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(PDF) The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
[Consumer]
2015/04/05 11:10
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population. What will the world’s religious landscape look like a few decades from now? A new Pew Research Center study attempts to answer that question by projecting the changing size of eight major global religious groups through the year 2050 based on a variety of demographic factors.The study uses...
Apple and Google have an Astonishing Plan to Replace Everyone's Locks and Keys
[Business]
2015/04/05 11:09
The August smart lock is on sale at the Apple Store in the US right now. Locks and keys are physical objects, and the technology behind them hasn't really changed since the first set was invented in the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh in about 612 BC.Now, more than 2,600 years later, all that might be about to change. In Citi analyst Jim Suva's new note to investors on the future of Apple, the...
(Video) Unpowered Ankle Exoskeleton Takes a Load Off Calf Muscles to Improve Walking Efficiency
[Tech]
2015/04/05 11:08
The passive-elastic ankle exoskeleton makes walking easier without the use of an external energy source .We might have started off in the water, but humans have evolved to be extremely efficient walkers, with a walk in the park being, well, a walk in the park. Human locomotion is so efficient that many wondered whether it was possible to reduce the energy cost of walking without the use of an e...
The Predicted Wearables Boom Is All About The Wrist
[Consumer]
2015/04/05 11:07
Ever since the tablet boom started to fade, many experts predicted wearable devices to be the next big thing in the tech industry. A recent forecast by IDC seems to confirm that prediction: IDC’s analysts expect worldwide wearable device shipments to grow from 19.6 million units in 2014 to 45.7 million this year and reach 126.1 million units by 2019. However, speaking of a wearables boom in ge...
(Video) Metronome Wearable Helps Musicians Keep Precise Timing - Soundbrenner
[Product]
2015/04/05 11:06
Soundbrenner Pulse has been designed to help wearers keep the beat and become better performers.Soundbrenner Pulse is a wearable device designed specifically for musicians, which acts as a vibrational metronome to help them keep the beat.Developed by a team of entrepreneurial musicians in Berlin, the stylish musical aid is worn on the arm or leg. It delivers subtle and precise vibrations using...
New Smartphone Camera Could Tell You What Things Are Made Of
[Tech]
2015/04/05 11:05
The Unispectral camera and software could tell you what's in your drink, as an exampleHow would you like to be able to know the chemical composition of something, just by taking a snapshot or video of it with your smartphone? You may eventually be able to, thanks to a compact hyperspectral imaging camera being developed at Tel Aviv University.Hyperspectral imaging involves scanning light spectr...
Mobile Ad Spend to Top $100 Billion Worldwide in 2016, 51% of Digital Market
[Business]
2015/04/05 11:04
US and China will account for nearly 62% of global mobile ad spending next yearThe global mobile advertising market will hit two significant milestones in 2016, according to new figures from eMarketer, surpassing $100 billion in spending and accounting for more than 50% of all digital ad expenditure for the first time.The $101.37 billion to be spent on ads served to mobile phones and tablets wo...
Buster Bulbs Breathe Much-Needed Design into LEDs
[Design]
2015/04/05 11:03
NYC's bars and restaurants currently suffer from an aesthetic issue we call "Edison bulb overload." We get it, it's cool that you can see the filament. But how long can this nostalgia-driven trend last? While LEDs are clearly the future, few people have nailed a non-clinical aesthetic for LED bulbs that people trying to create moody spaces will swoon over.Except for maybe Buster & Punch, th...
(PDF) The CEO Report - Embracing the Paradoxes of Leadership and the Power of Doubt
[Business]
2015/04/02 11:10
Real CEOs exude confidence. Radiate certainty. Act decisively. Or so popular mythology has it. (Think Don Geiss, the fictional chief executive of General Electric played by Rip Torn on NBC’s comedy 30 Rock.)In fact, the overwhelming majority of CEOs confess that they have doubts. That’s one of the striking findings of The CEO Report, the product of a yearlong global research partnership betwe...
Prada is In Crisis
[Business]
2015/04/02 11:09
Despite a soaring global economy, Prada, Gucci, and LVMH all seem to be stumbling, with revenues flat or in decline. Stagnation in the business of luxury goods is a surprise: Both the US and Europe are experiencing decent economic growth. China's economy is still growing at 7% a year.When times are good, people ought to be splashing out on high-priced handbags and premium labels. But they're no...
(Video) Suntory Whisky 3-D Printed the World's Most Incredible Ice Cubes
[Business]
2015/04/02 11:08
TBWA creates landmarks and characters in miniature.Advertising craft doesn't get more delicate than this. Check out the crazy ice cubes TBWA\Hakuhodo created for Japan's Suntory Whisky.The agency used what's called a CNC router (and a process that's kind of inverse 3-D printing) to carve the designs, which ranged from the Statue of Liberty to the Sphinx to Batman and everything in between. (The...
These U.S. Companies Hoard Piles of Cash Abroad
[Investing]
2015/04/02 11:06
According to a recent J.P. Morgan report, U.S. companies hold a combined total of more than $2 trillion in cash abroad. Among all S&P 500 companies, Apple has parked the largest amount of cash outside the U.S. by quite a margin. The iPhone maker hoards $158 billion (89 percent of its total cash) overseas. That’s almost twice as much as second-ranked Microsoft ($82.1b) and 2.5 times the tot...
