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Office Space That Encourage Collaboration Through Design Are Profliferation
[Design]
2016/04/10 11:07
Recent years have seen an influx of physical spaces that encourage communal activity, such as co-living apartments and coworking offices that emphasize open layouts and shared amenities. As spaces that boost collaboration continue to grow in popularity, employers are updating their office design and amenities to further promote young people’s quest for togetherness—or just plain fun—in the w...
IKEA - Reality (VR) Kitchen Experience for HTC Vive on Steam
[Business]
2016/04/10 11:06
IKEA announced the release of a pilot virtual reality app, the IKEA VR Experience, on Valve’s world leading game platform Steam. The test app, featuring a virtual kitchen experience, is the first foray from IKEA into VR technology. The launch of the app is intended to solicit consumer feedback as IKEA continues to explore the possible implications of the technology for the home. In recent year...
Startup Funding Deals Fall to Lowest Level in 4 Years
[Investing]
2016/04/10 11:05
Venture capitalists are making fewer bets and focusing their investing on more mature companies, such as Snapchat and Lyft.Venture capitalists made fewer bets in the U.S. last quarter, while putting a larger proportion of their money into the most mature private companies, according to research firm PitchBook Data. The findings show that venture investors are trying to play it safe by backing p...
The World’s Smallest Pacemaker Can Be Implanted Without Surgery
[Tech]
2016/04/10 11:04
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an injectable pacemaker that doesn’t require wired leads, which often lead to complications.The one-inch long Medtronic-built device, called the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, is about a tenth the size of traditional pacemakers—making it the smallest in the world.It’s intended for patients with atrial fibrillation (an irregular or rapid...
The Earth’s Very Own Sunglasses - The Global Cooling skyscraper
[Design]
2016/04/10 11:03
The Global Cooling skyscraper is by all means a financial and logistical impossibility…in the present tense. However, if we think of the global cooling skyscraper as a concept, it sounds like a marvelously eccentric idea. Think of it, a massive greenhouse that stands in front of the earth and the sun. Its transparent design allows sunlight to pass through, but it absorbs a great deal of the sh...
(PDF) MIT Media Lab Develop Camera That Removes Reflections
[Tech]
2016/04/07 10:31
MIT computer scientists have developed a new camera that removes reflections so objects can be clearly photographed through glass.Computer scientists from MIT, in collaboration with Microsoft Research, have developed a new camera system that is able to remove reflections so that clear photographs can be captured even when taken through glass.At the moment, no cameras are able to detect and remo...
(PDF) BCG - A New Approach to Organization Design
[Business]
2016/04/07 10:31
In a time of economic turbulence, disruptive technology, globalization, and unprecedentedly fierce competition, the priority concern for many business leaders is to adapt to the changing conditions in order to boost their company’s performance. For that purpose, they frequently turn to organization design for help. By driving a thorough organizational review and redesign, company leaders can c...
Pantone Universe Footwear 2016 Spring/Summer Collection
[Design]
2016/04/07 10:31
Pantone is a name synonymous with just about every shade imaginable, and for Spring/Summer 2016.Pantone Universe Footwear presents a collection that fuses the power of color with the possibilities of design. Inspired by its “Let Colors Rule” philosophy, the label’s new capsule collection combines seasonal shades with timeless footwear silhouettes, including highlights such as the Roland Garr...
Goldman Sachs Leads a $30M Round for Persado’s AI-Based, Automated Copywriting Service
[Investing]
2016/04/07 10:31
Sometime today you’re going to read a marketing message that was probably written by Persado‘s software — and if you haven’t, Goldman Sachs has led a $30 million investment into the company to make sure you will soon.Persado has developed software that can write what co-founder Assaf Baciu calls “cognitive content”, which he says is copywriting primed to get readers to engage.“We’ve run...
