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(Patent) Amazon Wants to Fit Trucks with 3D Printers to Speed Up Deliveries
[Tech]
2015/03/10 11:35
Amazon has been experimenting with new shipping methods lately, but one day soon it might not have to worry about sending items at all, and use 3D printers to produce them on the curbs outside customers' homes instead. The e-commerce giant has filed several patent applications for a system that could print goods on-demand in "mobile manufacturing hubs" ? trucks outfitted with 3D printers that c...
Liquid Biopsy Identifies Type of Cancer from Blood Draw
[Tech]
2015/03/10 11:35
Since chemotherapy agents must be selectively chosen to target each person’s unique type of tumor, biopsies are performed and sent to the pathology lab for genotyping. Researchers at Singapore’s A*STAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research have created a “liquid biopsy” that requires only a blood draw to identify the type of colorectal tumor present in a patient. The technology is sti...
This Sticker Automatically Injects Meds When a Chemo Patient Can't
[Tech]
2015/03/10 11:35
Amgen Announces Launch Of New Neulasta? (Pegfilgrastim) Delivery Kit. Neulasta Delivery Kit Provides Administration Option for Patients who may not Otherwise Need to Return to Clinic or Hospital the day After ChemotherapyChemotherapy is a brutal but often life-saving treatment for an even worse disease. It can also reduce a patient's white blood cell count, which hinders the body's ability to f...
The Square-Shaped Blackberry L Smartphone Concept
[Design]
2015/03/10 11:34
The square-shaped smartphone never caught on, but a look at the BlackBerry L and we might consider it! This BlackBerry beauty captures the brand’s bold styling and core features with both a capacitive touch screen and, of course, an iconic QWERTY keyboard that’s only revealed by use of a rotary slider. Use the volume rocker to scroll the 3.5″ display with 1:1 aspect ratio or touch your way a...
(PDF) BCG - The Ups and Downs of Gold Recycling
[Investing]
2015/03/09 12:01
Gold has long captured humankind’s imagination. It is malleable, ductile, and corrosion resistant, and it has many uses?from jewelry to technologies such as mobile phones and spacecraft safety equipment.Since gold does not tarnish or decay, all the gold ever mined still exists in some form. The 2014 Thomson Reuters GFMS Gold Survey estimates that at the end of 2013 the aboveground stock of gol...
Who is Set to Make Money from the Coming AI Boom ?
[Business]
2015/03/09 12:01
Many people predict that artificial intelligence is about to take off in a big way. A new report from Goldman Sachs defines AI as ”any intelligence exhibited by machines or software.” That can mean machines that make that make sense of huge amounts of disparate data, or that learn and improve their operations over time.Though it’s been almost 60 years since we first heard of the term AI, Gol...
(Video) iSkin Stickers Could be Used to Control Mobile Devices
[Tech]
2015/03/09 12:01
An iSkin sticker is used to control the playback of music.While a wrist-worn smartwatch may be easier to access than a smartphone that has to be retrieved from a pocket, the things certainly have tiny screens. That could make them rather difficult to use for certain tasks, particularly ones where a larger interface area is needed. Well, that's where iSkin comes in. The experimental system allow...
Apple’s Ascent : From ‘Niche’ Stock to Juggernaut
[Investing]
2015/03/09 12:01
Onetime Ugly Duckling of the Market Is Set to Join Blue-Chip Index.Brian Flanagan and Jim Grossman still remember a dinner they attended with other portfolio managers at a Goldman Sachs conference in early 2000.At the time, the two were co-managing a technology portfolio for Thrivent Financial, a nonprofit financial-services firm based in Minneapolis and Appleton, Wis. Mr. Grossman had bought f...
(Video) PrintDisplay : DIY Displays and Touchscreens Anyone can Print
[Tech]
2015/03/09 12:01
Custom printed displays can make plants smarter, too.For years now, we've been promised miraculous new flexible touchscreen displays, but the deployment of such technology in big consumer products, like say the LG G Flex, hasn't started any revolutions just yet. That could soon change thanks to a team of computer scientists from Germany's Saarland University who have developed a technique that...
Gross Merchandise Volume of Top E-Commerce Marketplace in 2014
[Business]
2015/03/09 12:00
Etsy, the popular marketplace for independent artists that want to sell their crafts and handmade goods around the world, announced Wednesday it will go public, filing its S1 with the SEC. The company sold almost $2 billion worth of merchandise last year, but that's small fries compared to the bigger direct or consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce marketplaces out there, including eBay, and Ali...
(Video) Digital Keychain Brings Online Cookie Functionalities to the Mall
[Product]
2015/03/09 12:00
The Physical Cookie is a device which could bring targeted digital marketing capabilities to city malls and shopping centres worldwide.In the face of evermore advanced e-commerce algorithms, the smartest brick and mortar outlets are borrowing from their online counterparts to create hybrid shopping experiences that incorporate the best of both worlds. We have already seen Kate Spade’s interact...
Creatura Drink for Human by J?r?me Olivet
[Design]
2015/03/09 12:00
Creatura is an ultra pure cola made from the finest all natural ingredients. Bottled in a super sexy, ergonomic package, Creatura makes a statement of quality from the first sip.I’m a massive sucker for good packaging. I’d buy just about anything if it were packaged well. The Creatura line of beverages appeals to that side of me. And it would probably give me less of a guilt trip, knowing tha...
