Amazon-Coin? Most Customers Would Use a Cryptocurrency If Online Retailer Creates One
[Consumer]
2018/03/04 10:08
More than half of respondents in a new LendEDU survey said yes to the idea of using an Amazon-created cryptocurrency for purchases on the site. More than 58 percent of Prime users said they would consider using "Amazon Coins." About 45 percent are open to the idea of using Amazon as their primary bank account.As Amazon continues its rapid expansion into groceries, health care and more, it may n...
Cashier-Less Shopping Startup Takes Aim at Amazon Go With System ‘Orders of Magnitude Bigger’
[Business]
2018/03/04 10:07
Cashier-Less Shopping Startup Takes Aim at Amazon Go With System ‘Orders of Magnitude Bigger’.Amazon is on a mission to redefine the brick and mortar businesses that it disrupted out of existence. With its Amazon Go convenience store, Amazon is pioneering locations with no checkout lines. But innovators spawn imitators and an emerging startup thinks it can retrofit any store with its AI-power...
Quick Peek Smart Storage Labels
[Product]
2018/03/04 10:05
Organize your home with ease when you use the Quick Peek Smart Storage Labels by Bluelounge. Attaching to your boxes and storage bins, you can simply scan these labels to learn what’s inside. Using the app, you simply take a photo of the items you want to store. This creates a Box in the app. The Quick Peek Labels link with the photo so you can simply scan the label to see what’s inside. In a...
Secretive Chinese Bitcoin Mining Company May Have Made as Much Money as Nvidia Last Year
[Investing]
2018/03/04 10:05
Based on conservative estimates of gross margin of 75 percent and operating margin of 65 percent, Bernstein analysts calculate that Beijing-based Bitmain made $3 billion to $4 billion in operating profits in 2017.In contrast, Nvidia's operation profit was $3 billion during the same period, according to Bernstein's U.S. semiconductor team estimates. Bernstein's analysis also indicated that "Bitm...
A Wearable for Feels - AURA
[Design]
2018/03/04 10:04
AURA is a twist on wearable tech that isn’t focused on your steps or trying to help you build muscle, rather, it’s aim is to help you master your mental fitness! Designed for anyone struggling with mental illness, depression or distress, it uses biometric sensors to detect stress, anger, sadness and happiness.You can gain perspective of your current mental state by looking at the e-ink displa...
Monthly Trend Report - March. 2018 Edition
[Trendbird]
2018/03/04 10:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - March. 2018 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." 500여개의 글로벌 리딩기업 CEO/경영진과 미래전략실에서 열독하는 재계약율 +85%의 Trendbird Premium Memb...
(PDF) Deloitte - Elevating The Future of Mobility : Passenger Drones and Flying Cars
[Business]
2018/02/26 10:10
While flying cars may sound as if they belong to science fiction, technology seems to have brought them closer to reality—potentially helping to create a faster, cheaper, cleaner, safer, and more integrated transportation system.A century ago, aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss debuted the Autoplane, a three-seat car-cum-aircraft with removable wings.2 Ever since, automobile and aviation enthusias...
YC-backed Startup Proven is Using AI to Make Personalized Skin Care
[Business]
2018/02/26 10:09
YC-backed startup Proven wants to make it suck less for women to find skincare that works for them. The co-founders are taking what they describe as a “rational, logic-based” approach to figuring out which ingredients might be most appropriate for each individual.As a TC Disrupt battlefield founder once memorably put it during her on-stage pitch, the beauty industry makes a whole lot of money...
The Electric Vehicle Future Is Already Boosting Miners’ Earnings
[Business]
2018/02/26 10:08
The booming electric vehicle revolution is flowing through to the bottom line of a growing list of global miners, who are reaping higher profits from rising demand for battery raw materials.Orocobre Ltd. reported Friday that net income rose 11 percent in the December half and forecast lithium prices to gain about a quarter this half. The supplier, with an operation in Argentina, follows miners...