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(Infographic) The CEO Bookshelf : 22 Top CEOs Reveal Their Favorite Books
[Business]
2015/04/08 11:27
Just as the books US presidents read shape their time in office, so do the titles that CEOs read during their tenure. Some reach for the classics like "The Catcher in the Rye." Others go for the quirky, such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Then there are those CEOs that read books about other CEOs. For more recommendations, check out this visual reading list created by Domo and CEO.c...
(Video) New Camera Technique Detects Heart, Respiratory Rates in Nearly All People
[Tech]
2015/04/08 11:26
Video-based recognition of persons’ heart and breathing rates is no longer new, but the technology has been limited to people with light skin who are well illuminated by external lighting. Researchers at Rice University have developed their own version of the technique, which they call DistancePPG, that is able to compensate for different skin tones, patient movement, and the ambient lighting...
Diet Soda Drinkers Are Disappearing
[Consumer]
2015/04/08 11:26
Diet sodas are going back out of style. After four years of outselling Pepsi, Diet Coke is back in the No. 3 slot for top sodas in the U.S., according to the latest industry data, and other sugar-free brands are also dropping quickly.Overall, the number of soda drinkers in the U.S. continues to shrink, as is clear by the steady decline in the volume of soda produced since 2000. According to Gal...
How Rich People Make Their Money Totally Differently From Everyone Else
[Investing]
2015/04/08 11:26
Last night, Justin Wolfers Tweeted a chart from Visualizing Economics' Catherine Mulbrandon showing Lorenz curves ? distribution breakdowns ? by income source: labor, capital, business and capital gains.It reveals how different parts of the population get their income way differently than others ? but that the rich enjoy a minimum 50% share of each source of income, and practically the entire s...
Peugeot Design Shows an Ingenious Foodtruck
[Design]
2015/04/08 11:26
Le Bistrot du Lion transcends the traditional food truck by using a compact van and trailer with massive load capacity which both unfold to double their length and create an entire mobile restaurant catering for 30 patrons. This idea has legs.Good design is a functional expression of purpose and after 200 years of creating household technology and a century of making transportation technology,...
Multicultural Consumers by the Numbers : From Shopping to Tweeting
[Consumer]
2015/04/08 11:26
What You Need to Know About How Various Ethnic Groups Are Growing -- and ShrinkingThe makeup of the U.S. market is changing rapidly. Here's what you need to know about how various ethnic groups are growing - and shrinking - and how they're spending money and consuming media.[adweek]
(Video) Former Pinterest Engineering Head Launches the Meld Smart Stove Knob
[Product]
2015/04/08 11:25
Imagine if you didn’t have to worry about how long something needed to cook at a certain temperature on the stove. Imagine, now, that an app controls everything ? and you don’t even have to adjust the flame.That’s precisely what Jon Jenkins has been working on, along with a few of his buddies from his days at Amazon. They’ve formed a new startup called Meld. And they’re launching a Kicksta...
OaSisaw - Seesaw Shaped Pump
[Design]
2015/04/08 11:25
We suggest seesaw-shaped pump that applied the principle of leverage. African childeren can get clean water as much as they want without lots of labor through the seesaw. Besides, ground water contaminated by chronic problems in the existing water pump becomes clean throughout the filter.Competition: Spark:ConceptDesigner: Jinhyuk Kim Design Type: The third world's concept product Company / Org...
In Silicon Valley Frenzy, VCs Create New Inside Track
[Investing]
2015/04/07 11:19
Pinterest board observer raised $200 million in three days to buy more shares?with startup’s blessing.[Pinterest has raised more than $1 billion, much of that through special funds called SPVs, since 2010. Above, Pinterest headquarters in San Francisco.]Venture-capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and FirstMark Capital, along with a cast of prominent entrepreneurs and executives, have eac...
Minimalist Underprintings Speak to Consumer Demand for Simplicity
[Product]
2015/04/07 11:19
Minimalism is very much in vogue right now, as evidenced by everything from the unexpected popularity of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up to the design menu options of the Hipster Logo Generator.The desire for streamlined lifestyles and aesthetics doesn’t only apply to areas visible to the public eye, however. In fact, a number of new lingerie brands specializing in minimalism suggest tha...
(Video) Will The Next Generation of Displays Be 3D ?
[Tech]
2015/04/07 11:18
In a few short years, touchscreens have revolutionized the way we interact with technology. But to make the best use of our senses, the next generation of displays will not be flat, but have 3-dimensional, reconfigurable surfaces.At least, that’s the belief of Lancaster University’s Jason Alexander, whose lab is prototyping 3D displays to study how we interact with them. Over at The Conversat...
Mobile Email Benchmarks : YOY Click, Purchase, and Design Trends
[Consumer]
2015/04/07 11:18
Mobile clicks accounted for 40% of all marketing email clicks in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 10% year-over-year increase, according to a recent report from Yesmail.The report was based on data from 4Q14 and 4Q13 marketing emails sent via Yesmail's campaign management platform. The researchers examined year-over-year changes for key metrics such as click-to-open rate (CTO), desktop-to-mobile p...
