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After The End of The Startup Era
[Investing]
2017/10/23 10:56
There’s a weird feeling afoot these days, in the Valley, and in San Francisco. Across the rest of the world — Denver, Santiago, Toronto, Berlin, “Silicon Glen,” “Silicon Alley,” “Silicon Roundabout“, Station F — it seems every city still wants to be a startup hub, dreaming of becoming “the new Silicon Valley.” But in the Valley itself? Here it feels like the golden age of the startup...
Soap Crayon Encourages Children to Wash Their Hands - Soapen
[Product]
2017/10/23 10:56
A group of designers from India have created a portable hand washing tool for children to help them learn about hygiene from an early age. This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.With hygiene a global challenge and the use of hand...
Google Link - Connected Product Suite
[Design]
2017/10/23 10:56
Google is already on their way towards creating their own product ecosystem. Solutions like the google assistant and chromecast push device integration and a connected environment. What can bridge the gap and create a seamless connected living experiences.Designer : Michio Papers[behance]
(Patent) Apple Patents 3D Printing System That Works with AR Glasses
[Tech]
2017/10/22 10:10
Further news about augmented reality and 3D printing today, as Apple is granted a patent for a method for instructing a 3D printing system.[Apples platform for developing augmented reality experiences for iPhone and iPad.]First filed in 2013, the 20 page patent names Lejing Wang as the inventor. Wang is a specialist in augmented reality and computer vision at Metaio. Munich based Metaio began l...
(PDF) BCG - As Grocery Goes Digital, How Should CPG Supply Chains Adapt ?
[Business]
2017/10/22 10:09
For the US grocery industry, tectonic changes are underway.Recent developments underscore how pivotal a moment this is: News that Amazon was acquiring Whole Foods sent shock waves through the market (shares of the country’s largest mass and food retailers tumbled the day of the announcement). Brick-and-mortar chains have been aggressively cutting prices. Walmart’s e-commerce acquisitions—fir...
Talento Volkswagen 2017
[Design]
2017/10/22 10:08
Talento Volkswagen 2017Designer : gustavo faria[behance]
$1.8B AR/VR Investment in LTM to Q3 2017
[Investing]
2017/10/22 10:07
$1.8 billion was invested across the 27 AR/VR investment sectors in Digi-Capital’s new Augmented/Virtual Report and Deals Database in the last 12 months to Q3 2017, with $300 million raised in the last quarter.This has been typical of AR/VR quarterly investment for the last 18 months, as Q2 2017’s outsize $800 million came primarily from two large deals. So Q3 wasn’t a dip, so much as Q2 was...
7 Questions Bitcoin Bulls Need to Answer Now
[Investing]
2017/10/22 10:06
Bitcoin is the currency of the moment, but not necessarily of the future.Bitcoin and other digital currencies are the future. They're going to the moon. They're going to double in value, and double again, and double again. Better get on board, baby, unless you want to be a loser and get left behind.OK, we get it. Cyrptocurrencies are rocketing in price every day. And yes, they're in full-on man...
(Video) The World's First Floating Wind Farm Has Opened Off The Coast of Scotland - Statoil
[Tech]
2017/10/22 10:05
The world's first floating offshore wind farm started producing electricity off the Scottish coast on Wednesday.Hywind Scotland, as the project is known, consists of five huge linked wind turbines which float over deep ocean water while loosely tethered to the sea floor.They were constructed on land in Norway, and dragged across the North Sea earlier this summer before being moored off the Aber...
