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FlatScope : Lens-Free Fluorescent Microscope for Imaging Deep Inside Body
[Tech]
2018/03/13 10:20
Microscopes are a ubiquitous tool in the life sciences and their applications extend into clinical practice. Doctors use them to peer into the eye, examine tissues for signs of cancer, and to help perform surgeries. But, microscopes are bulky, so it’s impossible to use them to image many of the areas deep inside the body. Moreover, optical lenses tend to create a trade-off between a large fiel...
Patronace's New Textile Printing Technology Produces High-Resistance Fabric
[Design]
2018/03/13 10:20
Munich-based industrial designer bastian müller’s brand patronace reveals soft protection jackets unique to the market. titled GRDXKN, the newly invented, textile printing technology integrates mechanical material performance into the soft textile itself, and enables two-dimensional colors to become three-dimensional in parts. Lightweight and sturdy, flexible and abrasion resistant, the patr...
A Winner of The Asia Design Prize for The Year 2018 - The Orbike
[Design]
2018/03/13 10:20
Add the Orbike to Musk’s Boring Company program and you’ve literally got a city that’s perfect for any commuter. Sitting half above and half below the surface of the road, the Orbike is a donut-shaped vending machine that allows people to rent bicycles and bike-related equipment. Designed to be efficient, but more to grab attention, the Orbike rotates inside its transparent shell, allowing y...
(Infographic) What Marketers Need to Know About Changing Customer Service Expectations
[Consumer]
2018/03/13 10:19
Consumers are demanding multichannel options that are easier to use. Not all companies are delivering the service consumers have come to expect.Nearly 20 percent of U.S. households now contain 10 or more connected devices, and as consumers increasingly work new communication tools into their daily lives, they are also demanding multichannel options when they need customer service and expect it...
(PDF) Pew - Social Media Use in 2018
[Consumer]
2018/03/12 11:05
A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram.A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that the social media landscape in early 2018 is defined by a mix of long-standing trends and newly emerging narratives.Facebook and YouTube dominate this landscape, as notable majorities of U.S. adults use each of these si...
(PDF) Touching the Virtual : How Microsoft Research is Making Virtual Reality Tangible - Claw
[Tech]
2018/03/12 11:05
A wild new slew of prototype controllers shows Microsoft experimenting at the bleeding edge of AR and VR.The new Microsoft has learned to make money again by investing in cloud technologies and going after the enterprise market. Great. Good. Fine. But forgive me a little for preferring the other Microsoft. The one that attracts some of the world’s finest researchers to build crazy things it ca...
(PDF) BCG - A Guaranteed Opportunity in Programmatic Advertising
[Business]
2018/03/12 11:05
Automation and digital technologies are bringing big leaps in effectiveness and efficiency to many industries by extending reach, speeding up interactions, streamlining processes, and replacing manual and paper-based activities. As more and more advertising spending has moved online in recent years, automated, or programmatic, processing of ad sales and campaign execution has built significant...
How L’Oréal Is Using Tech to Make Thousands of Custom Skin Shades
[Business]
2018/03/12 11:05
At SXSW, algorithms and machines whip up foundation and serum. The beauty brand is showing off custom makeup at SXSW.If you’ve ever stepped into a drug store or specialty shop for makeup, you know how daunting it is to find the right foundation shade to match your skin tone. The colors are only made to match a sampling of skin colors, and are often too dark or too light.L’Oréal is aiming to...
Porsche Just Became the First to Test Blockchain in Its Cars
[Business]
2018/03/12 11:04
From autonomous driving to third-party access, here's what blockchain could mean for drivers.Last year marked what might very well be the greatest single year for an asset class in history. Cryptocurrencies, which began the year with a combined market cap of $17.7 billion, gained nearly $600 billion by year's end, which was good enough for a better than 3,300% increase in value. Though there ar...
