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Healthcare Upstarts Vie To Slow The Aging Process On A Cellular Level
[Business]
2016/02/18 11:16
Overwhelmingly, young adults would rather be healthy (73%) than wealthy (27%), but their distrust of big institutions and burgeoning Health Hacker mentality is inspiring them to seek alternatives to mainstream healthcare. Lately, companies working to prevent aging and the age-related diseases that come with it have been capturing their attention, as they hunt for tech-driven solutions to improv...
(PDF) Cold Plasma Device Safely Sterilizes Cell Phones in 10 Minutes
[Tech]
2016/02/18 11:16
Rapid Sterilization of Cell Phones Using a Novel Portable Non-Thermal Plasma Device.Plasmas are typically hot, often generated by heating gasses to the point that molecular bonds break and ions in large quantities are created. While plasmas can be used to sterilize objects, the heat can destroy the very objects being cleaned. There are cold plasmas though, and researchers at Weill Cornell Medic...
The MiniBrew Is a Little Machine for Homebrewing Beer
[Product]
2016/02/18 11:16
MiniBrew is the world’s first all in one, small batch beer brewing machine. Without the faintest knowledge of brewing, this table-top fully-automated brewing system includes everything you need to make 5-liters of beer in just a week.Making beer at home can be fun, but it’s also a fairly complex process that takes time and know how. But these days there are enough sensors and tiny processors...
(PDF) PwC’s 19th Annual Global CEO Survey
[Business]
2016/02/17 11:33
The global economy and geopolitical tensions are two of the key factors weighing on the minds of chief executives, according to a global CEO survey launched at Davos last week. Despite the fact that we are now eight years on from the financial crisis, business leaders are proving to be increasingly concerned about the global economy.Less than a third (27%) of the CEOs in the survey, which was c...
Mattel Unveils ThingMaker, A $300 3D Printer That Lets Kids Make Their Own Toys
[Product]
2016/02/17 11:32
At New York’s Toy Fair trade show over the weekend, Mattel unveiled its new, $300 3D Printer, the “ThingMaker,” which will allow children to print their own toys at home. The device works in conjunction with a 3D printing app developed in collaboration with Autodesk that offers a simple interface for designing items that can then come to life via Mattel’s ThingMaker as well as with other st...
Better Brews Come Delivered By Data Analytics
[Business]
2016/02/17 11:32
Cognitive and social context was the launchpad for these algorithmically alcoholic beverages.Using sophisticated data science, IBM and Havas helia created a beer that tastes of joy and optimism. How you may ask? They used a tool called Watson Personality Insights, which analyzes language to produce a personality profile. The technology uses linguistic analysis to find meaning words. In linguist...
(Video) Razor's Jetts Turn Any Pair of Shoes Into Rolling Heelys
[Product]
2016/02/17 11:32
Admit it, when you see a bunch of kids wearing Heelys roll past you at the mall, deep down you wish there was a version for adults, right? With Razor’s new strap-on Jetts, there finally is. And they work with any pair of shoes, and any grownup weighing less than 176 pounds.That probably means some of you taller, larger folks won’t be able to use a pair of the $40 Jetts without them breaking u...
Virtual Reality to Drive Big Revenues in China
[Business]
2016/02/17 11:32
The virtual reality (VR) market is skyrocketing in China, according to 2016 estimates. Triple-digit growth is here to stay for a few years. Triple-digit growth is here to stay for a few years.According to Analysys International Enfodesk, revenues from hardware, software, content and other services associated with virtual reality reached RMB180.0 million ($28.89 million) last year. That was near...
How The Martian Is Helping to Sell Actual Potatoes (Astronaut Poop Not Included)
[Business]
2016/02/17 11:32
Two days ago, a Redditor posted a grocery-store photo of a DVD of The Martian placed strategically over baskets of potatoes. The thread has since become a subreddit of the month and is doing the viral rounds with Olympian-level speed. People who've seen the movie, or read the book, will get it: One trial of protagonist Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon, whose whole career right now revolves aro...
