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(Video) Google's Project Soli, A Radar-Based Wearable to Control Anything
[Tech]
2015/06/02 11:14
Project Soli is that wearable, but it’s not the wearable you might think it is. It’s not a watch; it’s you.Leading into Google I/O, one session caught everyone’s attention. Google ATAP — the company’s skunkworks division tasked with creating cool new things we’ll all actually use — teased their session with talk of a new wearable that would “literally” blow our socks off.Google ATAP k...
The List of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants is Out
[Business]
2015/06/02 11:14
The results are in. El Celler de Can Roca in Spain has been anointed the world’s best new gastronomic destination, according to the much-anticipated annual list of the World’s 50 Best restaurants, just announced at an award ceremony in London. Among the top 10 winners are restaurants like Eleven Madison Park, in New York, and Noma, in Denmark, which falls from the first to third place.Here ar...
People in Japan are Waiting 4 Hours for a Cup of Blue Bottle Coffee
[Business]
2015/06/02 11:13
Japan, famous for green tea, is welcoming artisanal American coffee roaster Blue Bottle with long lines that have at times meant a four-hour wait for a cup.The company, which began in Oakland, California in 2002, hopes its early popularity is more than a passing fad. Japan's consumer culture is littered with manias for Western food imports: pancakes, popcorn, doughnuts, even Taco Bell.Success i...
Virtual Reality Goggles that Feel More Like Glasses - Dloodlo
[Product]
2015/06/02 11:13
Dloodlo scales down the standard VR goggles size for a less cumbersome experience.Dlodlo announced portable and immersive Virtual Reality glasses that are significantly less bulky than existing models. You’d likely mistake them as oversized sunglasses with their lenses that reach around the eyes, rather than over them. Though still bigger than your average pair of Oakleys, they weigh in at jus...
Data Can Pave the Way to Better Skincare
[Product]
2015/06/02 11:13
ModiFace is creating new methods to monitor skin health as shown with skin health index Apple Watch app.While a first generation of skin health apps have focused on providing tips and recipes, a new generation is going a step further by integrating facial recognition technology, augmented reality and skin analysis.Leading augmented reality company, ModiFace, has been focused on beauty, retail a...
Schiller’s Law
[Business]
2015/06/02 11:13
We know how many iPhones Apple ships but we don’t know exactly how many of each model. We can try to come close in such estimates of “mix” by looking also at the market pricing of the phones and the average price Apple obtains[1]Combining what we know with some guesses allows some of us to estimate the composition of iPhone models in any given quarter’s sales. Here is a graph showing my est...
(Video) What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into a Lava Lamp
[Tech]
2015/06/02 11:13
Pouring molten aluminum into things is always a fun science experiment so let’s see what happens when the hot hot gooey metal gets dropped inside a groovy lava lamp. A lot of what you expect to happen, happens: the molten aluminum initially follows the wax pattern but then eventually overwhelms the liquid and starts burning its way through the lamp.But at the end, you’ll see how it settles in...
(PDF) BCG - Why Well-Being Should Drive Growth Strategies
[Business]
2015/06/01 11:26
The 2015 Sustainable Economic Development Assessment.Government leaders increasingly speak of boosting the well-being of citizens—rather than bolstering GDP growth—as their primary mission. But the conventional yardsticks of per capita GDP and growth are too narrow to evaluate the full measure of well-being. What’s needed is a broad diagnostic tool designed specifically to help governments s...
Autouber Autonomous Car Design by dxLabDesign
[Design]
2015/06/01 11:25
AutoUber is our concept for the future of self-driving cars. It’s a new type of taxi experience – one that’s more personalized, proactive, sustainable, and safe.The AutoUber taps into the greatest resource of our modern age: information. By pairing with a user’s login and learning their preferences, the autonomous car of the future is in many ways more personalized for its passengers than a...
