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Layer’s New Wearable Crypto-Wallet is a CMF Paradise - The Trove
[Design]
2018/06/10 09:04
Aside from being a state-of-the-art piece of tech that houses your crypto-coins in an un-hackable offline device, the Trove is just refreshingly different to look at. Shaped literally like a coin, the Trove is simply secure, and its designers call it unhackable and unloseable.Keeping your crypto-coins offline, the Coin is a physical representation of a cryptocoin, and something that you can wea...
(Infographic) Blockchain’s Impact In Art
[Tech]
2018/06/10 09:03
Art might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of blockchain, but the art world is a surprising dark horse in the blockchain race. In fact, blockchain technology can prevent art theft, but that’s not the only contribution it is making to the art world. Learn more about art on the blockchain in this infographic from CoinCentral.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-...
(PDF) PwC : Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2018–2022
[Business]
2018/06/07 10:30
Trending now: convergence, connections and trust. Five-year projection of consumer and advertiser spending data across 15 segments and 53 territories.Today’s rapidly evolving media ecosystem is experiencing a new and different wave of convergence. To succeed in the future that’s taking shape, companies must reenvision every aspect of what they do and how they do it. It’s about having, or hav...
Mobile AR is Evolving Faster Than You Think
[Business]
2018/06/07 10:30
The growth of the mobile ecosystem was driven, in part, by three use cases: Creative, Contextual and Connected apps. These same use cases are now pushing the AR ecosystem past the initial novelty stage into creating true value for users.[Above: Number of available apps in the iTunes App Store from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000s) — Source: Statista]Apple first launched its app store in 2008 with nea...
(Video) MIT - Wireless System Can Power Devices Inside The Body
[Tech]
2018/06/07 10:30
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body. Such devices could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body, or treat disease by stimulating the b...
Inside Amazon's Grand Challenge — A Secretive Lab Working on Cancer Research and Other Ventures
[Business]
2018/06/07 10:30
Amazon's Grand Challenge team, led by Google Glass creator Babak Parviz, consists of former Google X engineers and founders of various health start-ups. Amazon runs an internal competition called Think Big, which helps identify people for Grand Challenge.Deep inside Amazon, a secretive group called Grand Challenge, led by the creator of Google Glass, is working on a series of bold projects invo...
American Tech Giants are Making Life Tough for Startups
[Business]
2018/06/07 10:28
Big, rich and paranoid, they have reams of data to help them spot and buy young firms that might challenge them.IT IS a classic startup story, but with a twist. Three 20-somethings launched a firm out of a dorm room at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016, with the goal of using algorithms to predict the reply to an e-mail. In May they were fundraising for their startup, EasyEmail,...
One Shoe That Fits from Childhood to Adulthood
[Product]
2018/06/07 10:28
It took just one instance in Kenya, in 2007, when Kenton Lee noticed that a little girl in a white dress next to him had shoes that were way too small for her feet. That one instance set him on the path to creating The Shoe That Grows, a low-cost-high-lifetime shoe that expands up to five sizes and lasts for over five years, for underprivileged children around the world… and helped mold the ph...
The Last Diving Mask You’ll Ever Need - D-Mask
[Design]
2018/06/07 10:27
These sure aren’t your great grandaddy’s swimming goggles! This ultramodern twist on underwater specs, called D-Mask, addresses many of the issues divers currently encounter. Secured around the forehead, jaw, and chin, the design may cover the full face, but the result feels less restrictive than traditional goggles.While it’s usable on its own, by simply connecting the unit to an air tank,...
