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SleepCogni Uses Light, Sound and Touch to Help You Get a Solid Night's Rest
[Product]
2015/11/16 11:22
The electrostatic speakers emit music and landscapes of differing tempo, timbre and pitch also intended to bring down the user's heart rate.A solid night's sleep isn't always achievable for everyone – the estimated 50 to 70 million American adults with sleep disorder will vouch for that. And research has suggested that our increasing tendency to stare into LED screens isn't helping our cause,...
(PDF) BCG - Bringing Digital Disruption to Building Materials
[Business]
2015/11/16 11:22
A building contractor we’ll call Bob meets with a client to discuss ideas for a bathroom renovation. Rather than visiting a distributor’s showroom, Bob uses his iPad to display a 3-D visualization of the client’s bathroom. Bob and the client experiment with options for the colors of tiles, fittings, and sanitary ceramics. Bob uses a smartphone app provided by the producer of these materials...
(M&A) Fossil Buys Fitness Tracker Maker Misfit to Grow its Wearable Family
[Investing]
2015/11/16 11:22
Fossil, the popular watch maker, has a new family member. For $260 million (about £170m, AU$364m), Misfit will join up under the Fossil Group, though it will keep making its own wearables."We will continue to develop activity trackers under the Misfit brand and Fossil Group will scale Misfit technology across Fossil, Skagen and a targeted portion of its portfolio of 16 brands in 2016," a Misfi...
(Video) World’s First Floating Wind Farm to be Built Off Scottish Coast - Hywind
[Tech]
2015/11/16 11:22
The Hywind Scotland pilot park will be the world's first wind farm with five wind turbines generating six megawatts each.In a deal between the Scottish government and Norwegian oil company Statoil, five wind turbines with a capacity of six megawatts each will be set on floating structures some 15 miles (25 km) off the northeast coast of Scotland near Peterhead. The Hywind pilot park, as it's na...
China's 2 Child Policy Should Add 17 Million Babies from Now to 2020 and a 0.5% Annual GDP Boost
[Investing]
2015/11/16 11:22
China expects the new two child policy will result in an extra 17 million babies born within the next five years – more than three million more each year than at present. In some of those years, there are expected to be more than 20 million births.Ninety million of the 140 million child-bearing age women who have been married and given birth to a child would now be allowed to have a second.Pri...
The World’s “Best Razor” Costs $300 - OneBlade
[Product]
2015/11/16 11:22
The OneBlade Razor is made from German stainless steel, PVD coated for corrosion resistance, hand-polished, Teflon coated springs… heck even the blade is supposed to be some fancy Platinum-coated Japanese Feather blade. It only uses the one blade, hence the name, and is a limited edition item that’s meant to be passed down generation to generation. Replacement blades work out to about $1 each...
Medicinal Marijuana Without the High
[Product]
2015/11/16 11:21
Nancy delivers legal, CBD-containing hemp products, for those who want the benefits of cannabis without its psychoactive effects.As legislations soften, cannabis is becoming more marketable across the US. Following from our recent coverage of an organic marijuana subscription package, Nancy is offering subscription services with a range of cannabis-derived products aimed at those who use it for...
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Shopping Total was Bigger Than Facebook’s Revenue Last Year
[Business]
2015/11/15 11:10
China’s online shopping holiday “Singles’ Day” broke all previous records when it wrapped up at midnight last night (Nov. 11) in Beijing—Chinese shoppers bought $14.3 billion of merchandise through e-commerce giant Alibaba alone, and that figure doesn’t include billions more on competing websites.That $14.3 billion figure blew through expectations, and beat last year’s number by 60%:It d...
Virgin America Lets Prospects “Test Drive” Their Airplane Seat Via Google Street View
[Business]
2015/11/15 11:09
Now Virgin America, the stylish relative newcomer to the US passenger air industry, is launching an outdoor and digital campaign that claims its competitors are doing the very same thing. The airline’s agency for the work is Eleven Inc.“Most airlines promote new products and services that may in reality only be available on a small portion of their fleet — so travelers may see a flashy looki...
Business Schools That Deliver Big Earnings
[Investing]
2015/11/15 11:08
Helpful reminder: It still pays to attend elite business schools.Sofi, an online lender that specializes in refinancing student loans owed by high-earning young people, compiled some data on which MBA programs have graduates with the highest average salary. The information is based on 50,000 MBA student loan refinancing applications from Jan. 2014 to Aug. 2015. Here’s what they found.Sofi’s r...
Owner’s Manuals Should Come In Augmented Reality Form—According to Hyundai
[Tech]
2015/11/15 11:07
Hyundai plans to reinvent the car owner's manual with a detailed virtual guide (available on a tablet or phone)Hyundai has announced a modern take on the traditional owner's manual usually found inside a car's glove box. The automaker will soon be launching an augmented reality guide to help users with repairs, maintenance and vehicle feature information.In the future, virtual manuals like this...
Lightguide Optics Could Soon Make Smartglasses Less Socially Awkward
[Tech]
2015/11/15 11:06
A new display technology can embed smartglass displays directly inside the lenses, resulting in much more streamlined look that won't attract nearly as many stares as current-generation smart glasses. Scientists at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a display technology that may soon spell the end of awkward-looking smartglasses. The resulting displays are thin, lightwe...
