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(Video) The $26,000 Elysium Chair is Designed to Make You Feel Weightless
[Design]
2016/10/12 10:37
Chances are your furniture budget for your entire house wasn’t $26,000, but if it was, A: Invite us over, and B: You might be tempted to send it all back and splurge on the Elysium chair.Its creator, David Wickett, has a PhD in bioengineering. He was hoping to create a chair that would make you feel weightless, and the equation he developed during his 10 years of research became the backbone o...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Independent Work : Choice, Necessity, And The Gig Economy
[Business]
2016/10/12 10:37
The McKinsey Global Institute examines all the ways people are earning income, as well as the challenges independent work presents.Working nine to five for a single employer bears little resemblance to the way a substantial share of the workforce makes a living today. Millions of people assemble various income streams and work independently, rather than in structured payroll jobs. This is hardl...
(Video) SolPad Residential Solar Panels Come With built-In Battery Storage and An Inverter
[Product]
2016/10/12 10:37
SunCulture Solar recently unveiled their SolPad, a 100-percent-integrated solar panel that aims to give more control to users over the power they’re consuming.Equipped with battery storage and an inverter, the SolPad can be utilized on or off the grid. SunCulture Solar says it is the “thinnest, lightest, and most powerful fully integrated IoT solar panel device in the world.”SunCulture Solar...
Brands Create Experimental Living Spaces
[Design]
2016/10/12 10:37
Recent years have seen youth seek a sense of home through brands’ physical outposts, especially in urban areas, where space and amenities come at a premium. In an extension of this trend, forward-thinking companies are experimenting with spaces that take this concept literally by providing places for consumers to live.MINIThis summer, MINI demonstrated how its core principle of “creative use...
(Video) Shiseido App TeleBeauty Applies Virtual Makeup for Telecommuting Women
[Product]
2016/10/12 10:36
Shiseido is trying help Japan change its work ethic and make life easier for female teleworkers through a new cosmetic technology called TeleBeauty.The app scans your face and then adjusts the color of the image to match the tone of the user’s skin. It can also blur out pores and blemishes, and even apply rouge and lipstick.There is a choice of four different makeup patterns (natural, trend, c...
Panasonic's New Flexible Lithium-Ion Battery Can Do The Twist
[Tech]
2016/10/12 10:36
The new li-ion battery, getting bendy.Although advances in flexible electronics show a lot of promise for tech such as smart fabrics or bendable smartphones, things can only progress so far if those electronics still incorporate rigid batteries. With that in mind, a number of groups are now developing batteries that are flexible, too. Panasonic has just announced one of its own, which could be...
(Video) HelmetHair - A Helmet Kids Will Actually Wear
[Design]
2016/10/12 10:36
This clever design, called HelmetHair, explores the silly side of helmets in hopes that kids will be more inclined to protect their noggins! Shaped like a funky hairdo, it gives kids a playful, funny new look they’ll love while simultaneously offering safety when they’re riding a bike or scooter. Customizable using an online platform, kids can get a preview of their HelmetHair and get involve...
(PDF) This is What an A.I.-Powered Future Looks Like
[Business]
2016/10/11 10:50
Today, we are just beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible with artificial intelligence (A.I.) and how individuals will interact with its various forms. Every single aspect of our society — from cars to houses to products to services — will be reimagined and redesigned to incorporate A.I.A child born in the year 2030 will not comprehend why his or her parents once had to manually...
(Video) VR May Be A Legitimate Design Tool Sooner Than You Think - GravitySketch
[Design]
2016/10/11 10:50
GravitySketch is building a workflow for designers who use VR, like Google Docs for designing in virtual environments.Tiltbrush is the ultimate sketching app. You can decorate a snowman, wireframe a tiny house, or draw jaw-dropping landscapes, filled with dragons made of flame paint that stretch the length of your living room. But there’s a catch: while you can technically export the images to...
