An index of companies with strong brands has outperformed the broader market.Before deciding whether they will put their money into a stock, investors can scour the company’s financial statements, looking at its various measures of valuation and its past performance.But what if one of the most valuable parts of the company was intangible, something that wouldn’t get a line on quarterly balanc...

Most individuals likely don't spend much time wondering how the products they use every day are developed.Generally speaking, they identify the products that appeal to them and then bring them into their lives without thinking too much about how they came to be—their drinkable yogurt, their antioxidant beverages and their rippled toilet paper.So unbeknownst to most consumers, tremendous though...

Brandan Siebrecht, a graduate architecture student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, wants to combine these components into one experience. He designed what he calls the "Hyperloop Hotel," a system that would feature a transit system and 13 hotels in different cities throughout the United States.Siebrecht is the student winner of this year's Radical Innovation Award , a competition for im...

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Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning to reap a range of benefits.After decades of extravagant promises and frustrating disappointments, artificial intelligence (AI) is finally starting to deliver real-life benefits to early-adopting companies. Retailers on the digital frontier rely on AI-powered robots to...

Michelin-the company behind the chubby white tire man we all know and love-is stretching out one plump arm towards the future with its new visionary tire concept, designed to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly. Michelin invisions a puncture-free future, combining tire and wheel into one 3d-printed design. the revolutionary form is made entirely of recycled ma...

Which Companies Make The Most Revenue Per Employee? On average, companies in the energy sector make at least 2x per employee than othersThe world’s largest companies have many similarities, but the size of their respective org charts is not necessarily one of them.At the one extreme, companies such as Walmart require a massive workforce in the millions to run retail operations around the globe...

Enjoy the benefits of the freshest food with the Homefarm Home Hydroponic Garden. Perfect for urban dwellers, the Homefarm offers simplified cultivation through automation. With it, you can grow fresh leafy vegetables and herbs to eat all year ‘round. It even comes with Seed-Pods to get you started. The Homefarm gives your greens the perfect environment to grow including a natural breeze. By m...

Imagine if painting the outside of your house not only made it look easy on the eye, but also took care of all of your home’s energy needs.This, it seems, could soon be a reality as researchers in Australia have come up with a “solar paint” capable of absorbing moisture from the air and turning it into hydrogen fuel for clean energy.Based at RMIT University in Melbourne, southern Australia,...