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Gigantic “Vending Machine” Skyscraper Dispenses 3D-Printed Homes in Tokyo
[Design]
2017/04/18 10:03
Could the skyscraper of the future dispense homes like a vending machine? Growing and adapting to Tokyo’s housing demand, this Pod Skyscraper is constantly under construction. Residents can order a ready-to-use modular dwelling manufactured by 3D printers on the top floor of the building, and then cranes lower it into place. The innovative skyscraper, designed by Haseef Rafiei, received honora...
(PDF) BCG - When Chip Makers Look Through the Value Lens
[Business]
2017/04/17 11:44
A perfect storm of market changes is bearing down on the semiconductor industry, roiling existing business models. Long used to selling to a handful of PC and networking companies—and to shaping the path of technological development—chip makers must now work within a broader and more demanding set of ecosystems.They must create more chips for more diverse uses and contend with the increasing...
Uber, Lifting Financial Veil, Says Sales Growth Outpaces Losses
[Investing]
2017/04/17 11:44
Uber Technologies Inc. isn’t required to report its finances publicly, but the privately held company has decided to forgo that luxury for the first time. Uber said its revenue growth is outpacing losses, hoping to show the business is on a strong trajectory as it attempts to address a recent cascade of scandals.The ride-hailing giant more than doubled gross bookings in 2016 to $20 billion, ac...
(Video) Marble and Yelp Eat24 Start Robot Food Delivery in San Francisco
[Business]
2017/04/17 11:24
Rules governing the use of food delivery robots remain to be seen across the US. But major food businesses are investigating the possibilities already. In the latest deal, Yelp Eat24 has begun testing delivery by robot in partnership with Marble in select San Francisco neighborhoods.TechCrunch spied Marble’s delivery robots, stickered with a Yelp Eat24 logo, earlier this month. But the compani...
(Video) U.C.Berkeley - Device Pulls Water from Dry Air, Powered Only by the Sun
[Tech]
2017/04/17 10:07
The key component of the solar-powered water harvester is the metal organic framework (in red) that is able to capture water molecules even in low humidity conditions.According to the latest report by the World Health Organization, nearly two billion people lack access to clean drinking water. To address this problem, researchers from UC Berkeley and MIT have created a solar-powered device that...
Mobile Matures as the Cross-Platform Era Emerges
[Business]
2017/04/17 10:06
comScore last week released our annual Cross-Platform Future in Focus report to provide an examination of recent history in the worlds of TV and digital media with an eye toward what’s to come. One of the threads that immediately jumped out to us in our analysis of the digital media landscape is that there are now clear signs that the mobile media era – which has seen an explosion in incremen...
(PDF) Deloitte - Millennials Conflicted About Automation
[Consumer]
2017/04/17 10:05
As automation in the workplace rapidly becomes a force to be reckoned with, millennials are taking notice, according to a recent Deloitte Global study.In work environments that are increasingly shaped by technology, automation has the potential to both limit job availability and improve workforce productivity and flexibility. Millennial employees are already feeling the impact. Given their grow...
Bottled Water Overtakes Soda as America’s No.1 Drink
[Consumer]
2017/04/17 10:04
U.S. consumers spent $21 billion on bottled water last year. Americans now drink more bottled water than soda.Bottled-water consumption in the U.S. hit 39.3 gallons per capita last year, while carbonated soft drinks fell to 38.5 gallons, marking the first time that soda was knocked off the top spot, according to data from industry tracker Beverage Marketing Corp. But Soda is still more expensiv...
Zap Away Nausea - CinvStop
[Design]
2017/04/17 10:03
As a sufferer of extreme carsickness, I’d do just about anything to make it stop… including zapping myself with electricity! This is essentially how the wearable antiemetic CinvStop device works, only the shock is entirely unnoticeable. In fact, it’s about manipulating your nerve signals rather than distract from the feeling.By releasing a specific low-frequency pulse, it can adjust the vagu...
