ÉCAL graduate Sebastian Maluska has created a simple rooftop tent that can be fitted to the roof of any car.Maluska, who studied product design at Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) in Renens, Switzerland, created his tent for adventurous young people who want to travel on a budget, or go to remote areas."I spend a lot of time outside doing sport like skiing and surfing," said Maluska....

Data is driving the future of business, and any company not prepared for this transformation is at risk of being left behind.This is a reality in almost every sector, but it’s especially relevant to companies in the healthcare industry. That’s because the amount of health data being created is growing at a 48% rate annually, and by 2020, a Stanford University study estimates that 2,314 exabyt...

The appliance manufacturer has received a patent for a device that lets you cook food with a water bath.Whirlpool received a patent earlier this month for a sous vide cooking device, according to documents from the US Patent and Trademark Office. First reported by The Spoon, the small appliance described in the documents consists of an induction cooktop, a cooking container, a wireless temperat...

AI companies are working across shopping apps, natural language processing, image recognition, predictive inventory, and more.[click to enlarge]Investors poured a record high of $4.9B into artificial intelligence (AI) startups in 2016, and AI is already affecting more areas of our lives than many people realize. Even retail and e-commerce companies are increasingly integrating the technology. W...

What if we could change the signal that our nervous system sends to the brain by using the Aircon watch to generate pulses of heat or cold. With this method we can make our body start to feel more aware of the temperatures and thus stabilize our sensations.According to a 2012 research conducted by Standford University, with a cooling glove, heat exchange is possible through the extremities espe...

Brand growth through a cross-generational approach to consumer profiling.[click to enlarge]Millennials aren’t so vain that they think a pitch is about them. Marketers often generalize consumer profiles, an approach that can be overly myopic. There are ways to avoid taking a stereotypical view of consumers and deploying a more nuanced approach.Avoiding a stereotypical view of consumersEVERY day...

A mere four months after coming out of stealth mode with $3 million in seed funding, real estate investment startup Skyline AI announced that it has raised an $18 million Series A. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, a returning investor, and TLV Partners, with participation from JLL Spark, a division of real estate investment management firm JLL. The strategic funding will allow Skyline AI t...

In the second quarter of 2018, Tesla produced just over 53,000 vehicles, doubling its output compared to the same quarter last year.For the first time, Model 3 production (28,578) exceeded combined Model S and X production (24,761) with deliveries to customers totaling 40,740 for the quarter. The ramp up in Model 3 production is enabling it to outsell small and midsize luxury car sales in the U...

Apparently some people still use business cards even though technology made them obsolete a while ago. Can technology make them relevant again? Developer Oscar Falmer was probably thinking “yes” when he created this AR business card demo.His demo takes a regular physical business card and extends its content using augmented reality objects, displaying buttons to text, call, Facetime, and emai...