Tiny Apartments Provide Homeless Housing - Panoramic's MicroPad
[Design]
2018/09/19 10:42
A developer has designed tiny, self- contained prefabricated apartments for the homeless.In San Francisco alone, there are almost 7,000 people living on the streets. Developer Panoramic has developed what it thinks could be a way to help by creating small homes quickly and efficiently. The company has developed the MicroPad – a smaller version of its Prefabricated Affordable Dwelling. Made fro...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2018 Global CIO Survey : Manifesting Legacy
[Business]
2018/09/18 11:37
In a digital-driven business reality, CIOs face a choice: remain a functional leader or aim to help shape and lead the organization’s digital future. Deloitte’s global CIO survey shows how leaders are taking on the challenge.Download PDF Report : https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/4774_CIO-survey/DI_CIO-survey-2018.pdf[deloitte]
Walmart is Working with Ossia, Plans to Test In-Store Wireless Charging Technology
[Tech]
2018/09/18 11:37
Walmart is working with Ossia, a company that develops wireless over-the-air power charging technology for various devices, to test Ossia's tech in a physical retail store environment.Walmart, the first retailer to agree to a pilot with Ossia, potentially could save money on electricity costs by using the technology to charge in-store devices such as mobile smartphones, electronic shelf labels,...
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018 - WEF
[Tech]
2018/09/18 11:36
What do lab-grown meat, a holographic museum guide and a supercharged version of Amazon’s Alexa have in common?They’re all breakthrough technologies that are likely to shape our lives in the near future, according to a list published by the World Economic Forum. Selected by a panel of scientists and experts, each one has been identified as having the potential to be disruptive by altering dee...
(Infographic) Comparing Cryptocurrency Against the Entire World’s Wealth
[Investing]
2018/09/18 11:36
Given the 8-month long crypto bear market, lots of bitcoin naysayers are feeling smug right about now.[click to enlarge]From JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer and Nobel economist Robert Shiller, every media personality seems to think bitcoin’s downward trend will continue. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest things will turnaround, but that’s beside the point. B...
ROBO ADVISOR : Are Robos Managing $1 Trillion of Digital Wealth Yet ?
[Investing]
2018/09/18 11:36
The center of gravity for digital wealth in the US is the In|Vest conference, and the update this week from its publishers is excellent. Let's call attention to the following phenomenon. All of a sudden, everyone wants to claim to have roboadvisor / digital wealth assets, and to get rewarded from a valuation perspective for understanding the future customer. As soon as JP Morgan started braggin...
Handjet Portable Printer - EBS 260
[Product]
2018/09/18 11:35
State of the Art, that is the EBS 260 Handjet Portable Printer. Prints large stenciling characters up to 2.20 inches in height, in multiple lines of print. The ebs 260 Handjet Printer has a built-in touchscreen and connects to WiFi networks.The EBS 260 HandJet Portable Printer is a handheld inkjet printer that directly marks products such as concrete, currugated boxes, metal pipes, poly woven b...
Artificial Intelligence Edge Device Shipments to Reach 2.6 Billion Units Annually by 2025
[Business]
2018/09/18 11:35
Mobile Phones, Smart Speakers, PCs/Tablets, Head-Mounted Displays, Automobiles, Drones, Robots, and Security Cameras Will All Drive Greater Use of AI at the Edge.Artificial intelligence (AI) processing today is mostly done in a cloud-based data center. The majority of AI processing is dominated by training of deep learning models, which requires heavy compute capacity. In the last 6 years, the...
The Smartphone That’s Kind On Nature - Friendlui
[Design]
2018/09/18 11:35
A phone’s battery life is something which we must deal with on a daily basis, especially as phones often requiring a recharge part way through the day, and this only gets worse as the phones age! Not only can this be an annoying inconvenience, but it also has a negative impact on the environment!Friendlui could be a solution for this issue and not only be kinder on the environment, but also ma...