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A Winner of the A’ Design Award for the Year 2018 - The Air Touch
[Design]
2018/07/11 14:30
This unique air purifier is Air Touch, and it uses a subtle yet impactful method of indicating to the user that it is time for the filter to be replaced.Over time it is only normal for the air purifying process to turn the filter grey as pollutants and absorbed matter begin to build up. Air Touch utilizes this change in color to create a demonstrative scene of a beautiful landscape slowing fadi...
(Infographic) The Coming Quantum Leap in Computing
[Tech]
2018/07/11 14:30
The buzz gets louder, the potential is huge, but the hurdles remain high. When will quantum computing make its mark on business? Our recent research says the answer may be sooner than many people think.Quantum computing is not a replacement for the binary classical computing that has become a staple of modern life. But to paraphrase Nobel laureate Richard Feynman, because quantum computers use...
(Patent) Amazon Patent Aims for Hijack-Proof Delivery Drones
[Tech]
2018/07/10 10:47
Amazon‘s efforts for drone deliveries have been well-documented throughout the years, and last week it gained a patent for a hi-jack proof tech to make sure goods arrive at their destinations safely. Amazon Prime Air was introduced in 2013 as a 30-minute minimum delivery service by way of an autonomous aircraft, which CEO Jeff Bezos says could rollout in four to five years from now.Currently,...
The Death of Soda : 11 Slides on Why the Industry Has Gone Flat
[Business]
2018/07/10 10:47
When you think of the iconic American brands of the 20th century, names like Coca-Cola and Pepsi have to rank pretty highly on any list.Both fizzy beverages became household names nearly 100 years ago and even butted heads in one of the most infamous and long-lasting marketing battles of all-time. In the process, both brands have sold billions of bottles of product, creating powerful foundation...
(PDF) Virtual Reality Interactive Molecular Dynamics System to Help Researchers Design New Drugs
[Tech]
2018/07/10 10:47
Drug discovery is a long and expensive process, and any technologies that can speed up how drugs are created has great potential to improve medicine overall.Scientists at Bristol University in the UK, Interactive Scientific, a spinoff of the university, and Oracle Corporation, have worked together to develop a virtual reality simulator that can be used to assemble new molecules and test how the...
Smart Speaker Adoption Expected to Grow 6 Times by 2022, with Apple Trailing
[Product]
2018/07/10 10:47
Canalys expects the smart speaker installed base will approach the 100-million barrier by the end of this year, making it almost 2.5 times bigger than at the end of 2017. The installed base will keep growing, more than doubling in size to reach 225 million units by 2020. Amazon Echo devices will account for over 50% of the installed base in 2018, while Google’s Home series will account for 30%...
Top 10 Biggest ICOs in 2018
[Investing]
2018/07/10 10:46
The ICO market is continuing to sizzle this summer with new coins entering the market almost everyday. With so much activity, it can be difficult to keep things in perspective. What constitutes a large initial coin offering, and what’s small peanuts? Our new visualization makes things very simple.We got the data for our visualization over at coindesk. We placed the total value of each initial...
Personal Shopper - AI Tech Helps Consumers Shop
[Business]
2018/07/10 10:46
Just over one in 10 young consumers around the world have used a personal shopper, with Trendsetting Zs in the U.S. nearly twice as likely to have done so, but new A.I. services are changing the scene. These artificial intelligence-backed virtual assistants provide insight, support, and personalization during the shopping experience.Fashionai Despite the popularity of online shopping, young con...
An Alternative to a Television ? Lumo
[Design]
2018/07/10 10:46
Projectors are usually used as a temporary ‘screen’ for sharing memories with family or immersing yourself in a film, but the Lumo projector does things a little differently.Aimed at single-person households where space may be limited and moving abodes frequently is common, Lumo is designed to replace the television altogether; research showed that the occupants of this type of household rely...
