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U.S. Consumers Are Spicing Up Their Lives with A Fragrant Kick
[Consumer]
2016/06/22 11:22
Sugar and spice and everything nice is okay when you’re young, but why should kids have all the fun? As it turns out, dried herbs and spices seem to be all the rage for adults too, as retail sales for these two categories have grown by more than $223 million over the past four years. So are people finally realizing that goodness in their spice racks can do wonders for their food?But first thin...
(Video) uLink Lets Users Link Apps Together Like Web Pages
[Tech]
2016/06/22 11:22
uLink lets mobile users create their own links to specific pages and locations with apps, similar to the way bookmarks work in a web browser.The web's utility rests on its connectedness, the so-called "deep links" that take you to specific pages on a website rather than just its landing page. But in the mobile app ecosystem such interconnectedness is both rare and time-intensive to setup. Resea...
A New Type of Printing Innovation - The Dividing Printer
[Design]
2016/06/22 11:21
Ever had to print large documents? They’re quite annoying. Ever had to print multiple copies of large documents?? They’re an absolute nightmare! While most printers allow you to ‘collate’ prints, there’s always a 1% (usually more) chance that one rogue paper finds itself in the wrong pile. The Dividing Printer, as its name suggests does something simple yet smart. It mounts the printer on...
The Failure of Coin
[Business]
2016/06/21 11:02
A few weeks ago news broke that Fitbit purchased most of the assets of Coin. Existing Coin cards will continue functioning until the battery gives out but no additional units will be produced. For those of us that were early adopters of the company’s digital credit card, Coin’s failure comes as no surprise. Their first generation product was widely criticized.While first generation products a...
Tech Companies Mull Storing Data in DNA
[Tech]
2016/06/21 11:02
As conventional storage technologies struggle to keep up with big data, interest grows in a biological alternative. [Test Tube Bits: Biology’s data-storage method, DNA, might work for our data, too.]It was the looming sense of crisis that brought them together. In late April, technologists from IBM, Intel, and Microsoft joined an intimate gathering of computer scientists and geneticists to dis...
(Video) Leo, SITA's Baggage Robot : Check-In Your Bags With This Airport Robot
[Tech]
2016/06/21 11:02
The Geneva Airport tests an automated companion that will help travelers avoid lines and drop off luggage.At the Geneva Airport, travelers are lucky to meet a valuable help when it comes to checking-in their baggage: Leo, the airport robot, will handle that for you.SITA, a Swiss company that specializes in airport technology, partnered with robotics firm BlueBotics to come up with an ingenious...
More Older Americans are Working, and Working More, Than They Used to
[Consumer]
2016/06/21 11:02
More older Americans – those ages 65 and older – are working than at any time since the turn of the century, and today’s older workers are spending more time on the job than did their peers in previous years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of employment data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.In May, 18.8% of Americans ages 65 and older, or nearly 9 million people,...
The ZENTA Wrist-Wearable Tracks Your Mental Health, Not Just Physical
[Product]
2016/06/21 11:02
The new ZENTA wrist-wearable takes a different approach. Created by VINAYA, a London-based technology design house, the Zenta goes down this mental wellness path.Physical wellbeing has been the focus of most wearables to date. Products such as the Apple Watch, Microsoft Band, FitBit and Jawbone all track things like movement, heartbeat etc. At the same time some startups are appearing which try...
The Generational Divide in News Consumption
[Consumer]
2016/06/21 11:01
Some people like to stay on top of the news cycle throughout the day by checking Twitter, Facebook and their favorite news websites. Others prefer to be served a selection of the day’s important happenings by the evening news on TV. Whether you prefer one or the other may come down to your age and what you have become accustomed to in the past.According to data published in the Reuters Institu...
