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(M&A) Why Intel is Paying $15 Billion for Mobileye
[Investing]
2017/03/14 10:47
Cars coming off the assembly line in the next few years will have computing power to rival your cellphones, and they’ll get even more complex as automakers introduce more self-driving technology.That’s why Intel — known for its chips, data centers and computing capabilities — just bought self-driving tech supplier Mobileye for $15 billion. Intel, which has long been a supplier to the PC ind...
(Video) A New York Startup, Lemonade Shakes Up The Insurance Business
[Business]
2017/03/14 10:47
Is the future of insurance named after a soft drink?IT IS not typhoons or earthquakes that insurers should fear most, but geeks alert to their businesses’ inefficiencies. Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger, tech entrepreneurs with no insurance background, spotted that the industry is huge (worth $4.6trn in global premium income a year, reckons Swiss Re, a reinsurer), distrusted, antiquated and...
Best Selling Hard Soda Brands in the U.S.
[Product]
2017/03/14 10:47
Hard soda’s making a big splash in the United States. What’s it all about? Call it a combination of soft drink and beer. The flavors range from root beer, cherry cola, orange, ginger or even vanilla. Close to 40 brands exist in the U.S. The most popular is Small Town Not Your Fathers Root Beer Ale. The overall sales growth is quite impressive.This chart shows total hard soda sales & leadi...
Biodegradable Packages Will Keep Your Food Fresh
[Tech]
2017/03/14 10:47
KTU researchers are creating biodegradable food packaging materials, which, in addition, will also keep food fresh for longer. This innovation would solve two problems at once: assist in cutting down packaging waste and in reducing the number of food-borne illnesses.The petroleum-based plastic film typically used in food packaging is difficult to clean up and recycle, and it remains in landfill...
FRAME : Eyeglasses Cut From Sheet Metal to Reduce Waste
[Design]
2017/03/14 10:41
Looking for a way to reduce the amount of waste material when producing eyeglasses and sunglasses, RELVAOKELLERMANN decided to take a new approach. With eyewear being such a small product that has to take into account many things – comfort, nose size, distances between eyes and ears, durability, materials, etc. – not much by way of innovation has been happening in the field. RELVAOKELLERMANN...
Donut Waste Water - The Hydr
[Design]
2017/03/14 10:40
How is it that with all the water we have around us, we’re still short of the damn thing! It’s high time we started designing responsibly, don’t you think? The Hydr does that by essentially cutting out a large portion of the hand shower to not just make it look interesting, but to essentially save up on water too.The donut/torus shape of the Hydr’s hand shower is not just a visually interes...
This New Cruise Ship Reimagines What It Means to Be Outdoors - Celebrity Cruises
[Design]
2017/03/14 10:40
Its "indoor" balconies bring sea views to your couch. A "magic carpet" hovers off the edge of the ship.Richard Fain, the chief executive officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., is willing to bet $5 billion that he can take everything you know about cruising and flip it upside down. Or at least outside in.On Monday, he and Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, CEO of Celebrity Cruises—one of three brands in the...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Keeping Transformations on Target
[Business]
2017/03/13 10:56
Analysis of high-stakes transformations reveals a few pragmatic lessons that increase the odds of meeting the organization’s objectives.Any transformation worth the name starts with ambitious goals. Setting them is hard enough, especially for organizations long used to the risk-averse pattern of underpromising and overdelivering. But the real work starts once the organization sets out to turn...
(Video) Synthetic Spider Silk for Sale in a $314 Necktie - Bolt Threads
[Tech]
2017/03/13 10:55
Biotech company Bolt Threads debuts $314 necktie made entirely from ‘spider silk’. Can the biological super material live up to its hype?We were promised carbon-nanotube space elevators, nanorobots that would mend us from the inside out, bulletproof vests made from spider silk, and so much more. What we will get, at least when it comes to arachnid materials, is a $314.15, limited edition spid...
