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The Hub-less Espresso Machine - Cyclone Belt Coffee Machine
[Design]
2016/06/21 11:01
Not more than a month back we saw Dyson reinvent the hairdryer. Over the years we’ve begun to appreciate how their well engineered products are also supported by amazing design. The same goes for the Cyclone Belt Coffee Machine. It captures the hubless style of the Dyson’s Fan and Hairdryer. All you do is place the cup in the negative space, run the controls, and out pours the coffee, tasty a...
(Infographic) 7 Reasons Why Domino’s is Winning in India
[Business]
2016/06/21 10:10
Quick Serve Restaurants (QSRs) are becoming very popular in India. This has been enabled by two things: 1) A rising middle-class. 2) The breakneck pace of mobile adoption in India.The middle-class is rising because of IT jobs and the “Make in India” government campaign where foreign companies are required to have local jobs and source 30% of their products from India.Mobile adoption is also a...
California Overtakes France to Become Sixth-Largest Economy
[Investing]
2016/06/20 10:45
California has overtaken France as the world’s sixth-largest economy, fueled by strong growth and the U.S. dollar’s gains against foreign currencies, state data released Tuesday show.The most-populous U.S. state, with a gross domestic product of $2.5 trillion, has also eclipsed recession-plagued Brazil.“This is the result of both good growth in California and exchange-rate movements of the U...
(PDF) Meet Synthia, The Virtual Driving School for Autonomous Cars
[Tech]
2016/06/20 10:45
The city simulation can provide accurate labeling of trees, sidewalks and road crossings to help train the AI of self-driving cars.For all their hype, self-driving cars are still quite clueless at many tasks that are simple for human drivers, like recognizing a sidewalk or a traffic light. Scientists at the Computer Vision Center in Barcelona have now come to the rescue with Synthia, a virtual...
Intelligent Eating Platform, AVA, Raises $3 Million Seed Round
[Investing]
2016/06/20 10:45
AVA, a personalized, data-driven nutritional coaching solution currently in private beta, today announced that it closed a $3 million seed funding round led by DCM Ventures, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors, among others. The funding enables continued development of AVA’s technology and expansion of its nutritional science team.“We're putting int...
(Video) B2X Raises $6.76M for Customer Care, Used by Apple, Motorola and Xiaomi
[Investing]
2016/06/20 10:45
B2X, a customer care technology company based in Munich, has closed a new round of funding worth €6 million (about $6.76 million) from Harbert European Growth Partners.The new funds will be used to push B2X’s international expansion of its platforms into new markets. It claims its revenues have grown 59% since 2011.Apple, Motorola, and Xiaomi currently use B2X’s technology to provide custome...
The Most Popular Apps in the World
[Business]
2016/06/20 10:44
As we have recently learned, smartphone users in the United States spend more time using apps than ever before. On average, they spend more than 40 hours a month using their favorite apps. Meanwhile, the number of apps they use has plateaued since 2012. 27 appears to be the magic number in terms of how many apps people need.So which apps do people actually use? According to SensorTower data rep...
(Video) The AUUG iPhone Grip And App Turns Your Body Into A Musical Instrument
[Tech]
2016/06/20 10:44
Anything that encourages people to stop hunching over their iPhones like a tech-literate Mr. Burns is a good thing–especially when it also looks cool and makes fun noises. The AUUG Motion Synth, a grip that attaches to your iPhone or iPod touch and creates sound by tracking your movements through its app, was designed for electronic musicians, but I can see other people using it, like dancers,...
Self-Healing Smartphone Screens ? This Plastic Can Repair Itself
[Tech]
2016/06/20 10:44
This time series shows two healing agents (dyed red and blue) mixing and hardening to fill a hole in a polymer.Forty years ago, plastic surpassed steel as the most widely used material in the world. Sure, the affordable and malleable polymers have brought plenty of convenience to modern life (Tupperware! Teflon! Velcro!) as well as taking on more-vital roles, in airplanes, cars, and smartphones...
