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(Video) Tiny 'Metalens' Could Bring SLR Camera Quality to Your Phone
[Tech]
2016/06/08 10:52
Harvard's metalens relies on domino-shaped elements that direct light to compose an image.[Harvard's metalens relies on domino-shaped elements that direct light to compose an image.]A new grain-of-sand-sized lens could one day compete with those enormous DSLR lenses to create sharp pictures.A group of scientists at Harvard University debuted their new "metalens" in Science last week, and hope i...
(Video) Next-Generation 3D Scanner for Foot Orthotics - CryoScan3D
[Product]
2016/06/08 10:52
Fuel3D has unveiled their very first custom enterprise solution which takes the form of the new CryoScan3D Foot Scanner which has been created for foot orthotics. The Fuel3D foot scanner should make designing customised orthotics much easier and faster by providing a more accurate 3D scan of the person’s foot. John Stimpson, President of Cryos Technologies explains a little more about the new...
Conversable Launches Conversational Commerce Flatform for Facebook, Twitter and SMS
[Business]
2016/06/08 10:51
One startup, Conversable, which launches today with an enterprise SaaS offering, aims to help usher in this new era for ecommerce across multiple messaging platforms, SMS, and Twitter.Conversational commerce is coming. Kleiner Perkins’ Mary Meeker declared it “messaging’s secret sauce” in this year’s Internet Trends report. Ernst & Young’s David Nichols sees it as the next evolution b...
Innovative College Vending Machines Will Feature a Digital Ad Network
[Business]
2016/06/08 10:51
Vengo Labs will reach 45 campuses this fall By Christopher Heine.Here is an example of a digitally-enhanced vending machine on NYU's campus. Vengo LabsCollege students on some 45 campuses this fall will notice wall-mounted vending machines that sell a variety of products. But what will likely stick out the most are the digital ads streaming on the machines from the likes of Hershey, Kiehl's and...
Benjamin Hubert's Layer Expands Cradle Chair Collection for Moroso with Lnitted Mesh Backs
[Design]
2016/06/08 10:51
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has expanded and updated its Cradle collection for Italian furniture brand Moroso, featuring a stretch-mesh material made using new digital knitting techniques.Originally launched in Milan in 2013, Hubert's Cradle chair collection now features seat backs made from a stretch mesh created using similar knitting technology to Nike...
(Infographic) 55 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About Google
[Business]
2016/06/07 10:51
Did you know that Google is available in 90 different languages and that it serves over 200 million people daily? Learn other interesting fun facts about Google in the following infographic BarginFox. Infographic : http://editorial.designtaxi.com/editorial-images/news-google310516/1.jpg[taxi]
(Video) HoloAnatomy App Previews Use of Augmented Reality in Medical Schools
[Tech]
2016/06/07 10:51
The Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Case Western Reserve University to release a Microsoft HoloLens app that allows users to explore the human body using augmented reality technology. The HoloLens is a headset that superimposes computer generated 3D graphics onto a person’s field of view, essentially blending reality with virtual reality.The HoloAnatomy app lets people explore a virtual hu...
Apple Watch : Why Let Facts Cloud The Debate?
[Consumer]
2016/06/07 10:51
The absence of official numbers for the Apple Watch leads to speculation that the device is a flop — why else would Apple hide the numbers? But the company’s penchant for secrecy shouldn’t prevent us from looking at a few facts, and from thinking about the company’s long game.Apple products excite imaginations, I’d even venture that iDevices are psychotoxic and drive unbalanced members o...
(M&A) Snapchat Acquires Seene That Lets Mobile Users Make 3D Selfies
[Investing]
2016/06/07 10:50
Snapchat has acquired 3D photo app maker Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) a couple of months ago, TechCrunch has learned.Seene lets you capture 3D models from your phone with a simple smartphone camera. Snapchat could use Seene’s format for a brand new category of selfie lenses, a new 3D photo format, and potentially for future virtual reality projects.According to our sources, Snapch...
