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(Infographic) The Future of Design and Collaboration
[Design]
2018/08/21 09:15
New technologies are getting adopted faster and faster.In the modern business environment, it no longer takes multiple decades for new ideas to take root. Instead, thanks to increased connectivity, instantaneous communication, and big leaps in computing power, these new innovations can rise to prominence in much shorter time spans.As these changes surface, companies can either help pioneer thes...
(PDF) Deloitte - What Can Health Systems Do to Encourage Physicians to Embrace Virtual Care ?
[Business]
2018/08/20 11:29
With changing health care reimbursement models, growing consumer demand, and advances in digital technologies, virtual care is a must-have for health systems. But how can hospitals and health systems gain physician buy-in? It might be easier than you think.Executive summaryVIRTUAL care programs will likely become increasingly important to health systems that want to retain and attract custome...
(Patent) New Apple Patent Hints That Siri Could Offer Multiuser Support
[Tech]
2018/08/20 11:29
Apple has been stubbornly resistant to the idea of adding multiuser support to iOS. But according to the company’s newly granted patent for “User profiling for voice input processing,” it may be implementing that idea with Siri.Siri can already distinguish an iPhone owner’s voice from other people, but it has so far been unable to provide customized responses for different users.The goal of...
Alphabet’s Smart City - Sidewalk Labs
[Design]
2018/08/20 11:29
Timber towers and smart pavement: Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs is sharing an early glimpse of its Toronto development.Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto—the entity formed by Canada, Ontario, and the city of Toronto—have shared an early peek of design plans for Sidewalk Toronto, the much-hyped waterfront revitalization project that’s been touted as “the world’s first neighborhood...
Japan’s Start Today Gives Clothes Retailers a Glimpse of the Future
[Product]
2018/08/20 11:29
A million or so Japanese are using the firm's “Zozosuit”ONE problem plagues the business of selling clothes online—predicting how a garment will fit without trying it on. Behemoths such as ASOS, a British internet platform that sells its own and others’ apparel, try to overcome this by allowing people to buy several sizes to try on at home and return items free of charge—at huge cost to th...
The Irresistible Rise of Internet Dating
[Consumer]
2018/08/20 11:28
Meeting a mate online is fast becoming the default in America.FOR most of human history, the choice of life partner was limited by class, location and parental diktat. In the 19th and 20th centuries those constraints were weakened, at least in the West. The bicycle increased young people’s choices immeasurably; so did city life. But freed from their villages, people faced new difficulties: how...
How Paper Batteries Charged by Bacteria Could Power Internet of Things
[Tech]
2018/08/20 11:28
By integrating bacteria into paper batteries, researchers create a cheap, sustainable way to power billions of sensors and devices.Suddenly, office paper is turning heads. Well, at least as far as electronics and batteries are concerned.The explosive growth of miniaturized electronics and batteries to power everything from ingestible healthcare devices to sensors for intelligent transportation...
Drone Delivery of the Future - Toyota Gamaru
[Design]
2018/08/20 11:28
Gamaru is a smart cargo solution that aims to take the middleman out of the equation. Drones get your package from the warehouse, you get your package from the drones. It’s that simple!The system relies on tracking containers in the shape of barrels that house and protect packages of varying size as they make their way from the warehouse to consumer. The barrels are loaded on wheeled robotic p...
(Infographic) 5G : The Next Generation of Mobile Connectivity
[Business]
2018/08/20 11:28
Just before the smartphone revolution, Nokia was by far the world’s most popular mobile handset manufacturer.However, despite selling 250 million units of its two most popular block-shaped models in the mid-2000s, the Finnish company ended up being woefully late to the smartphone party. Not only was the company ill-equipped to match the iPhone and Blackberry in terms of technology and design f...
