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Which Tech Stocks Beat Facebook, Amazon and Netflix This Year ?
[Investing]
2017/11/23 09:02
Answer: Alibaba, Square and Nvidia. FAANG stocks don’t have the same bite.U.S. tech stocks known as FAANG — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet — have seen double-digit price increases this year.But some other tech stocks are making those gains look paltry.Square’s stock price grew 232 percent since the start of this year, according to data from FactSet, making it one of th...
HaptX Inc Reveals New Haptic Glove for Virtual Reality
[Product]
2017/11/23 09:01
The new HaptX Glove, announced on Monday, is the first product from the Seattle-based startup HaptX. It is designed to be paired with an HTV Vive headset.In early October, I showed up at an old firehouse on Staten Island for a glimpse into the future of virtual reality. That future depends largely on haptics. Now that we can use VR headsets to transport ourselves to another world, the thinking...
Where the Most Groceries Are Bought Online
[Consumer]
2017/11/23 08:52
Amazon recently pulled the plug on its online food delivery service Fresh in a number of areas across nine states in the United States. The decision was apparently blamed on the failure of the postal service to deliver the perishable goods on time, or in some cases, at all. While the service is also offered in cities abroad such as London, Berlin and Tokyo, as analysis from Kantar Worldpanel sh...
Plant Spies : DARPA’s Plan to Create Organic Surveillance Sensors
[Tech]
2017/11/23 08:52
A new DARPA program plans to turn plants into remote sensors that can detect a variety of environmental signals.There are plenty of gardeners that talk to their plants in the belief that it helps them grow. While plants aren't likely to be eavesdropping on our conversations anytime soon, they could be gathering different types of intelligence if a new DARPA program bears fruit. The agency is pu...
World's First Sleep Robot to Improve Your Sleep - Somnox
[Product]
2017/11/23 08:52
Somnox is a breathing robotic pillow that is designed to improve your sleep.With millions of Americans suffering from some kind of sleep disorder, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described sleep deprivation as a public health epidemic. Somnox is the latest attempt to address the problem using technology, this time in the form of a robotic pillow that is claimed to impro...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Analyzing Start-up and Investment Trends in the Mobility Ecosystem
[Investing]
2017/11/22 10:39
How can companies identify—and source—the technologies that will be critical for crafting a strategy to keep up in the shifting automotive landscape?The automotive industry is in the early phases of what is expected to be rapid and fundamental change. The emergence of four trends, in particular, will lead to massive shifts in the business models of traditional automotive companies and open th...
(Video) You Can Virtually Inhabit Toyota’s New Humanoid Robot - T-HR3
[Tech]
2017/11/22 10:39
Toyota has a new, third-generation humanoid robot bears the charming name “T-HR3” and is designed to be a helpful and safe assistant to humans. It also features a so-called “master maneuvering systems,” which is essentially a VR-powered remote operating platform that a human can use to have the T-HR3 mirror its movements. Yes, kind of like a jaeger from kaiju movie Pacific Rim.The T-HR3 is...
(M&A) What's at Stake in the Proposed AT&T - Time Warner Merger
[Investing]
2017/11/22 10:38
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday, seeking to block AT&T’s $85 billion takeover of media conglomerate Time Warner. In the complaint, the DOJ outlines several ways in which the proposed megadeal would stifle competition and ultimately harm consumers in the United States. Referring to AT&T’s position as the largest provider of traditional subscription T...
(PDF) Researchers Say a New Nike Shoe can Actually Make You a Faster Runner
[Tech]
2017/11/22 10:38
Nike has promoted its Zoom Vaporfly 4% as a shoe that could change the future of running. Designed for serious marathoners, the shoe supposedly allows athletes to use 4% less energy during their runs than Nike’s previous top racing shoe, the Zoom Streak 6. That may not sound like an extraordinary amount, but over the course of 26 miles, it could make a huge difference. In theory, a 4% energy s...
