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(Patent) Toyota has a Patent for a Rear-Engined Flying Car with A Shapeshifting Body
[Tech]
2016/07/04 11:36
Sure, we give Toyota a lot of crap for building wildly successful, reliable and boring appliance-cars, but somewhere deep in their organization is a loon with a dream of building insane flying cars. I’m pretty sure this is the case, because this is not the first flying-car patent to come from Toyota’s secretive Kook Division. We even know at least one of the names in Toyota’s Bonkers Flying...
(Infographic) The Merging Worlds of Technology and Cars
[Business]
2016/07/04 11:36
The line between the technology and automotive industries is blurring. The rise of rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft means that transportation is being tied ever more closely to your cell phone, while autonomous driving technology is turning your car into a computer. But these developments are expensive: Carmakers’ R&D budgets jumped 61 percent, to $137 billion from 2010 to 2014.Fi...
These Colour-Changing Lipsticks Have Tiny Flowers Trapped Inside - Kailijumei
[Product]
2016/07/04 11:36
elloGiggles has drawn our attention to something truly magical: colour-changing lipsticks, each with a teeny-tiny flower inside. We lose our sh*t over a LOT of makeup products. Seriously dark lipstick, for example. A foundation that perfectly matches our skin tone. That nail polish in a can. But these lipsticks are something else. They’re on another level. We can’t handle it.Sold by Kailijume...
(M&A) If Apple Buys Tidal, Then It Won't Be for The Subscribers — It Has Only 3 Million
[Investing]
2016/07/04 11:36
Apple is in "talks" to buy Tidal, the music-streaming service founded by Jay Z, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.The talks may not lead to a deal, but if Apple is interested in buying Tidal, then it's sure not for the customers. As this chart from Statista shows, Tidal is one of the smallest music-streaming services out there, with only 3 million subscribers. Apple M...
Wireless Generation : Why Sports Bras & Bralettes Are Disrupting Women's Underwear
[Business]
2016/07/04 11:35
Women across all age groups, but especially millennials, prioritize comfort. Move over, lingerie—and make way for "leisurée."The athleisure apparel trend, hardwired into millennials’ shopping habits, even extends to underwear these day—and its having a major affect on the lingerie industry.A new study shows that today’s youth have overthrown the yoke of body-poking wire bras for seamless a...
Baubax Creates Clothes to Wirelessly Charge Your Phone
[Product]
2016/07/04 11:35
A whole line of smart clothing and accessories that charge your smartphone, smartwatch and bluetooth earphones wirelessly.Less than a year after the Kickstarter campaign for his BauBax jacket raised a whopping $9.2 million, he's debuting his next project -- clothes that wirelessly charge your devices. The project launched Tuesday on Kickstarter with a goal of raising $100,000.With this line, hi...
The End of Root Canals ?
[Tech]
2016/07/04 11:35
What if damaged teeth could heal themselves? That's the inspiration behind a new project from Harvard and the University of Nottingham to create stem cell stimulating fillings.Dentists treat hundreds of millions of cavities each year by drilling out the decay and putting in a filling.But 10 to 15 percent of those fillings fail, says Adam Celiz, a therapeutic biomaterials researcher from Univers...
(Video) The Extraordinary Expanding Chair - FlexibleLove
[Design]
2016/07/04 11:35
Such a remarkable natural furniture as FlexibleLove is just available at our shop or exclusive traders in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. You want to know which shops in your surroundings offer FlexibleLove? You love it easy? You can order your own FlexibleLove at unit price plus freight charges at our FlexibleLove shop or at one of our exclusive online sellers. If you like to look at, touch a...
(Video) Pill-Dispensing "Robot" Knows Who You Are - Pillo
[Product]
2016/07/03 11:10
Imagine a pill-dispensing, health-focused version of Amazon Echo, and you'll get an idea of what Pillo is designed to be. Utilizing facial and voice recognition software, the internet-connected device can reportedly recognize multiple family members on sight, giving them their daily medication while also addressing their health and wellness-related inquires.The tamper-proof dispenser can store...
