TREND REPORTS
(Video) Novel Nanostructures Could Usher in Touchless Displays
[Tech]
2015/10/06 11:50
In research published in the journal Advanced Materials, the Germany-based researchers have developed nanostructures capable of changing their electrical and optical properties when a finger passes by them. The resulting device could usher in a new generation of touchless displays.In a world where the “swipe” has become a dominant computer interface method along with moving and clicking the m...
(Video) Bosch Sensor Connects Parking Spaces to the Web
[Tech]
2015/10/06 11:50
Sensors are installed either on or in the ground of each parking space to detect whether or not the space is occupied.Trying to find a parking space in a city center isn't just frustrating at times, but can also waste time, cost money and result in needless tailpipe emissions. We've already seen a prototype from BMW that uses data from cars to predict where free spaces can be found, and now Bos...
The Nu-Drip Saline Bag
[Design]
2015/10/06 11:50
The Nu-Drip saline bag design is so well designed in such a blatantly obvious way, I’m a little dumbfounded that no one has ever thought of it before. Saline bags come with various paraphernalia that really don’t add to the portability of the solution. You tend to associate the saline bag with that cumbersome metal pole upon which it hangs. In no way does that appear even remotely functional...
The Cost of Mobile Ads on 50 News Websites
[Business]
2015/10/05 11:48
Ad blockers, which Apple first allowed on the iPhone in September, promise to conserve data and make websites load faster. But how much of your mobile data comes from advertising? We measured the mix of advertising and editorial on the mobile home pages of the top 50 news websites – including ours – and found that more than half of all data came from ads and other content filtered by ad block...
(Video) 3D Modeling Startup BioDigital Launches An API For The Human Body
[Tech]
2015/10/05 11:48
Imagine a reality where surgeons practice difficult procedures on virtual renditions of their patients before walking into the operating room, and professional athletes review their exact muscle movements on a 3D game tape after they walk off the field.Now that BioDigital, a 3D human body modeling startup, is releasing its API to the public, this is possible.Over the past two years, the New Yor...
Germany’s Reunification 25 Years On
[Investing]
2015/10/05 11:47
IN NOVEMBER last year, we published an earlier iteration of the above graphic, comparing eastern and western Germany as the country marked 25 years since the Berlin Wall's fall with jubilant celebrations.This Saturday Germany will throw another party, this time commemorating the 25th anniversary of reunification, but just 11 months on, these celebrations take place against the gloomy backdrops...
Japan’s SoftBank Leads Whopping $1B funding Into U.S. Fintech Startup SoFi
[Investing]
2015/10/05 11:47
SoFi, a U.S.-based student loans marketplace for lenders and borrowers, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a further $1 billion in funds led by Japan’s SoftBank. It’s calling it the “largest single financing round in the fintech space to date.”Surprisingly, SoFi is still not as well-known as some other startups of its size. A post-money valuation was not disclosed, but it’s now rai...
A New App Called Soon Organizes Your Everyday Bucket List
[Business]
2015/10/05 11:47
Your friend tells you about a great new TV show they’re watching on Netflix, or a new restaurant that you just have to try. If you’re like me, you tend to pop open the Notepad app on your phone and jot down this information for later…And then you promptly forget about it.A new mobile application called Soon is now offering a better way to help you keep track of all those things you want to r...
Forget About The Mobile Internet
[Business]
2015/10/05 11:47
For as long as the idea of the 'mobile internet' has been around, we've thought of it as a cut-down subset of the 'real' Internet. I'd suggest it's time to invert that - to think about mobile as the real internet and the desktop as the limited, cut-down version. Once, the idea that mobile was a subset of the internet made sense. First, the phones themselves could only do a little bit of the int...
