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College Majors : The Highest Starting Wages
[Consumer]
2015/05/25 11:06
If you want to earn serious money in your very first job after university, you should major in architecture or engineering. According to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, students in architecture and engineering can expect to earn an impressive annual salary of $50,000 in their first job after college, more than any other major.[statista]
Bendable Sofa Tray Table
[Design]
2015/05/25 11:05
These cool new Sofa Tray Tables are flexible wooden tray tables that fit over a rectangular armrest on a sofa and easily roll up for easy storage when no longer needed.The bendable sofa tray is a unique wooden tray that you can set on the arm of your sofa and it will bend and fit the shape of it so you have a makeshift table to rest your tea, cocktail, or cheeseburgers on. No longer will you ha...
Ecocapsule is The Egg-Shaped Tiny Home That Can Go Off-Grid and Off-Pipe
[Design]
2015/05/25 11:04
Bratislava based Nice Architects introduce the very nice and very boat-like Ecocapsule, " a low-energy house packed into a compact form. It merges an energy efficient shape, compact volume and off-grid capabilities with the luxuries of a warm bed, running water and a hot meal."The designers claim that it "is fitted with all essentials necessary for a comfortable prolonged stay without a need to...
(Infographic) The Rise Of 'Generation #Hashtag'
[Consumer]
2015/05/25 11:03
Just as digital forms of media have largely replaced their physical originals, a third wave of media content is now rising fast. Native digital content breaks free from physical legacies, delivering streaming video and music, casual mobile games, short e-books and other forms. Consumers of this media, who we call Generation #hashtag, have different preferences for the content they like and how...
(Patent) Google Patents a Way to Win a Text Message Argument
[Tech]
2015/05/21 11:20
With the proliferation of smartphones, arguments tend to last about as long as it takes someone to Google the answer to whatever they’ve been arguing about. Now, however, Google might have found a way to settle such arguments almost instantly.In a patent awarded May 12, Google outlined a system for getting search results without having to leave a voice, instant message or text message conversa...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Building the Cities of the Future with Green Districts
[Design]
2015/05/21 11:20
Better design can make sense aesthetically, environmentally—and economically.At the current pace of urbanization, the world’s cities will add 65 million inhabitants a year between now and 2025.1 The resulting demand for infrastructure will mean that each year, India alone will need to add as much floor space as exists in all of Chicago, and China more than twice that. The way the world builds...
Facial-Recognition Lets Marketers Gauge Consumers' Real Responses to Ads
[Business]
2015/05/21 11:20
The future of ad testing is not about surveys, but about smiles and smirks.If you want to know whether a spot really sells, after all, shouldn't you measure what people feel, not what they say? That's the argument being delivered across the country by a new crop of startups brandishing sophisticated facial-recognition technology -- and quickly reshaping how marketers decide which ads work.One o...
(Video) Share URLs by sound with Google Tone
[Tech]
2015/05/21 11:20
This experimental Chrome extension lets you broadcast a sound to nearby computers to share a link.Sharing a link to a Web page with a friend is as easy as copying and pasting the link into an email, IM or text and hitting Send. If that friend is seated right next to you, it's even easier with Google Tone.Google Tone is a new Chrome extension that lets you share a link to anyone within earshot w...
HAX Accelerator’s Startups Get Healthy
[Tech]
2015/05/21 11:20
HAX, formerly Haxlr8r, has been incubating hardware startups since 2011, taking 65 companies to market so far. FeetMe's smart insoles detect pressure points to protect feet from damage.The majority of them have done something involving low-cost applications of robotics, said HAX program director Duncan Turner, speaking at the accelerator’s spring launch event in San Francisco on 11 May.But thi...
