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Tu Casa Es Mi Casa
[Consumer]
2015/12/13 11:04
AMERICA is a country built by immigration, but nothing in its history compares to the rise in its Hispanic population. Changes to immigration law in the 1960s triggered a decades-long surge in arrivals, taking the Hispanic population from just 7m in 1970 to 57m today, a number that is set to double by mid-century. At that point one in four Americans will be of Latino descent. In relation to the...
(Video) The World’s First Truly Smart Lamp - FLUXO
[Product]
2015/12/13 11:03
The Fluxo smart lamp is a pendant lamp that features over 300 white and color LEDs.Most modern lighting operation is fairly straightforward – switches flip on/off, maybe even dim. More recently connected bulbs have offered the additional benefits of wireless settings, and some even double as speakers. Now directional control is being added to the smart lighting mix. The Fluxo smart lamp is des...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2015 Global Mobile Consumer Survey
[Consumer]
2015/12/10 10:49
According to a survey of US consumers by Deloitte released today (Dec. 9), 18% of respondents reported paying with their phone in a store at least once this year, up from just 5% in 2014.Most promising for the mobile payment industry is that 13% of respondents in 2015 said they use their phones on a semi-regular basis to make purchases. Last year the survey only asked whether people had ever ma...
Sink Into Sitskie !
[Design]
2015/12/10 10:49
At first glance, Los Angeles-based design studio Sitskie’s “Block” collection of furniture looks hard like most wood furniture, but take a seat and you’ll experience its cushioned block system. designed to give you a soft comfortable experience while keeping all the benefits of a solid surface – durability, cleanliness and the beauty of the solid material. Individual wood blocks on top of...
Bridgestone’s New Car Tire Technology Detects Road Conditions
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:49
Bridgestone's CAIS technology uses the car's tires to inform the driver of road surface conditions in real time.The Contact Area Information Sensing (CAIS) system includes a sensor on the tire's internal wall that monitors its interaction with the road surface and informs the driver accordingly. In development since 2011, the CAIS is finally ready for commercial applications.Bridgestone unveile...
LEDs : Christmas Lighting Revolutionized
[Product]
2015/12/10 10:48
This week, countless families have been putting the finishing touches to their Christmas trees. In the United States at least, many of them will still be using dusty old incandescent light bulbs to illuminate their creations. It might be time to switch over to modern LEDs if you haven't done so already. They use up to 75 percent less energy than their incandescent counterparts and last up to 25...
(IPO) This Profitable Startup with No Outside Investors will be Worth $4.4 Billion
[Investing]
2015/12/10 10:48
The IPO market may be cooling down for a lot of tech companies, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Atlassian, the business-software maker best known for its Jira and HipChat products.Atlassian, slated to begin trading on the public markets Thursday, set its IPO price at $21 per share, giving it a $4.4 billion valuation.That's a nice boost from the price range Atlassian had originally pro...
(Video) Low-cost Bioactive Paper Detects Blood Types in Under a Minute
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:48
Manolios tells us that the device costs less than a dollar.Determining a blood type to ensure compatibility ahead of a transfusion isn't straightforward at the best of times, but in regions of the world where proper medical equipment is unavailable it is nigh on impossible. A new, bioactive piece of paper promises to change that, however, with the ability to analyze just a few drops of blood an...
The World’s Tiniest Temperature Sensor is Powered by Radio Waves
[Tech]
2015/12/10 10:48
The tiny temperature sensor on the finger of PhD-student Hao Gao. One of the problems for the smart buildings of tomorrow is that they may depend on some very un-smart wires to power them. To cut the cord, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researcher Hao Gao, as part of his PhD thesis, has developed a tiny transmitting temperature sensor that is powered by radio waves, eliminating the n...
