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There's a Smartphone-Powered Store in Sweden With No Human Cashiers
[Business]
2016/03/02 11:14
In Sweden's 1st unstaffed food shop, all you need is a phone.We all know robots are coming for our jobs, but smartphones could soon be carrying the career-slaying torch as well. A small convenience store in Sweden only has one employee—the smartphone in your pocket—and it’s always working, 24-7.According to the Associated Press, a small store in Viken, Sweden uses smartphones for everything,...
Hungryroot Raises $3.7 Million for Healthy Eats
[Investing]
2016/03/02 11:14
Brownies made of black beans and cookies made of chickpeas are among the unusual recipes found on Hungryroot. Launched last year, the New York-based meal kit startup focuses on vegetable-based natural foods that can be prepared in under seven minutes.After demonstrating “rapid growth,” Hungryroot has raised an additional $3.7 million in financing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lerer Hippea...
MIT - Solar Cells As Light As a Soap Bubble
[Tech]
2016/03/02 11:14
Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon.Researchers at MIT have now demonstrated just such a technology: the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever prod...
Mini-boo For The Mini You !
[Design]
2016/03/02 11:14
Mini-Boo, such a cute name for a stroller! Designed using British style and sensibilities, the Mini-Boo is a baby stroller that doubles up into a baby seat for the car. The lower frame can then be stored in any car trunk. The stroller does more than just be a mobile shelter for the child. It also has audio-video integration that allows the mum to keep tabs on her little one even while she’s dr...
(Infographic) The Habits Of Highly Successful Millennials
[Consumer]
2016/03/02 11:13
Millennials are the largest generational cohort in history. Though they often get a bad rap, it's not deserved. Learn more about the habits of successful millennials from this infographic from Self Storage.[selfstorage]
(PDF) BCG - What’s Ahead for Car Sharing ?
[Business]
2016/03/01 11:10
The New Mobility and Its Impact on Vehicle Sales.One of the most remarkable developments of the 21st century global marketplace is the rapid growth and evolution of the sharing economy. Today, ordinary people can rent, short-term, everything from luxury handbags to high-end homes to powerboats to designer pets to musical instruments. And also cars. BCG has researched the potential growth of the...
(PDF) Boeing's Futuristic Technology to 3D Print Objects While Levitating in Space
[Tech]
2016/03/01 11:09
New Levitating 3D Printing Technology Prints In Mid-Air.Imagine printing something with multiple print heads while the object in question was floating in space. Please. Imagine it because I have no idea what is going on here.A new “levitating” 3D printing technology pioneered by Boeing uses a central nugget of magnetic material. The nugget floats above another magnet (or via acoustic waves) a...
(Video) Clean Sleep – Mattress Cleaning Truck on Shark Tank Works In 15 Minutes
[Business]
2016/03/01 11:08
Clean Sleep From 'Shark Tank' Is Available Now To Make Your Bed Feel As Sweet As Your Dreams.A hard-working young man named Michael Ingle has come up with a solution to cleaning bed mattresses. It took him two years to create a prototype of his Clean Sleep Machine – “a 16-foot truck filled with technology dedicated to removing dust mites, dead skin and bed bugs from mattresses.” The truck us...
Health VR Startup MindMaze Claims Unicorn Status with $100M Raise
[Investing]
2016/03/01 11:07
MindMaze has a long-term plan to transform medical care using imaging techniques such as virtual reality and augmented reality, and now it has $100 million from investors to explore those possibilities. The startup, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is making San Francisco its U.S. headquarters, drawn here by the Bay Area’s active virtual reality community and its top research universities. And...
