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(Video) Nightingale Sleep Encourages Slumber Under a White Noise "Sound Blanket"
[Product]
2016/10/11 10:49
When plugged into different parts of the bedroom, the Nightingale white noise system is said to create a sound blanket that blocks incoming sound and helps a user sleep better.Pitch black darkness and silence may help some people drift off at night, but others fall asleep better with music, TV or a fan on in the room. For the latter group, a white noise machine or app can be a handy bedside com...
The Yuan Joins an Elite Currency Club
[Investing]
2016/10/11 10:49
ON OCTOBER 1st, the yuan joined the elite basket of currencies that together form the Special Drawing Right (SDR), a unit of account created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The designation represents an important “seal of approval” from the IMF and its 189-country membership, and marks a big milestone in the internationalisation of China’s currency. While the yuan is still far from...
(Video) Sweden's Uniti Short-Range City EV Successfully Navigates Crowdfunding Route
[Design]
2016/10/11 10:47
The Uniti city car has hit its crowdfunding goal, with a prototype set for completion by the end of 2017.Lessening range anxiety is a priority for many electric vehicle manufacturers, but others are steering into the skid with small EVs designed for short-range city driving, such as the Renault Twizy and the Microlino. Joining them is the Swedish startup Uniti, which has just hit its crowdfundi...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Chinese Consumers : Revisiting Our Predictions
[Consumer]
2016/10/10 10:36
As their incomes rise, Chinese consumers are trading up and going beyond necessities.In 2011, we tried our hand at predicting the ways in which, in the decade to come, Chinese consumers would change their preferences and behaviors. This article takes stock of those predictions.Why check in now? One reason is we’re about halfway to 2020. Another is a comprehensive new McKinsey survey, which fol...
(Infographic) The Race For AI : Google, Twitter, Intel, Apple In A Rush
[Investing]
2016/10/10 10:36
Nearly half of the AI companies acquired since 2011 have had VC backing.Nearly 140 private companies working to advance artificial intelligence technologies have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 acquisitions taking place in 2016 alone (as of 10/7/2016). Corporate giants like Google, IBM, Yahoo, Intel, Apple and Salesforce, are competing in the race to acquire private AI companies, with Sa...
(Video) Using Virtual Reality to Buy Multimillion Dollar Real Estate - Virtual Xperience
[Business]
2016/10/10 10:36
To own a home in Manhattan, you essentially need to be a millionaire.New York’s total property value soared earlier this year, reaching a record-setting value of around $1 trillion. The median sales price of a Manhattan home was $2 million, and that’s not even at the top.To make it easier for wealthy people to see their options without the legwork, a virtual reality company is applying Oculus...
The Slow Death of Traditional Media
[Business]
2016/10/10 10:35
Bill Gates once famously said that we systematically overestimate the change that will occur in two years, while underestimating the change that will come in the next ten.The ongoing conversation about the death of legacy media definitely fits that mold.Over the last five to ten years, people have been talking about how the newspaper, magazine, or radio station would become all but obsolete. An...
Crowdsourced Company Values in The Clothing Sector - Orin
[Business]
2016/10/10 10:35
Orin is a new activewear brand that is disrupting the clothing industry, asking the internet to make decisions on nearly every element of the company’s development from product to marketing.Springwise has seen an increase in innovations using crowdsourcing. In Mexico City, citizens were invited to contribute to the municipality’s new constitution, and in the US organisations are using crowdso...
The Fashionable & Collapsible Travel Bottle - que Bottle
[Product]
2016/10/10 10:35
The only bottle that fits in your bag and matches your style. Unique spiral design shrinks the bottle without sacrificing good looks.We all want easy access to hydration anywhere anytime, yet no one likes to carry around a bulky water bottle that fits nowhere and only adds unnecessary weight. Plastic bottled water is convenient but does so much permanent damage to our planet. So we created que...
