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Mercedes-Benz Debuts Croove, Its Own Car-Sharing Network
[Business]
2016/12/19 10:29
It’s become a well-trod refrain, but carmakers are looking at what comes after ownership, and car-sharing between individual owners and renters is one of those models. Mercedes-Benz has begun its own car-share service that adopts that approach – Croove, a platform that has now launched as a pilot in Munich, Germany.Croove is pure peer-to-peer car rental model, where renters use an app to make...
(Video) This Underground Tunnel for Cars Could Cut an Hour-Long Commute Down to 15 Minutes
[Design]
2016/12/19 10:29
Like many cities, London has a serious problem with gridlock. According to Eurostat's Urban Europe report, the city has the worst congestion in Europe — an average commuter there spends 101 hours in traffic every year.An obvious solution to this problem would be to upgrade or expand the existing tube, train, and bus networks to be more efficient and far-reaching, so that more locals use mass t...
These Are The World’s Most Valuable Brands – And This is What They’re Worth
[Business]
2016/12/19 10:29
Apple is the world’s most valuable brand, according to the latest Interbrand ranking.Measured across three components, the ranking looks at the impact of brand on business growth. A brand value of over $178 billion sees Apple top the ranking.Tech is the most valuable sector in this year’s ranking. Fourteen brands are valued in excess of $600 billion. In an article, Interbrand’s Associate Tec...
3D-Knitted Furniture Arrives at IKEA
[Product]
2016/12/19 10:28
After appearing in trainers and high-end furniture, 3D-knitting has arrived at IKEA in the form of its PS 2017 armchair.Created for the Swedish furniture giant's experimental PS collection, the chair has a mesh back and sides stretched across a powder-coated steel frame.The lightweight chair is produced through a digital knitting process most commonly associated with Nike's Flyknit, which was f...
(Video) See Tokyo From Up Above and Enjoy Innovative Attractions at SKY CIRCUS
[Product]
2016/12/19 10:28
A must-visit tourist site in Tokyo is SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory – an observation deck located in Sunshine City in Ikebukuro – which is a traveler’s delight. If you have ever experienced any views from other observation decks maybe in Tokyo or around the world, let me assure you that you haven’t seen anything like this yet. SKY CIRCUS does not only offer you a fantastic view from the...
(Infographic) The Current State of Machine Intelligence 3.0
[Business]
2016/12/18 11:10
Watching the appeal and applications of machine intelligence expand.[click to enlarge]Almost a year ago, we published our now-annual landscape of machine intelligence companies, and goodness have we seen a lot of activity since then. This year’s landscape has a third more companies than our first one did two years ago, and it feels even more futile to try to be comprehensive, since this just s...
How Self-Driving Cars Work
[Tech]
2016/12/18 11:09
Autonomous cars have arrived — Uber has fleets in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, Google’s parent company is spinning off its driverless car project in a sign it is closer to coming to market, and the federal government has begun to issue guidelines on how the cars should work. How a Car Drives ItselfWhat the Car SeesThe car’s sensors gather data on nearby objects, like their size and rate of...
(PDF) BCG - Productivity Now : A Call to Action for US Manufacturers
[Business]
2016/12/18 11:08
Productivity growth—output growth that exceeds the growth of the workforce and capital employed—has been the lifeblood of the US manufacturing sector for much of the recent past. From 1972 through 2010, the sector’s output more than doubled, while its workforce decreased by more than 30%. These steady gains in productivity have been a major factor in the renaissance of US manufacturing. Howe...
Which P&C Insurers Have Filed Patents Related to Autonomous Vehicles?
[Tech]
2016/12/18 11:07
CB Insights patent search engine identified filed patents relating to autonomous vehicles from insurers including State Farm and The Hartford.This week, Allstate announced a new partnership with Stanford University’s Intelligent Systems Lab to research the implications of connected cars and autonomous vehicles. But according to an analysis of CB Insights Patent Search Engine & Analytics, A...
