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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...
(Video) Google and Levi’s are Teaming Up to Create Interactive Clothing
[Tech]
2015/06/01 11:25
Google is partnering with Levi's to create smart pants that can control your phone.What if you never had to pull out your phone to dismiss an incoming call? That's the type of future Google and Levi's are envisioning.The two companies are partnering to create a pair of "smart" jeans that you can use to perform certain actions on your phone, Google announced during its annual I/O developer confe...
Here's How Much Money Doctors Actually Make
[Investing]
2015/06/01 11:25
Medscape, a subsidiary of the medical information website WebMD, has released its 2014 Physician Compensation Report. The data in the report come from more than 24,000 doctors in 25 specialties, who responded to Medscape's annual survey with information on their compensation for 2013.The infographic below shows the average earnings for each surveyed specialty. Orthopedists were the highest earn...
(Video) MIT's Robotic Cheetah can Now Leap Over Obstacles
[Tech]
2015/06/01 11:25
MIT has trained its robot cheetah to identify and leap over objects in its path. The last time we heard from the researchers working on MIT's robotic cheetah project, they had untethered their machine to let it bound freely across the campus lawns. Wireless and with a new spring in its step, the robot hit speeds of 10 mph (16 km/h) and could jump 13 in (33 cm) into the air. The quadrupedal robo...
