In years of writing about every appliance under the sun, the Aircuum (pronounced airkyoom) is a design I’m surprised I haven’t seen before! It is at once an air purifier and vacuum… and it makes perfect sense if you think about it!While the vacuum potation is docked to charge, the hybrid device operates on a quiet low setting to purify the air inside your living area. When it comes time to c...

Understanding the future of shared services.Since 1999, Deloitte has been conducting biennial surveys to understand how shared services organizations are capitalizing on leading practices and trends to address their business challenges and better meet their customers' needs. Top highlights from Deloitte's 2017 global shared services surveyShared services centers (SSCs) deliver greater value yea...

Doctors may soon be able to augment their view of your body, but it will be some time before it’s commonplace.That’s not the kind of conversation you’ll currently overhear in an operating room, but it’s certainly the direction in which we’re headed. Late last year, engineers at Duke University announced that they were developing systems to test how Microsoft’s augmented reality device mig...

The hackers who unleashed a global ransomware attack on Friday (May 12) have netted themselves over $42,000 in payments from victims so far—a paltry sum compared with the hundreds of millions in market value that cybersecurity companies around the world have gained since the attacks hit.In early US trading, Symantec jumped by around 4%, worth some $700 million in market cap. Companies like For...

We recently had the chance to review OTO-TIP by Clear Ear, founded by Lily Truong and Vandana Jain, MD out of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship. The concept was developed to address a simple problem that is the leading cause of hearing loss: ear wax.The OTO-TIP extracts ear wax with a soft silicone screw tip that rotates within the ear canal. It has a clever guard to facilitate prope...

This morning Cisco announced that it is buying MindMeld for $125 million. Founded in 2011, MindMeld helps businesses to build conversational interfaces with cloud-based services.MindMeld, originally called Expect Labs, was launched on the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012. At that time the startup wanted to build an iPad app that could listen in on your conversations and provide relevant cont...

Predicting Apple’s yearly revenues has been fairly easy. The following graph shows the relationship between budgeted spending on Machinery, Equipment, Internal-use software, Land & Buildings and the shipment of iOS device revenues.The company conveniently publishes a full-year forecast of these expenditures every fiscal year so by October we know roughly how sales will be during the follow...

Multiparticulate medications can consist of beads, mini-tablets and microspheres encased in a coating that hides their flavor and prevents them from being dissolved before they reach the stomach. Benefits include the ability to make these medications have just about any flavor, to make them release the drug at a pre-programmed rate, and even release it in regular bursts.Because these medication...

How are you supposed to keep your teeth in tiptop shape if you can’t see ’em?! It’s an unreal expectation… until now! The MTG Dental Camera is specialized to link patients with dentists without the need for inconvenient office visits.The system is like SnapChat for dental care! The camera works with a mobile app which allows the patients to take pictures of their teeth whenever they are exp...