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See You Later, Waiter! Bellder
[Design]
2017/08/21 10:46
With the rising trend of automated restaurants where people literally have to interact with no one, comes the need to have technology and design back that scenario. Enter the Bellder, a tablet that takes care of everything for you from ordering, to notifying, to acting as a payment gateway. Each patron entering the restaurant gets handed a Bellder. Its design is sleek enough to seem appealing b...
The Bug Bite Neutralizer - Bite Helper
[Product]
2017/08/21 10:45
Instantly neutralizes itch and irritation from bug bites using revolutionary Thermo-Pulse-Technology.Revolutionary wellness device that neutralizes itch and irritation from insect bites in seconds. Using proprietary Thermo-Pulse-Technology™ Bite Helper delivers heat and vibration to the affected bite area, increasing localized blood flow and circulation, and soothing the itch! BITE HELPER is d...
(Infographic) Predicting Economic Trends
[Investing]
2017/08/21 10:45
Predicting economic trends is difficult if you don’t have the right information. Learn more about economic trends within the following infographic from Legal Shield. These indicators predict the direction that the economy is headed, and will help you to make smarter investments and better business decisions.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LegalShield.png[...
(PDF) Accenture - Dynamic Digital Consumers : Ever-Changing Expectations and Technology Intrigue
[Consumer]
2017/08/20 10:10
Digital disruption is reinventing consumer expectations. Factors driving this disruption include ‘always on’ connectivity, pervasive social media, the rapid rise of voice recognition and artificial intelligence, and increasingly interactive user experiences across the entire customer lifecycle and across all channels.Consumers expect their experience to “automagically” adapt whenever they e...
(Patent) Motorola Designed a Phone Screen That Repairs Itself
[Tech]
2017/08/20 10:09
Motorola patented a display that can heal its own cracked screen with heat.Motorola doesn't just want to make phone screens that are shatter-resistant... if it has its way, what cracks that do show up could be fixed on the spot. It recently applied for a patent on a phone screen whose shape memory polymer heals damage when you subject it to rapid changes in heat. The phone itself could produce...
(M&A) Google Acquires AIMatter, Maker of The Fabby Computer Vision App
[Investing]
2017/08/20 10:08
Computer vision — the branch of artificial intelligence that lets computers “see” and process images like humans do (and, actually, often better than us), and then use those images to help run programs — is at the heart of how the next generation of tech is developing, and this week Google made an acquisition this week to help it along with its own efforts in this area.The search and Androi...
MIT - Growing Up with Alexa
[Tech]
2017/08/20 10:07
What will it do to kids to have digital butlers they can boss around?When it comes to digital assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, my four-year-old niece Hannah Metz is an early adopter. Her family has four puck-like Amazon Echo Dot devices plugged in around her house—including one in her bedroom—that she can use to call on Alexa at any moment.“Alexa, play ‘It’s Raining Tacos,’” she commande...
Salaries Have Risen for High-Skilled Foreign Workers in U.S. on H-1B Visas
[Investing]
2017/08/20 10:06
U.S. employers planned to pay high-skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas a median salary of $80,000 a year in fiscal year 2016, up from about $69,000 a decade earlier, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data.This is the first time the U.S. government has made salary information about H-1B applicants publicly available. Most H-1B applic...
The Next Pharmaceutical Revolution Could Be 3D Bioprinted
[Tech]
2017/08/20 10:05
Body organs such as kidneys, livers and hearts are incredibly complex tissues. Each is made up of many different cell types, plus other components that give the organs their structure and allow them to function as we need them to.For 3D printed organs to work, they must mimic what happens naturally – both in terms of arrangement and serving a biological need. For example, a kidney must process...
