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(Video) World’s First Use of its Miniaturized Robot in Human Surgery
[Tech]
2016/03/23 10:45
First-in-Human Feasibility Trial for Robotically Assisted Colon Resection Procedures Successfully Completed in Paraguay.Virtual Incision Corporation today announced the successful first-in-human use of its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device (RASD) for colon resection, a procedure performed to treat patients with lower gastrointestinal diseases. These diseases include diverticulit...
Sales Research Startup Mattermark Raises $7.3M, Now Valued at $42M
[Investing]
2016/03/23 10:45
Mattermark, which has evolved rapidly from a database to help investors rank startups to a sales intelligence service, today announced that it has raised $7.3 million in series B funding and is valued at $42 million. The equity investment was led by Foundry Group and Jon Hallett, with participation from existing investors. (Disclosure: VentureBeat occasionally publishes opinion pieces from Foun...
(Video) TetraPOD - Greener Sea Defense
[Design]
2016/03/23 10:45
Sheng-Hung Lee has submitted his latest project, Tetrapot. This project is about creating structures that can act as sea defense by creating a natural habitat. You can read the explanation from Sheng-Hung Lee below.It started with a vision to create a stronger yet greener sea defense. Since we were in kid’s age, we have been wondering what these concrete blocks are and why these artificial sea...
Silicon Valley May Want MBAs More Than Wall Street Does
[Business]
2016/03/22 10:49
Never mind the trash talk. More tech companies are hiring MBAs.[click to enlarge]PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said MBAs are predisposed to “herdlike thinking and behavior.” Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen dubbed them a contrarian indicator, saying “if they want to go into tech, that means a bubble is forming.” In a post on the question-and-answer website Quora, Facebook Chief Operating...
(PDF) BCG - The Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the TV Industry
[Business]
2016/03/22 10:49
The global television industry is in the midst of a digital revolution. Online video has been spreading like wildfire, empowering consumers to watch what they want when they want it, sometimes cutting TV out of the equation altogether. Networks, with their long legacy of linear programming (that is, airing news, sports, and entertainment at set times), are fighting to stay relevant. Cable and s...
(Video) Harvard - A 3D Material that Folds, Bends and Shrinks on its Own
[Tech]
2016/03/22 10:49
Using thin polymer sheets, the team created 64 individual cells to make a 4 x 4 x 4 cube capable of growing, shrinking, changing its entire shape, altering the orientation of its microstructure, and folding to become totally flat.Harvard researchers have created a 3D programmable mechanical metamaterial that can be programmed to change shape, volume and size on command, making it ideal for buil...
Modern Dating by the Numbers
[Consumer]
2016/03/22 10:48
Looking for love online? You might be surprised by some of these stats.[cnnmoney]
Stealth Socks : Covertly Fresh, Impeccably Styled
[Product]
2016/03/22 10:48
Stealth Socks, With Silver And Carbon Infused Fibers That Keep Your Feet From Smelling.Look, feet are gross. They stay in a box all day, and all those skin cells and sweat have nowhere to go but into that sponge you call a sock. No wonder after a while they start smelling like death itself. Stealth Socks are made to combat this little issue.The secret weapon behind the Stealth Sock is its uniqu...
"Minority Report" Tech Meets the Operating Room
[Tech]
2016/03/22 10:48
Technology showcased in the movie Minority Report, which enabled Tom Cruise to swipe through midair images in the 2002 film, could soon become a staple of hospital operating rooms. A new gesture-controlled computer interface aims to give surgeons easier access to medical images during marathon surgical operations.The experimental medical system takes advantage of Leap Motion controllers that ca...
