Amazon Go is the latest real-world shopping experience from the online retail giant. Instead of traditional checkout lines and cashiers, the store uses the "world's most advanced shopping technology" to let customers grab what they want, then simply walk out of the store, according to Amazon.Amazon's been experimenting with brick-and-mortar locations since opening its first bookstore in Seattle...

Influencer marketing has been the buzzword for 2016, and it dominated the digital marketing conversation this year. Going into 2017, it’s clear that the market will mature and techniques are likely to change again. A study from content marketing agency Linqia examines the future for influencer marketing in 2017.According to the report, 2016 is the year influencer marketing went mainstream. Of...

Developed by a team from MIT’s Media Group, ChainFORM is a hardware system of interlocking modules that form a snake-like body. This might sound only moderately interesting, but the video below will likely change your mind.As you can see, the system — which vaguely resembles a robotic serpentine when in “straight” mode — can be seen changing shape using the servo motor and flexible cir...

It’s the holiday season, and that means it’s shopping season. And as friends and family members prepare to exchange gifts and good tidings this season, the mobile wallet plays an indispensable role as consumers choose and buy their gifts.It also provides far more shopping agility than a traditional billfold or money clip while providing a plethora of opportunities for advertisers and marketer...

Book and Bed, the bookstore where you can stay overnight, welcomes guests to its new branch in Gion, Kyoto, on December 2nd.Somewhat confusingly called Book and Bed Tokyo Kyoto Branch, it is the second venue of the bookstore-cum-hotel, following the successful Ikebukuro space that opened in July 2015.As first reported this summer, Book and Bed has proved a hit with tourists and bookworms alike...

Albuquerque, New Mexico-based start-up DermaTec introduces its first product, the OnusBlue wearable blood alcohol detection patch.This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.DermaTec’s OnusBlue alcohol detection patch is worn directl...

Thanks to a new odor-cancelling technology, now you can have your doughnuts without smelling like the oil they were fried in.I love smelling like a grease trap, said no one ever. The question of how to get rid of the smell of cooking grease from one's clothes and surroundings has attracted advice ranging from soaking the garments in ammonia and hot water, to spraying vodka on everything. In the...

The age of autonomous cars is upon us and it’s not only passenger vehicles we can expect to change! The Volvo Autonomous Trailer AT404 explores what we might expect from the brand, known for making hardworking tractor/trailers, were they to develop an autonomous ground cargo shipping system.The cabin, where before there was a driver, becomes an extra loading space. This is followed by not just...

Facebook has acquired or purchased a number of companies since it’s humble inception in 2004, over 10 years back.Facebook or should we say, “The Facebook,” was created by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. Initially created solely for college students attending specific schools, Facebook reached one million users in just 10 short months after its inception. Eleven years later in 2016, Faceboo...