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(Video) Cimagine Brings its Markerless Virtual Reality Shopping Platform to the Masses
[Tech]
2015/03/15 11:07
UK consumers can try out Cimagine's AR platform right now on over 1,000 products.Cimagine's markerless augmented reality platform has matured significantly in the last year, with the company recently partnering with Shop Direct ? the UK's fourth-largest online retailer ? to bring its solution directly to the consumer. We got a chance to catch up with the company at the Virtual Reality/Wearable...
(Video) Ikea Praises Ordinary Household Items with Epic Irreverence
[Business]
2015/03/15 11:06
Don't take your toilet brush for granted, says a wise new ad from Ikea.Aptly titled "Everyday Heroes," the spot?by Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors?is a moving celebration of the different household fixtures that improve lives, constantly, in myriad little ways, but still can't get any respect.It perfectly nails the slow build from suspenseful to smirking to outright hilarious?peaking at...
Warren Buffett is Not Your Roommate, and Other Hard Lessons about American Household Wealth
[Investing]
2015/03/15 11:05
American household wealth soared to new heights in the fourth quarter of 2014, driven by a recovering stock market and healthier home prices. The net worth of the household sector rose to $82.91 trillion during the quarter. Up 1.8% from the prior quarter, and 5.1% from the prior year, it’s also 22% higher than the pre-crisis peak reached in the second quarter of 2007, according to data from th...
HealthTap Launches RateRx, A Doctor Recommendation System For Drug Treatments
[Business]
2015/03/15 11:04
The doctor behind those “doctor-recommended pills” is most likely someone who is paid to tell you that something will work for you whether or not it actually will. That’s why on-demand digital health app HealthTap says it undertook a project to gather the drug recommendations of over half a million medical doctors and put them together in a new initiative called RateRx.HealthTap is known for...
Sound Drop Could Be Our Next Generation Headphones
[Design]
2015/03/15 11:03
Headphones are one of greatest inventions that change dramatically the way we listen our music. However, rapid trend has raised a question: what could happen to headphones in a 100 years’ time?Indeed Innovation tries to answer that challenge with Sound Drop, the special headphones that offer you new sound experience in the near future. They are compatible with most smart devices and able to wo...
(Video) Rinspeed Reimagines the BMW i3 EV as a Self-Driving Car
[Design]
2015/03/12 12:00
Rinspeed did a fantastic visual recreation of the Tesla Model S as a moving living room last year, and now it has given the BMW i3 EV a similar treatment. The Swiss car restorer and conjurer of futuristic concepts has reimagined the i3 as a self-driving car with rather far-out features in a new concept called "Buddi." For instance, it's equipped with a robotic arm that can move the steering whe...
(PDF) Cities of Opportunity : The Urban Rhythm of Entertainment and Media
[Business]
2015/03/12 12:00
Understanding the rhythm of urban consumers and creatorsUrbanism and the entertainment and media industry share a natural connection. The cultural, technological and communications heart of the modern world is driven from cities and by cities. This makes perfect sense in a technological world where over half of us (53.4%) live in cities today and over two-thirds will do so by mid-century (67.2%...
Morgan Stanley : Apple will be Competing in Markets Worth $3.4 Trillion
[Investing]
2015/03/12 12:00
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty has a new, very bullish note on Apple."Apple's ability to charge a premium, grow recurring revenue, and accelerate the pace of category expansion argue for a re-rating more in-line with platform companies, at 18-19x," says Huberty.She jacked her price target on the stock to $160, up from $133 previously.She says Apple has the "most valuable technology platfor...
Startups Test The Market for Marijuana Delivery
[Business]
2015/03/12 11:59
Support for the legalization of marijuana is growing in light of a recent report that revealed it to be the safest recreational drug. In states where it’s legal, entrepreneurs are already cashing in on young consumers’ accepting attitudes towards the plant, and new cannabis companies seeking to become the “Uber of pot” are now emerging at a rapid rate.Eaze: The parents of Eaze founder Keith...
