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Stanford's Electricity-Free System Cuts Cooling Costs by Beaming Heat Into Space
[Tech]
2017/09/07 11:38
Stanford scientists cooled water without electricity by sending excess heat where it won’t be noticed – space. The specialized optical surfaces they developed are a major step toward applying this technology to air conditioning and refrigeration.Radiative sky cooling systems use reflective panels to emit heat into space, potentially cooling a building in the process. Heat naturally flows from...
Lego Grew Too Fast for Its Own Good and Now It’s Paying The Price
[Business]
2017/09/07 11:38
Lego, the world-beating Danish toymaker, reported an unexpected drop in profit, down 3% in the first half of 2017, to 3.4 billion Danish kroner ($543 million). The decline comes after full-year sales growth last year was the slowest in nearly 10 years, ending an outstanding run of double-digit increases. Revenue fell 5% in the first half.As a result of declining sales and profit, the company wi...
(Video) Augmented Reality for the Future of Dentistry - Kapanu
[Tech]
2017/09/07 11:38
The company, Kapanu, is a spin-off of Swiss technical university ETH Zurich; CEO Roland Mörzinger collaborated with Disney Research to create an augmented reality engine for medical purposes, and dentistry was chosen as a good first application.For someone getting major dental work or reconstructive surgery, it can be hard to visualize what they’ll look like afterwards. You can do casts and m...
Sony Backs Acutronic Robotics’ Hardware Robot Operating System
[Investing]
2017/09/07 11:37
Sony is investing in Acutronic Robotics‘ Series A round, via its Sony Innovation Fund. Sony will also adopt Acutronic’s Hardware Robot Operating System (H-ROS), for use in its own robotics division, the company says.This funding follows investment by DARPA in Acutronic’s platform, which aims to become an industry standard for robotics components from across hardware and software providers.Ac...
Assemble-Type Module Travel Luggage - Valluse
[Product]
2017/09/07 11:37
Luggage that transforms to meet your travel needs. Valluse can be arranged in six different configurations.I’ve been a long standing fan of the modular approach to traveling. Take the Leather Duffle from last year for example. The very idea of having three separate bags but handling them as one bag is convenient, not just because it makes carrying items less of a hassle… but it also means all...
(PDF) Deloitte : 2017 Back-to-School Survey - Insights on Spending and Shopping Trends
[Consumer]
2017/09/06 10:58
Our 10th annual back-to-school survey takes a closer look at spending and shopping trends for the upcoming back-to-school season. This year’s total back-to-school spending is expected to reach $27 billion, department stores fall from the second to the sixth shopping destination, and mass merchants jump to the head of the class.2017 back-to-school shopping trendsBack-to-school season is the...
(PDF) BillScreen : New App Could Use Smartphone Selfies to Screen for Pancreatic Cancer
[Tech]
2017/09/06 10:58
University of Washington researchers are developing an app that could allow people to easily screen for pancreatic cancer and other diseases — by snapping a smartphone selfie.[BiliScreen is a new smartphone app that is designed to screen for pancreatic cancer by having users snap a selfie. It’s shown here with a 3-D printed box that helps control lighting conditions to detect signs of jaundic...
Stanford Still Produces The Most Startup Founders
[Investing]
2017/09/06 10:57
Stanford University (yet again) topped Pitchbook's annual ranking of undergraduate colleges producing the most tech entrepreneurs who've raised venture capital between 2006 and August 15, 2017. UC Berkeley came in close second, followed by MIT and Harvard.Why it matters: While many entrepreneurs start their companies years after leaving school, others do so just after graduation or even while s...
(Video) Lilium Raises $90M Series B for All-Electric Flying Taxi
[Investing]
2017/09/06 10:57
Imagine some time in the not-so-distant future. After making your way to the nearest community landing strip, you’ll pull out your phone, and, with a single tap, hail the closest air taxi to take you to your chosen destination. The experience will have Uber-like convenience but the mode of transport couldn’t be any more different.Never again will you need to ask your taxi driver to take the s...
