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(Infographic) The Cost of Coffee and Other Creature Comforts
[Consumer]
2017/06/08 10:56
Sometimes, when looking at our bank accounts at the end of the week, we clap our hands to our foreheads and wonder what we spend money on. Scrolling through to find one big purchase, we usually only find instead a long line of very small purchases. That’s the power of impulse buying: the few purchases here and there that can really add up.Infographic : https://www.titlemax.com/wp-content/uploa...
(PDF) BCG - Are You Set Up to Achieve Your Big Data Vision?
[Business]
2017/06/07 10:35
By now, most companies have big hopes for big data. They see great potential in using sophisticated analytics to preempt problems, such as customers leaving or equipment failing, or to gain an advantage, such as perceiving an industry trend. But success may prove surprisingly elusive. The big data vision of many companies is murky, and the path is fraught with obstacles.A recent survey by The B...
(PDF) Synthetic Sensors - Towards General-Purpose Sensing
[Tech]
2017/06/07 10:35
Carnegie Mellon University hopes the device will create ‘smart rooms’ from multiple devices by utilising the Internet of Things.A team from US-based Carnegie Mellon University has developed a device that can smarten up an entire room’s worth of regular devices. The prototype, coined as a Synthetic Sensor, plugs into a regular wall power outlet and monitors the room it is placed in with senso...
Apple HomePod : Smart Speaker With Hi-Fi Ambitions ?
[Product]
2017/06/07 10:35
For the first time since the presentation of the Apple Watch in September 2015, Apple unveiled an entirely new product at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday. Confirming earlier rumors, the new device named HomePod is indeed a voice-enabled speaker, but as opposed to Amazon’s Echo and Google Home, Apple’s new device appears to be a wireless speaker first and a virtual...
(Video) The Desktop of the Future Is Coming - Meta Vision
[Tech]
2017/06/07 10:35
Augmented-reality startup Meta’s vision for the future of work involves midair sticky notes and plenty of hand gestures.I’ve got an embarrassingly large number of Post-it notes dotting my desk at work. And at any given moment I have too many tabs open on my Web browser while my computer has several applications running. The augmented-reality startup Meta promises I’ll manage all of that in m...
This Delivery Robot Is Helping Small Businesses Wage War On E-Commerce Giants - Teleretail
[Tech]
2017/06/07 10:34
Swiss startup Teletretail AG is developing an on-road, two-wheeled automated delivery robot for both cities and suburbs.Though companies like Amazon have been experimenting with drone delivery systems in an effort to streamline shipping, the vision for an automated infrastructure of distribution units still seems to be at least a decade away. That being said, if technologies like driverless car...
The Construction Industry is Short on Human Workers and Ripe for a Robotic Takeover
[Business]
2017/06/07 10:34
Construction is a $10 trillion global industry. It’s also mired by waste, severe worker shortages and weak productivity growth — all of which mean the business of building is ripe for a robotic takeover.Productivity — the total economic output per worker — in the construction industry has remained flat, partly because of the slow adoption of new technologies across the industry.Since 1945,...
Saks Fifth Avenue is Turning to iMessage to Bolster Sales
[Business]
2017/06/07 10:33
Though department stores are struggling to overcome slumping sales amid slowed foot traffic and shuttering storefronts, Saks Fifth Avenue is taking advantage of last quarter’s period of stabilization to invest in digital.The luxury department store quietly launched an update to its iOS app last week, incorporating a new integrated messaging functionality that allows shoppers to ask questions a...
The Ultimate Appliance to Kick Off Your Day
[Design]
2017/06/07 10:33
What two little breakfast items require their own big specialized appliances?! If you guessed coffee and toast, you’re right. Designed with this in mind, Morning Touch combines the functionality of a toaster and coffee maker into one device to save you time and valuable counter space.Users can cook a variety of toast and coffee types by adjusting settings in the smart touchscreen interface. He...
