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(Video) Quell Wearable Pain Relief Technology
[Product]
2015/03/23 11:06
Quell is a soon-to-be available wearable device that sends electric pulses through skin to counter pain.Quell, a wearable first introduced at CES 2015, has gained a 501(k) approval from the FDA which allows distribution and purchase without the need for prescriptions. The Quell system is the younger brother of Sensus, a prescription-needed anti-pain wearable from the same company NeuroMetrix.Bo...
The Race to Build a Search Engine for Your DNA
[Tech]
2015/03/23 11:05
Genome-search companies vie to be the Google of personalized medicine.In 2005, next-generation sequencing began to change the field of genetics research. Obtaining a person’s entire genome became fast and relatively cheap. Databases of genetic information were growing by the terabyte, and doctors and researchers were in desperate need of a way to efficiently sift through the information for th...
Personalized Smartphone Map Shows Users Their Favorite Places
[Business]
2015/03/23 11:04
Citymaps enables users to ‘collect’ and share places they love. It will even begin to suggest points of interest based on their use.The days of hand drawn routes and dogeared car maps are long gone. Most people now turn instinctively to their smartphones for directions, and while existing online maps do the job of getting people from A to B quite satisfactorily, the latest version of Citymaps...
Xgamer - A Gamer’s Wet Dream
[Design]
2015/03/23 11:03
The next best thing to headset VR, the Xgamer combines accelerated gaming with a curved screen cinematic experience. Its 10-inch, 1080P, 180 degree screen gives users a greater sense of immersion in the display environment and is made more powerful by a state of the art accelerated video card. Not only visually compelling, its curved shape is naturally ergonomic for the hands with controls plac...
(PDF) Huawei Tops International Patent Filings in 2014
[Tech]
2015/03/22 19:35
Chinese telecom giant Huawei led international patent filings in 2014, as the total number of patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty reached a record high of 214,500. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Huawei applied for 3,442 patents, edging out US chipmaker Qualcomm and Chinese competitor ZTE with 2,409 and 2,179 applications, respectively. With...
(Video) Projecting Change in Colorado
[Business]
2015/03/22 11:09
The highly-anticipated film Racing Extinction (racingextinction.com) made its Colorado debut at the 2015 Boulder International Film Festival (biff1.com). Racing Extinction, directed by Academy Award-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove), is a project of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) that features an unlikely team of activists and innovators that hatch a bold mission to save endangered speci...
(PDF) How Millennials Get News : Inside the Habits of America’s First Digital Generation
[Consumer]
2015/03/22 11:08
Millennials may have no problem paying for Netflix, Pandora or the most recent video games, but when it comes to news content they are surprisingly thrifty. That’s the result of a report published by The Media Insight Project, a joint research initiative by The American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Based on a survey of 1,046 Americans aged 18-34, the repo...
(Video) Magic Leap Shows Off its Augmented Reality Gaming Experience
[Tech]
2015/03/22 11:07
Magic Leap, the mysterious virtual reality company funded by Google, has today released a first look at its AR games experience with its headset. The video, which was created in collaboration with Weta workshop (the studio behind movies like Lord of The Rings) supposedly shows a game where the user can interact with real-world and virtual objects and impressive graphics.Considering the collabor...
Nielsen Studies Impact of Facebook Video Ads Beyond View Counts
[Business]
2015/03/22 11:06
Facebook users are impacted by video ads even before viewing them for a full second, according to a Nielsen study commissioned by the social network’s marketing science team.Facebook explained the motivation behind the study in a Facebook for Business post:Online channels like News Feed changed how people consume content, giving them the power to decide what content (including ads) warrants th...
Bike-Sharing Is Taking Off Around the World
[Consumer]
2015/03/22 11:05
Over the past decade, more and more cities around the globe have adopted so called bike-sharing systems, which enable citizens and visitors to pick up bicycles at some point in the city, use them and leave them at another point in exchange for a small fee. The pricing structure of bike-sharing systems is often designed to encourage short-term use, which makes them a great option for urban dwell...
Nendo's Innovative New Suitcase Is As Versatile As It Is Beautiful
[Design]
2015/03/22 11:04
The Kame suitcase combines the best virtues of hard-shelled and soft-shelled designs.If you're a seasoned traveler who is convinced that a hard-shelled carry-on is the only one worth considering, Nendo wants to change your mind, at least partially. The Japanese design house has teamed up with Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano to create a hybrid suitcase with a hard-shelled body and a unique soft-shel...
These Mega-Cruise Ships Look Like Small Cities From the Air
[Design]
2015/03/22 11:03
The stacks and stacks of cabin windows make today's ocean liners look gargantuan enough from the shore. But the view from directly above gigantic cruise ships is even more startling.Jeffrey Milstein, a former architect who specializes in photos of planes and infrastructure, recently finished a new project that focuses on cruise liners. "After 14 years of shooting up at aircraft I thought it was...
