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The Ambitious Plan to Build a City of Floating Pyramids - Wayaland
[Design]
2018/05/03 10:31
Wayaland would include houses, hotels, retail areas, and cinemas.Pierpaolo Lazzarini, the Italian designer behind the UFO 2.0 floating home, has conceived a floating community made up of solar-powered pyramid-shaped buildings. The Wayaland project is still very much in the concept stage at present, but Lazzarini is hoping to raise the funds necessary to begin construction on it with a crowdfund...
(PDF) LumiWatch Smartwatch Turns Your Arm Into a Touchscreen
[Product]
2018/05/02 09:38
See the prototype LumiWatch project an interactive experience onto the wearer's arm. Like the idea of a device that doesn't need to be picked up or carried around?You might be impressed by the prototype for the LumiWatch, a new smartwatch from Carnegie Mellon University researchers that turns your arm or hand into a touchscreen. The fully functional and self-contained LumiWatch uses a bright, 1...
(PDF) Deloitte - Making The Future of Mobility
[Business]
2018/05/02 09:38
Chemicals and specialty materials in electric, autonomous, and shared vehicles.Tomorrow’s mobility ecosystem, with fleets of autonomous and/or electric vehicles, may require a new catalog of materials and chemicals to make everything from batteries to simplified powertrains and customizable interiors. For manufacturers, the future of mobility means challenges and opportunities.FOUR decades ago...
(Patent) Microsoft Bendable Display Patents Could Create Book-Like Business Laptops
[Tech]
2018/05/02 09:38
Microsoft applied for two patents related to a new two-screen, hinged display. The patents are rumored to be part of Microsoft's project 'Andromeda'.A recently released patent application from Microsoft shows the firm has been hard at work on a bendable, hinged display that would look and work somewhat like a digital version of a paperback book. The applications, filed in 2016 and released last...
Games Market Expected to Hit $180.1 Billion in Revenues in 2021
[Business]
2018/05/02 09:38
Games are expected to grow from $137.9 billion in 2018 to $180.1 billion in 2021. The global games market is expected to grow from $137.9 billion in 2018 to more than $180.1 billion in 2021, according to market researcher Newzoo.Those numbers are more optimistic than in the past, and they reflect the constant growth of platforms, such as smartphones. This year, mobile games are expected to hit...
A TV You Can See Straight Through
[Design]
2018/05/02 09:37
The blank screen of a conventional television that isn’t in use can become a bit of an eye-sore in the room. But with the help of transparent display panels, this might not be a problem for too much longer.Designed by Jang Junyoung to effectively communicate transparent display panels, this television is capable of blending almost perfectly into its surroundings when it isn’t in use. This int...
R.I.P. for Real, iPhone X ‘Super Cycle’
[Product]
2018/05/02 09:37
Apple shipped 52 million iPhones last quarter, up 3 percent from the same time last year.Apple’s just reported second-quarter results were totally fine, and the company, which has been buying back shares like crazy, just launched another $100 billion repurchase program. Shares are up about 2 percent in after-hours trading.But it’s official: Any hopes that Apple’s sleek iPhone X, released las...
Beyond Home Incubator Unit
[Design]
2018/05/02 09:37
Beyond Home Incubator Unit is a concept project dedicated to all parents. It was based on Taewan Kim’s experience (the designer), he was born as a premature infant, and just like many premature babies, his parents had to face emotional problems such as guilty feeling for leaving their baby at the hospital for a long time, also the financial issue. Most of the time, his parents could only see h...
(Infographic) How the NewFronts Influence the Way Advertisers Approach Digital Video
[Consumer]
2018/05/02 09:37
8 out of 10 increased their ODV budgets.When the Digital Content NewFronts launched in 2008, no one could have predicted the issues digital video would one day face, such as brand safety, misleading political ads and conspiracy videos. However, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which operates the NewFronts, says that hasn’t deterred advertisers—and it has the research to back that claim up....
