDs : Christmas Lighting Revolutionized
[Product]
2015/12/10 10:48
This week, countless families have been putting the finishing touches to their Christmas trees. In the United States at least, many of them will still be using dusty old incandescent light bulbs to illuminate their creations. It might be time to switch over to modern LEDs if you haven't done so already. They use up to 75 percent less energy than their incandescent counterparts and last up to 25...
(IPO) This Profitable Startup with No Outside Investors will be Worth $4.4 Billion
[Investing]
2015/12/10 10:48
The IPO market may be cooling down for a lot of tech companies, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Atlassian, the business-software maker best known for its Jira and HipChat products.Atlassian, slated to begin trading on the public markets Thursday, set its IPO price at $21 per share, giving it a $4.4 billion valuation.That's a nice boost from the price range Atlassian had originally pro...
(Video) Low-cost Bioactive Paper Detects Blood Types in Under a Minute
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:48
Manolios tells us that the device costs less than a dollar.Determining a blood type to ensure compatibility ahead of a transfusion isn't straightforward at the best of times, but in regions of the world where proper medical equipment is unavailable it is nigh on impossible. A new, bioactive piece of paper promises to change that, however, with the ability to analyze just a few drops of blood an...
The World’s Tiniest Temperature Sensor is Powered by Radio Waves
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:48
The tiny temperature sensor on the finger of PhD-student Hao Gao. One of the problems for the smart buildings of tomorrow is that they may depend on some very un-smart wires to power them. To cut the cord, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researcher Hao Gao, as part of his PhD thesis, has developed a tiny transmitting temperature sensor that is powered by radio waves, eliminating the n...
Tetris House Takes Modular Homes to a Different Level
[Design]
2015/12/10 10:48
Tetris House was designed by Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture.Have you ever wanted to change the layout of your house? Well, a new concept from Universe Architecture will let you do so simply and with relative ease. Tetris House is a modular system of blocks that can slot together in a number of different arrangements. Residents can also attach accessories to its façade.The cost o...
Investors Booze It Up : 100+ Deals To Vineyards, Brewers, And Distillers
[Investing]
2015/12/09 11:38
Among all US alcoholic beverage producers funded since 2013, 56% were breweries, as the craft beer movement continues its rise.Investors are increasingly taking an interest in the food and beverage landscape including packaged food brands like Exo and Hungry Root. However, with the rise of the craft brewing and distilling movement, will that same appetite extend to the producers of beer, wine,...
(Video) Tobii Tech Eye-Tracking For Games, Business And More
[Product]
2015/12/09 11:38
Tobii is an innovative Japanese tech company behind eye-tracking technology. They came out strong at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas debuting a variety of interactive technology for syncing eye movements to control things like games and other electronic devices. While eye-tracking technology isn’t exactly new, Tobii is taking it to the next level in an attempt to...
(Video) Aquaponics, Not Robotics, For Our Future Kitchens
[Design]
2015/12/09 11:38
This design concept for the Future Classroom puts a spin on the futuristic kitchen with an integrated garden.For Electrolux Design Lab, a product designer proposes a future kitchen that will not only grow its own salad and raise fish for protein, but will also teach future generations about healthy meals from the ground (or water) up.Future Classroom, by 24-year-old German design student Tobias...
(Video) Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics
[Tech]
2015/12/09 11:38
Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin.MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs and channels. The “smart wound dressing” releases medicine in response to chan...
