Beam uses a smart toothbrush, an app and a network of dentists to encourage preventative care by rewarding good habits.As with most healthcare areas, preventative care is the most effective solution in dentistry. However, dentists currently earn their living by fixing dental problems after a cavity or decay has occured. Now, Ohio-based startup Beam wants to help change that through affordable i...

AirCloset is an outstanding startup in the Japanese fashion rental industry. Launched back in February of 2015, the company has been providing a subscription-based fashion item rental service for females under the same name. Its users combined surpasses 70,000 for now, which rapidly grew from 65,000 users in October of 2015.AirCloset announced today that it has fundraised slightly less than 1 b...

Delta V is the first energy-independent smartphone concept, based on revolutionary solar energy, piezoelectricity and triboelectricity technologies. A film under each of these techs converts even the slightest vibrations and movements into power for the phone’s functions so that no charger is needed. The films are distinguished from their slightly different texture: beginning from the glossy p...

This infographic is about targeting and understanding the new 'Always-On' consumer. People are living digitally at home, at work and everywhere in between, offering businesses a chance to connect with their customers 24/7.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Digital-Trends-How-to-Target-the-Always-On-Consumer1.jpg[cube]

So far, the IIoT wave transforming asset-heavy industries has been led by the old guard of tech giants such as GE, IBM, and Cisco.[click to enlarge]With connected devices like Nest and Sonos breaking into the mainstream, the IoT has become one of the most-discussed tech trends of the last twenty years. And the hype is well founded: IoT startups have attracted a cumulative $7.4B in venture inves...

Of the world’s international travellers, Chinese tourists spent the most money abroad last year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. They spent a record $165 billion abroad in 2014, an increase of 27% since 2013, putting them well ahead of countries such as the US and Germany.While less than 6% of China’s population holds a passport, the number of Chinese citizens taki...

The German company is developing lenses that can make smart glasses subtle and fashionable.Of all the problems with Google Glass, the biggest one was social acceptance. No matter what they did for you, the device simply looked too dorky for the vast majority of the public to consider wearing.But what if it had looked almost exactly like a regular pair of glasses? That’s the dream of smart glas...

CHRISTOPHER LINDHOLST, CEO OF METRONAPS, EXPLAINS HOW "SLEEPING ON THE JOB" BECAME A GOOD THING.In recent years, countless studies have extolled the virtues of napping. A quick power nap can sharpen your focus , boost creativity, and mitigate the effects of sleep deprivation. But if you work a 9 to 5 at an office, how can you fulfill your nap quota without being called out for sleeping on the j...

Hoverboards won’t stop exploding lately, perhaps due to overheating batteries. But what if the battery could shut off before all hot and flamey? That’s the idea behind recent research at Stanford, and the benefits go far beyond gimmicky gadgets looking to avoid recalls.Today, Stanford researchers say they’ve made the first lithium-ion battery that shuts off when temperatures get too hot and...