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(Video) Kano Conjures Up Wand-Packing Kit for Future Coding Wizards
[Product]
2018/07/26 09:04
Student wizards use a block-based interface to create code with the Harry Potter Kano Kit.Teaching our kids to code is vital for our tech-packed present and future, and there are many different tools available to the programming student – from crawling bots to play dough circuits to build-it-yourself kits. Entertaining and educational as such things can be, few can claim to be magical. Now Kan...
Nendo Designs Three Minimal Variations of The Traditionally Ornate Cuckoo Clock
[Design]
2018/07/26 09:03
Nendo reinterprets the traditional cuckoo clock with three different designs including one that rests upside-down on a titlted angle and another that doubles up as a bookend. detailed wooden carvings and hanging pendulums are replaced with simple white faces on light wooden blocks.The cuckoo clocks typical design is a pendulum-regulated clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cu...
Crypto Utopia - $20 Billion in Cumulative ICO Funding, 300+ Funds
[Investing]
2018/07/25 11:19
The $20 billion Cambrian explosion of tokenized digital assets, and the emerging infrastructure being built to support them. Over $20 billion has been raised by Crypto projects through Initial Coin Offerings since the start of 2017. That’s $18 billion more than a year ago, when we released our first primer on the space, Token Mania. So what has this Cambrian Explosion brought to financial serv...
Cogito Rises $37Million to Analyze Call Center Data with AI
[Investing]
2018/07/25 11:19
Boston-based call center analytics company Cogito today announced a $37 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, Salesforce Ventures, and OpenView. Cogito will use the infusion of capital to improve its software’s customization options and make its user guidance “richer” and “more contextually aware,” cofounder and CEO Joshua Feast said.The startup, which was cofounded by...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Digitizing Customer Journeys - Making a Radical, But Valuable Move in EPNG
[Business]
2018/07/25 11:15
With start-ups and new entrants enhancing customer satisfaction through digital solutions, we believe it is time for incumbents to create seamless digital customer journeys.For services companies, customer-facing processes are the foundation for success in critical metrics—from revenue and costs to customer and employee satisfaction. For energy providers, such as electric-power-and-natural-gas...
Lumen Analyzes Your Metabolism and Helps You Lose Weight
[Product]
2018/07/25 11:14
In just a single breath, Lumen would tell you about your metabolism and offer you daily guidance on how to reach your fitness goal or ideal weight. Lumen is a set of device and app that measures your nutrition through your breath, take the guesswork out of your mind. Using the app, you can get daily personalized meal plans that optimize your workouts. It’s not about whether you have fast or sl...
Brands are Eliminating Plastic Straws in an Environmental Initiative
[Product]
2018/07/25 11:14
Millennials and Gen Zs are highly eco-conscious consumers and they expect companies to innovate around environmentally friendly products and practices, from food to fashion to furniture. The #StopSucking movement encourages consumers to cut back on their use of single-use plastic straws, and big brands are accepting the challenge, too by reducing, eliminating, and replacing this ubiquitous uten...
Gen X Rebounds as the Only Generation to Recover the Wealth Lost After the Housing Crash
[Consumer]
2018/07/25 11:14
Few American homeowners were spared from the broad housing collapse a decade ago, but Generation Xers were hit particularly hard. Newer to the housing market, more likely to be buying at peak prices and taking on more mortgage debt to buy their homes, they lost more wealth than other generations. But a new Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve data finds that Gen Xers are the only gen...
CityHawk eVTOL Flying Car Entering "Full-Scale Development"
[Product]
2018/07/25 11:14
Urban Aeronautics is going into "full scale development" of its CityHawk flying car, an urban getabout vehicle with VTOL capabilities.Israel's Urban Aeronautics (UA) has announced it's going into full-scale development of its CityHawk VTOL flying car. The first manned flights of this hybrid-powered, 170 mph six-seater will take place in 2021-22, after which it'll be converted to run on hydrogen...
