Skyline AI Raises $18M for Its Machine Learning-Based Real Estate Investment Tech
[Investing]
2018/08/01 09:08
A mere four months after coming out of stealth mode with $3 million in seed funding, real estate investment startup Skyline AI announced that it has raised an $18 million Series A. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, a returning investor, and TLV Partners, with participation from JLL Spark, a division of real estate investment management firm JLL. The strategic funding will allow Skyline AI t...
Tesla Model 3 Outselling Small And Midsize Luxury Cars In U.S. In July
[Product]
2018/08/01 09:08
In the second quarter of 2018, Tesla produced just over 53,000 vehicles, doubling its output compared to the same quarter last year.For the first time, Model 3 production (28,578) exceeded combined Model S and X production (24,761) with deliveries to customers totaling 40,740 for the quarter. The ramp up in Model 3 production is enabling it to outsell small and midsize luxury car sales in the U...
(Video) This AR Card Could be the Future of Business
[Design]
2018/08/01 09:08
Apparently some people still use business cards even though technology made them obsolete a while ago. Can technology make them relevant again? Developer Oscar Falmer was probably thinking “yes” when he created this AR business card demo.His demo takes a regular physical business card and extends its content using augmented reality objects, displaying buttons to text, call, Facetime, and emai...
Monthly Trend Report - August. 2018 Edition
[Trendbird]
2018/08/01 09:08
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - August. 2018 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." 500여개의 글로벌 리딩기업 CEO/경영진과 미래전략실에서 열독하는 재계약율 +85%의 Trendbird Premium Mem...
(PDF) BCG - Striking a Balance Between Well-Being and Growth
[Consumer]
2018/07/26 09:10
Promoting the well-being of citizens is widely accepted as the primary goal of national policy and government action—in principle. In practice, however, decision makers face what are generally viewed as competing priorities: improving citizens’ well-being or fostering economic growth.THE 2018 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTBut are those two goals actually in conflict? Do efforts t...
Adidas' Vision for the Future : Personalization, Fast
[Business]
2018/07/26 09:09
For all but the most elite athletes, buying athletic shoes can be hit or miss: Go to the store, find something you like, and try it on. If it doesn't feel quite right, too bad. Try another shoe.Adidas sees a future where motion capture tech, data analysis software, and 3D printing come together in the store to create a pair of kicks tailored to your exact needs. One foot slightly smaller than t...
(Infographic) Visualizing The Biggest Economic Bubbles
[Investing]
2018/07/26 09:07
Is Cryptocurrency ‘The Mother of all Bubbles’? This Visualization Puts Things in Perspective. The sheer magnitude of how much money there is in the world can be quite staggering—and hard to understand. What if you could visualize every market in the world as a bubble?Earlier this year the total U.S. stock market cap surpassed $30 trillion. It then lost more than $1 trillion in a single month...
Hinge Using A New Algorithm To Find Your Perfect Partner
[Business]
2018/07/26 09:06
MODERN DATING, OLD ALGORITHM. Not having any luck with online dating? Maybe a decades-old algorithm can help.Hinge — a dating app that claims to be for “people looking for real connections” — rolled out “Most Compatible,” a feature that presents users with Hinge’s daily pick for who they’re most likely to hit it off with.To take some of the guesswork out of finding your perfect match, H...
Your Next Computer Screen Could be Holographic
[Tech]
2018/07/26 09:06
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”If you’ve ever wished you could recreate the iconic scene in Star Wars, where Luke Skywalker discovers a holographic message of Princess Leia, pretty much kicking off the entire franchise, you can now get a lot closer to that dream. Unfortunately, you won’t be using an R2-D2 astromech droid to do so, but rather a new type of display developed b...