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MIT's Swarm Chip Architecture Boosts Multi-Core CPUs
[Tech]
2016/07/05 10:45
New chip design makes parallel programs run many times faster and requires one-tenth the code.Computer chips have stopped getting faster. For the past 10 years, chips’ performance improvements have come from the addition of processing units known as cores.In theory, a program on a 64-core machine would be 64 times as fast as it would be on a single-core machine. But it rarely works out that wa...
Smart Tech for Mommies and Daddies To-Be - Thread
[Design]
2016/07/05 10:45
Being pregnant can be overwhelming and even scary… but knowledge is power when it comes to taking care of baby! That’s the idea behind Thread, a smart system of devices that aim to connect and educate parents in the prenatal stages.The first of 3 devices is wearable tech in the form of a health sensor that analyzes the fetus sleeping state and even emotions based on movement. These metrics ca...
(Infographic) How To Choose The Best Colors For Your Logo
[Design]
2016/07/05 10:45
If you’re at a loss as to what colors to use in your new logo, perhaps this visual guide by Free Logo Services will help in your decision-making. The infographic breaks down what different colors mean, major brands that are associated with these hues, color preferences by gender and design tips should you wish to combine colors. Click on the infographic to view the enlarged version. For more i...
(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...
