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(Patent) Waymo Grabs Self-Driving Car Patent For Reducing Rigidity
[Tech]
2017/08/15 10:09
Waymo has now scooped up a self-driving car patent for reducing surface rigidity of its vehicles, in an aim to make it possible for those cars to cause less damage to others in the unfortunate event of a collision between the self-driving car and other vehicles or property. According to the patent, the car would essentially be able to tell when it was about to hit something using one or more se...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Building a Marketing Organization That Drives Growth Today
[Business]
2017/08/15 10:08
Technologies and customer expectations have changed faster than marketing organizations. Here’s how to fix that.From the rise of online shopping channels to ad campaigns created for an audience of one, consumer marketing has changed more in the past ten years than it did in the previous 30. Despite that level of change and disruption, if you had put a few typical marketers from the 1980s into...
Amazon Looks to New Food Technology for Home Delivery
[Tech]
2017/08/15 10:07
The new technology makes these meals shelf-stable for a year.Amazon, perhaps anticipating nuclear war or an impending apocalypse, is exploring technology that will allow it to produce complete meals that can be stored for long periods of time without refrigeration. In other words, Amazon is taking a page from the rations U.S. soldiers have known for decades: meals, ready to eat — commonly know...
K-Pop Purveyors Build Bands with Multinational Flair
[Consumer]
2017/08/15 10:06
Eagaries of fandom and politics force strategic adjustments.If you turned on a TV in Japan seven years ago, there was a good chance you would see a South Korean pop act gyrating away. The odds of that are lower today.Chalk it up to changing tastes, new entertainment options or politics, but there is a widespread perception that Japan is over its crush on K-pop. Some might even argue that South...
(Video) The Feedback Card Keeps Track Of Your Finances With The Press Of A Button
[Product]
2017/08/15 10:05
The Feedback card reveals how much you have left to spend with each swipe.Even the best budgeting can often fail in the face of unanticipated expenditures, making it easy to run over budget by the end of the month. Ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral design company, is hoping to help people keep better track of their finances with a new card that displays how much money you have as you spend it.The...
At This Point, Tesla Essentially Looks Like The Electric Vehicle Market
[Investing]
2017/08/15 10:04
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on an investor call Aug. 2 that the company had been concerned orders would decline in a flat market for luxury cars, and the Model 3 might cannibalize orders for its premium Model S an Model X. That’s not something it’s worried about any longer.The automaker reported that orders for the Model S and Model X are rising, even as the mass-market Model 3 now averages more...
(Video) Using Ultrasound to Trigger On-Demand, Site-Specific Pain Relief
[Tech]
2017/08/15 10:03
Ultrasound triggers the release of local anesthetics from injectable liposomes. According to the CDC, 91 people die from opioid overdoses every day in the U.S. Here in Massachusetts, the state has an opioid-related death rate that is more than twice the national average.“Opioid abuse is a growing problem in healthcare,” says Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD, a senior associate in critical care medicine...
(Patent) New Apple Patent Aims To Turn Your iPhone Into An All-Purpose Health Data Tracker
[Tech]
2017/08/13 10:10
Using CB Insights’ patents search engine, we surfaced a newly granted patent that suggests the iPhone cameras of the future may help users detect health data and measure physiological conditions.Earlier this week, Apple won approval for its patent application for a new “Electronic Device That Computes Health Data.” But the technology depicted in the patent renderings isn’t a new wearable he...
(PDF) Deloitte - Making The Future of Mobility Work
[Business]
2017/08/13 10:09
How the new transportation ecosystem could reshape jobs and employment.THE future of mobility promises to transform the way people and goods move about, as shared and autonomous vehicles could offer the opportunity for faster, cleaner, cheaper, and safer transportation. Accompanying those potential changes could be dramatic shifts in the workforce. When transportation modes are profoundly chang...
