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(M&A) Apple Buys Israeli Camera-Technology Company LinX
[Investing]
2015/04/15 11:31
Apple Inc. has acquired Israeli camera-technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd. Companies had been discussing acquisition price of about $20 million.Apple confirmed the acquisition with its standard statement when it has bought a company. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,” said an Apple spokesman.The comp...
(PDF) Pew - U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015
[Consumer]
2015/04/15 11:31
10% of Americans own a smartphone but do not have broadband at home, and 15% own a smartphone but say that they have a limited number of options for going online other than their cell phone. Those with relatively low income and educational attainment levels, younger adults, and non-whites are especially likely to be “smartphone-dependent.”Smartphones are widely used for navigating numerous im...
MIT - Recruiting the Entire Immune System to Attack Cancer
[Tech]
2015/04/15 11:30
Stimulating both major branches of the immune system halts tumor growth more effectively.The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to eliminate tumors that arise from the body’s own cells. Cancer biologists hope to harness that untapped power using an approach known as cancer immunotherapy.Orchestrating a successful immun...
Designer Turns Friend’s R?sum? Into Wine Label, Gets Her Job At Wine Company
[Design]
2015/04/15 11:30
It always makes us smile when we read about creatives who think out of the box with their fun, inventive, and awesome approach to job hunting. When Budapest-based Bernadett Baji was thinking of applying for a marketing position at Hungarian wine distributor Bort?rsas?g, her designer friend Mikl?s Kiss suggested she turn her r?sum? into a wine label instead of sending a traditional word document...
Instead Of A Plastic Toothbrush, Now You Can Brush Your Teeth With... A Twig ?
[Product]
2015/04/15 11:30
An old tradition is being repackaged as a sleek new startup product. We might stick with our trusty Oral-B, thank you very much.Before the modern toothbrush existed, people cleaned their teeth by chewing on twigs--and in some parts of the world, the practice is still common. Now, a startup is trying to popularize a modern day stick-as-toothbrush in the U.S.The small stick, called a miswak (in A...
Massachusetts General Unveils Smartphone Device for Diagnosing Cancer
[Tech]
2015/04/15 11:30
A team from Massachusetts General Hospital has developed new technology that converts a smartphone into a tool for cancer diagnosis. The approach, called D3 (digital diffraction diagnosis), consists of a dongle that sits on top of the phone’s camera and specially designed microbeads that bind to cancer cells that can then be imaged using the phone.By quantifying the number of tumor-marker-targ...
Galactic Gadgetry
[Design]
2015/04/15 11:30
What would computers look like twenty years from now? Holograms? 3D projections? Or just really sexy looking gadgets? The Neptune gadget suite has pretty much convinced me that technology in the future will be built in families of gadgets and softwares constructed to provide us with a unified experience, no matter what product you use.The Neptune Suite is a clan of products and softwares made t...
US Map Of The Signature Dish Of Each State
[Product]
2015/04/15 11:29
This is a map compiled by Playboy using data from AskReddit (sounds legit) showing each state's signature dish. [click to enlarge]Rocky Mountain Oysters are bull balls, by the way. It all looks very suspect. Particularly Arkansas's meth cookies. Congratulations to the three states that got beer, and to Kentucky for bourbon. I guess beer and bourbon are officially considered dishes now, even out...
(Patent) How Google is Making Sure Cows Won’t Foil Its Self-Driving Cars
[Tech]
2015/04/14 11:04
Most of us haven’t had a cow wander on to a road in front of us while we’re driving. Still, it’s the type of situation Google is wisely anticipating. Here the “draw new [trajectory]” button is selected and a new route is drawn to get around the bovine. (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)A significant challenge for self-driving cars will be handing edge cases, essentially rare situations on...
