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(Video) House of Moving Walls
[Design]
2015/10/20 15:16
This small apartment, designed by Spanish architect studio PKMN architectures, is all about space and movement. Here the occupants can create their own ideal interior, as open or private as they like, just by moving the walls and partitions. Clever mechanics and unified color scheme make these transitions look and feel seamless, as if the space takes different shapes on its own, morphing along...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Digital inside : Get Wired for The Ultimate Luxury Experience
[Business]
2015/10/19 11:10
Is luxury e-commerce nearing its tipping point? We think so, and online sales of luxury goods could triple to €70 billion by 2025.How might luxury e-commerce develop over the next five to ten years? As part of our annual Altagamma-McKinsey Digital Luxury Experience Observatory1 we analyzed the online-sales trajectories of more than 50 luxury brands over the past decade. What we found is that t...
(PDF) Stanford : Real-time Expression Transfer for Facial Reenactment
[Tech]
2015/10/19 11:09
There’s now a computer program that lets you control someone else’s face.In the prophetic 1997 film “Face/Off,” John Travolta figures that the only way to avoid going back to prison was to surgically replace his face with that of Nicolas Cage’s. Although medical science has not really gotten to the point where that isn’t still completely laughable, a new technology out of Stanford Univers...
Birchbox Extends Its Retail Reach with In-House Cosmetic Brand
[Business]
2015/10/19 11:06
The subscription-based service partners with Youtube vlogger Tati Westbrook to debut their first line of cosmetics.Birchbox has announced their first proprietary line of cosmetics to be launched under the name LOC, short for Love of Color. The subscription-based brand has made a name for itself by partnering with various beauty and wellness brands to curate monthly boxes of cosmetics and skinca...
(Video) EarLens Contact Laser-based Hearing Device Receives FDA Approval
[Tech]
2015/10/19 11:06
EarLens Corporation of Menlo Park, California has received FDA marketing for its innovative EarLens Contact Hearing Device. The EarLens is different from traditional hearing aids in that it uses a laser diode and direct vibration of the eardrum to amplify sound, whereas other hearing aids simply amplify any incoming sounds. The device is indicated for use by adults with mild to severe sensorine...
(Video) Boeing has made a metal structure light enough to sit on top of a dandelion
[Tech]
2015/10/19 11:06
If there were a metal as light as a feather, would you fly in a plane made out of it? Airplane manufacturer Boeing announced last week that it’s working on a new type of metal structure, called a microlattice, so light that it can be displaced with a breath of air.Responding to a curious YouTube commenter on its video of the material, Boeing said that the microlattice is made with a nickel-pho...
Cultural Riches
[Tech]
2015/10/19 11:05
Researchers devise new techniques to facilitate growing bacteria collected from the environment.New devices that physically separate bacterial cells—giving slower-growing species a fighting chance—but still allow the cells to communicate could be key to helping researchers culture previously ungrowable strains. iCHIP: A multiwell diffusion chamber separates individual bacterial cells in the w...
(Video) Red Dot Award : Design Concept - Boxchool
[Design]
2015/10/19 11:04
Designed with children in developing areas in mind, Boxchool is a modular schoolhouse designed for rural areas with little access to educational resources. Architecturally, shipping containers aren’t that conducive to hosting a classroom, so Boxchool attempts to create a sustainable container classroom environments by attaching modularised subsidiary materials on the interior and exterior of t...
(Infographic) How Much is Your Coffee Addiction Costing You ?
[Consumer]
2015/10/19 11:03
Are you an avid coffee lover? You might love your daily cup of coffee, but you surely won’t like the price of it. Find out how much are you actually paying for you coffee per year in this intriguing infographic from Buddyloans.com.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/coffee-addiction.png[buddyloans]
US v China : Who are the Consumers of the Future ?
[Consumer]
2015/10/18 11:10
China’s new consumer class is on the rise. With a larger working population than the US and Europe combined, China has a growing bastion of consumers who will have a powerful effect on the global economy.A new report by Goldman Sachs looks at the current and future patterns of the Chinese consumers, and how they compare to the US.Who are China’s consumers?Source: 2013 figures from China NBS,...
The Slightly Bizarre Fantasies of the 2015 Electrolux Design Lab Challenge
[Design]
2015/10/18 11:09
Every year, Electrolux asks design students to stretch their already alarmingly flexible imaginations and develop concepts around a theme that's intended to “raise questions about what design will be like in the future.” This year's theme is “Healthy Happy Kids.” And as per usual, the concepts the students dreamed up are mostly (or entirely) unconstrained by things that are often inconvenie...
GOLDMAN SACHS : Welcome to the 'Third Wave' of the Financial Crisis
[Investing]
2015/10/18 11:08
The financial disaster, which started seven years ago with the US real estate and investment banking collapse, has entered its third phase according to a team of Goldman Sachs analysts.This wave is characterised by rock bottom commodities prices, stalling growth in China and other emerging markets economies and low global inflation, Goldman Sachs analysts led by Peter Oppenheimer said in a big-...
