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Airbus ‘BelugaXL’ Massive New Airplane Whale Go Where No Marine Mammal Has Gone Before
[Product]
2018/07/23 12:04
This massive new cargo plane from Airbus has taken its maiden voyage over southern France, and with a smile no less. The Airbus ‘BelugaXL’ sports a design inspired by the Arctic white whale, and will be the first of several utilized by Airbus to transport large aircraft mechanisms between its engineering facilities in Europe. To give you a better idea on the size of this behemoth vessel: its...
Take the Guesswork Out of Medication - PillClok
[Design]
2018/07/23 12:04
It doesn’t matter if you’re nursing a cold or managing a long-term illness, remembering to take your medicine on time is a challenge for everybody. Like the name suggests, the PillClok aims to simplify the process of pill-taking with a thoughtfully designed interface and tandem smartphone app.Users can go beyond the basic Monday through Friday limitations of regular pillboxes by dropping in t...
(PDF) 2018 Crypto Investment Report : Institutional Investors Provide 56% of Capital Inflow
[Investing]
2018/07/22 11:10
The first-ever crypto investment report released by digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments reveals that the majority of capital inflow this year is coming from institutional investors.Grayscale has been overseeing investments into crypto for five years, launching a Bitcoin (BTC) Investment Trust back in September 2013 and then expanding to other single-asset funds — including Ethe...
Corning Gorilla Glass 6 will Protect Your Next Phone from 15 Drops in a Row
[Product]
2018/07/22 11:09
Corning's Gorilla Glass covers the displays of phones from Apple, Samsung, LG and many more, and two years after the last refresh, Corning has just unveiled Gorilla Glass 6. Now more durable than ever, the new covering glass is able to survive up to 15 successive drops from a meter (39 inches) high.We wouldn't recommend putting it to the test though – that number of successive survived drops i...
Custom Framing Startup Framebridge Picks Up $30M Series C
[Investing]
2018/07/22 11:08
D.C.-based Framebridge today announced the close of a $30 million Series C financing round led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, and NEA.Launched in 2014, Framebridge offers affordable and convenient custom framing via its website and mobile app. The idea for the company started when founder and...
(Infographic) Intel's Guide to the Internet of Things
[Tech]
2018/07/22 11:07
The “Internet of Things” is exploding. It is made up of billions of “smart” devices—from miniscule chips to mammoth machines—that use wireless technology to talk to each other (and to us). Our IoT world is growing at a breathtaking pace, from 2 billion objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion by 2020.1 That will be around 26 smart objects for every human being on Earth! Where the Wirele...
Rolls-Royce Is Building Cockroach-Like Robots to Fix Plane Engines
[Tech]
2018/07/22 11:06
DEBUGGING. Typically, engineers want to get bugs out of their creations. Not so for the U.K. engineering firm (not the famed carmaker) Rolls-Royce — it’s looking for a way to get bugs into the aircraft engines it builds.These “bugs” aren’t software glitches or even actual insects. They’re tiny robots modeled after the cockroach. On Tuesday, Rolls-Royce shared the latest developments in it...
Online Furniture Sales Are Booming
[Business]
2018/07/22 11:05
In the early days of e-commerce, people mostly bought products online that were easily packable and shipped.Amazon for example started off selling books, then added CDs and DVDs before eventually starting to sell pretty much everything. No one would have thought of buying furniture online because it would have been outrageously expensive to ship it. These days, buying furniture online is a fair...
Cannabis Is The Latest ‘It’ Ingredient In Beauty Products - MGC Derma
[Product]
2018/07/22 11:04
The beauty business is going green. From toners to facial masks, hand creams to lip balms to perfumes, new beauty products containing cannabis-derived ingredients are hitting the shelves at an ever-rapid pace. After all, the legalized medical cannabis market is changing the world over – and cosmetic brands aren’t about to skip this trend.“All retailers are looking to bring cannabis cosmetics...
