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Photorealistic 3D Body Scanner Could Change How We Measure Health - Shapescale
[Product]
2017/05/15 10:39
A typical scale gives us a measure of our weight, which many of us take as an indication of how healthy we are. However, there are so many more factors in determining our health. Recognizing this problem, Alex Wayenberg and Martin Kesller decided to create a personal body scanner and scale that gives an accurate reading and realistic visual of our bodies. Shapescale gives an in-depth view of ho...
This Bus-Stop Ad for The Young Pope Gives Off Puffs of White Smoke
[Business]
2017/05/15 10:39
In addition to being the first-ever American Pope, the youngest one, and Jude Law, The Young Pope’s got a big responsibility on his shoulders: Keeping HBO rolling in viewership while Game of Thrones takes a dragon nap.Its capacity to do this from a storytelling perspective is debatable (even if it’s already given us a delightful collection of memes), but its launches in other countries have p...
Chinese Millennials Increasingly Use Smartphone Apps to Buy Homes Abroad - Uoolu
[Business]
2017/05/15 10:39
Millennials acquire real estate in other countries as hedge against a weakening currency, homes for their own children when they study abroad.Zheng Xiaohei, a marketer from Urumqi in western China, made his first overseas property investment without so much as a visit.Mr. Zheng, 29 years old, in March purchased a studio apartment in Thailand for about 650,000 yuan ($94,255) using his smartphone...
Thomas Dambo Hides Six 'Forgotten Giants' Across the Danish Woodland
[Design]
2017/05/15 10:38
In often overlooked wooded areas on the outskirts of copenhagen, danish artist thomas dambo has installed six, oversized ‘forgotten giants’. Forming an artistic, open air treasure hunt for the public to experience and enjoy, dambo’s huge wooden creatures are ‘hidden’ in rødovre, hvidovre, vallensbæk, ishøj, albertslund and høje taastrup. all six sculptures have been carefully crafted f...
(PDF) Deloitte - Everything-as-a-Service : Modernizing the Core Through a Services Lens
[Business]
2017/05/14 10:10
Everything-as-a-service isn’t just a new revenue stream or business plan—XaaS is a strategic and operational blueprint that may soon begin upending business and operational models, along with redefining the fundamental goals of core modernization.Many organizations are reorienting their business capabilities and approaching business products, offerings, and processes as a collection of servic...
(Patent) Walmart’s IoT Patent Application Takes Aim At Amazon Dash
[Tech]
2017/05/14 10:09
In yet another example of Walmart’s effort to increase its online presence and best rival Amazon, the big box retailer has filed a patent for an automatic home ordering subscription system similar to Amazon’s “Dash” buttons. According to the patent, Walmart’s tech follows the same concept as Amazon’s where a product is easily re-ordered, but goes a step farther. Instead of physically push...
(Video) Great Ball Of Fire : Elide Fire Ball Puts Out Fires Easily, Instantly, And Safely
[Product]
2017/05/14 10:08
Fire extinguishers are important safety equipment to have in any building, but in order to put out a fire with it, you’d actually have to walk directly towards the blaze. Probably not what your instinct would tell you to do.That’s why one man invented an alternative, the Fire Ball. Yes, you read that correctly. The Elide Fire Ball claims it is full of chemicals to extinguish all class A, B, C...
(PDF) BCG - How to Position Your Company on the 3D-Printing Value Chain
[Business]
2017/05/14 10:07
After 25 years of much-hyped development, additive manufacturing (AM)—the industrial version of 3D printing—is finally in the next phase of maturity and moving into production. Suddenly, a process that once seemed far in the future is fast becoming a reality, and it is poised for rapid growth. [click to enlarge]In 2015, the entire 3D-printing market—which includes products made from plastics...
Twiggle Raises $15M in New Funding to Make E-Commerce Search More Intuitive
[Investing]
2017/05/14 10:06
Twiggle, a Tel Aviv-headquartered startup focused on making searching for products online as simple as talking to a store clerk, announced today that it has raised $15 million led by MizMaa Ventures and Korea Investment Partners.This brings Twiggle’s total funding so far to $33 million. Its other investors include Alibaba, Naspers, and Yahoo Japan. The company was founded in 2014 by CEO Amir K...
