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Beer Made From Surplus Bread - Toast Ale
[Product]
2017/05/18 11:11
Helping to reduce food waste is certainly something we can drink to, and the team behind toast pale ale are helping us to do the two simulataneously. Bread plays a large role in the 40% of edible food that goes to waste. whilst even charities feeding hungry people struggle to use the surplus buns, rolls and baguettes, tristram stuart—the founded behind toast—has set out to use the crumbs that...
Cybersecurity Hits Another Record High
[Investing]
2017/05/18 11:11
cybersecurity companies than ever before, as companies and governments look to better secure their networks, data, and devices.Investors backed more private cybersecurity companies in 2016 than any year since at least 2013. Likewise, deals in Q1’17 hit an all-time quarterly high, up 20% from the previous quarterly deal high.In the face of consistent security breaches the cybersecurity industry...
18-Year-Old 3D Prints Lightest Satellite to Ever be Launched into Space
[Tech]
2017/05/18 11:11
Satellites are getting smaller and smaller, and 3D printing has a lot to do with that, as we’ve seen from the prevalence of 3D printed CubeSats. In further evidence that 3D printing is democratizing science as well as creation, the smallest satellite to be launched into space comes not from a research institution or government agency, but from an 18-year-old boy in Tamil Nadu, India.Rifath Sha...
The Number of People Who Plan on Buying a VR Headset is Still Very Low
[Consumer]
2017/05/18 11:03
Google kicked off its big I/O developer conference on Wednesday, and, among many other announcements, said it’s working to create “standalone” virtual reality headsets. As in, headsets that work independently, without having to be tied to a smartphone or PC.Google isn’t the first company to try this, but finding a middle ground between the toy-like nature of phone-based headsets like the Sa...
(PDF) Pew - Tech Adoption Climbs Among Older Adults
[Consumer]
2017/05/18 11:03
Roughly two-thirds of those age 65 and older go online and a record share now own smartphones – although many seniors remain relatively divorced from digital life.A record 46 million seniors live in the United States today, and older Americans – those age 65 and older – now account for 15% of the overall U.S. population. By 2050, 22% of Americans will be 65 and older, according to U.S. Censu...
Fraunhofer - Bending Sheet Glass Using Lasers and Gravity
[Tech]
2017/05/18 11:03
A new Fraunhofer technique makes it possible to bend sheet glass into complex or unconventional shapes with the help of laser beams. This opens up a whole new range of potential products for architects and designers. The researchers are taking advantage of a particular attribute glass has of becoming viscous and therefore malleable when exposed to high temperatures. Precise calculations and gra...
(Video) Aero Foldable Smart E-Bike
[Product]
2017/05/18 11:02
Upgrade your commute with the Aero Foldable Smart E-Bike. This powerful bike gives you a top speed of 22mph as well as an impressive range of 45 miles. With these metrics, you can zip through the traffic and shorten your commute. In addition, the Aero E-Bike stores as easily as it rides. The entire bike folds down in a matter of seconds for effortless storage. There’s even a handle built into...
(PDF) BCG - Cracking the Code in Private Equity Software Deals
[Investing]
2017/05/17 10:08
Private equity firms have set their sights on a new wave of software companies hitting the buyout market. Although investments in such companies have the potential to generate high returns, success is far from assured.PE firms just getting into the game must rapidly “crack the code” of software deals in order to capture the outsize returns enjoyed by many investors with industry expertise.1Li...
(Patent) IBM Inventors Patent Invention for Transferring Packages between Aerial Drones
[Tech]
2017/05/17 10:07
IBM announced that its inventors have been granted a patent for transferring packages between drones during flight. The invention described in US Patent No. 9,561,852: In flight transfer of packages between aerial drones helps to extend the range of drones that are delivering packages from a warehouse to a customer's home. IBM inventors developed this patented system using their supply chain ex...
