Key findings from the global industrial manufacturing industryOptimism for growth and a strong need for talentOptimism around manufacturing growth and an eye on the need for increased talent and technology“The future in industrial manufacturing revolves around the way companies embrace strategic change; how they leverage constantly developing digital technology and data analysis. As industrial...

There are a ton of heart rate sensors on the market, from the ones that turn your smartphone’s camera into a heartbeat detector, to the chest straps that can track your rhythm during a workout. What all of those lack is the precision of the Kardia Portable EKG. In as little as 30 seconds, by simply placing your fingertips on the sensor, you can get a medical-grade EKG that could help you detec...

Tinder is a mobile platform where mutually interested people get matched for the sake of building relationships. Although that was Tinder’s original objective, it has since sparked a rise in users looking for casual hookups. While success rates may be relatively high when matched with a kindred spirit, there are still a number of users who look to serious relationships with no intention of cas...

Direct metal writing uses semi-solid heated metals forced through a 3D printer nozzle.A team of engineers has developed a new way of 3D-printing metals that could improve on existing, laser-on-powder based methods. It relies on using semi-solid metals that are solid at rest, but can flow when force is applied, making it possible to move through the nozzle of a printer. Researchers at Lawrence L...

127 million people live in Japan. 5.5 million vending machines live there too. That’s about one for every 23 people, and it hasn’t been until recently that they’ve started to communicate with one another. The vending machines, that is.Recently, programmers at vending solutions company Acure have hoisted the antiquated technology into the cloud, creating a vending machine network and making i...

As companies allocate their annual budgets, more resources are being directed to analytics. Marketing teams want to make sure they’re sending the right messages to the right audiences on the right channels. If even one piece of this equation is off, the marketing department could be wasting money and broadcasting to deaf ears. Behavioral analytics create a yellow brick road for marketing teams...

Collaborations between big companies and startups are the business world’s odd couples—two entities, which at an operational level have little in common, trying to work together.A recent study reported that “50% of startups said that their experience working with corporations was mediocre or worse.” At the same time, according to that study, 82% of corporations view interactions with startu...

For a second year, we worked with The New York Times and used the CB Insights Investor Mosaic algorithm to develop a data-driven ranking of the top venture capital partners. Here are the top 100.For the second year in a row, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals using the CB Insights Investor Mosaic algorithm.In a purely data-driven / a...

Self-described “body hacker” Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden, holds a small microchip implant, similar to those implanted into workers at the Epicenter digital innovation business centre during a party at the co-working space in central Stockholm, Tuesday March 14, 2017. Microchips are being implanted into volunteers to help them open doors and operate office equipment, and its become so p...